MA H562

Bill

MA H562

Insuring adequate minimum school aid

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to the minimum amount of school aid available to municipalities. Education.

AI Summary

This bill amends the definition of "Minimum aid" in Chapter 70 of the General Laws, which relates to school funding. The new definition states that the minimum state school aid available to a municipality in any fiscal year shall be no less than fifty dollars multiplied by the district foundation enrollment. This change aims to ensure that municipalities receive a minimum amount of school aid, even if their enrollment numbers decrease.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (1)

Josh Cutler (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5101 (on 08/25/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H562

(15 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H562
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H562.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3100	Requiring municipalities to place insurance out to bid	Accompanied a study order, see H4910	Similar To
H5101	Study Order	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1323	To update the public shade tree law	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1331	Relative to the effective enforcement of municipal ordinances and by-laws	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1346	Relative to PEG access and cable related funds	No further action taken	Similar To
S148	Authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1802	Relative to providing better notices and protections in the process for collecting delinquent property taxes	Accompanied a study order, see H5247	Similar To
S199	Providing municipal control of liquor licenses	Accompanied a study order, see S2666	Similar To
S2472	Relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency	No further action taken	Similar To
S2982	Relative to extending certain state of emergency accommodations	Reprinted, as amended, see S2985	Similar To
S2985	Relative to extending certain state of emergency accommodations	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 107 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
S505	Relative to funding water infrastructure and addressing economic target areas	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S527	Improving municipal water infrastructure	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S572	To reduce solid waste, increase recycling and generate municipal cost savings	Accompanied S494	Similar To
S880	Facilitating site plan review	Accompanied a study order, see S2760	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H3100

Requiring municipalities to place insurance out to bid

Accompanied a study order, see H4910

Similar To

H5101

Study Order

No further action taken

Replaced by

S1323

To update the public shade tree law

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1331

Relative to the effective enforcement of municipal ordinances and by-laws

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S1346

Relative to PEG access and cable related funds

No further action taken

Similar To

S148

Authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S1802

Relative to providing better notices and protections in the process for collecting delinquent property taxes

Accompanied a study order, see H5247

Similar To

S199

Providing municipal control of liquor licenses

Accompanied a study order, see S2666

Similar To

S2472

Relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency

No further action taken

Similar To

S2982

Relative to extending certain state of emergency accommodations

Reprinted, as amended, see S2985

Similar To

S2985

Relative to extending certain state of emergency accommodations

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 107 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

S505

Relative to funding water infrastructure and addressing economic target areas

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S527

Improving municipal water infrastructure

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S572

To reduce solid waste, increase recycling and generate municipal cost savings

Accompanied S494

Similar To

S880

Facilitating site plan review

Accompanied a study order, see S2760

Similar To

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