MA H247

Bill

Relative to school choice

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to school choice. Education.

AI Summary

This bill amends the existing school choice law in Massachusetts. It establishes a maximum tuition amount of $6,500 per student enrolling in a receiving district, with a sliding scale fee structure based on the sending district's percentage of economically disadvantaged students. The state treasurer is required to deduct the school choice tuition amount from the total education aid of the sending district and deposit it into a dedicated trust fund. If the total deductions exceed the sending district's state aid, the commonwealth will appropriate the excess amount, except in cases where the district has opted out of the state's education funding formula.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (1)

James Dwyer (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4716 (on 07/09/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H247

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H247
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H247.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1439	Relative to teachers' retirement credits for parochial schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4654	Similar To
H2023	Relative to financial literacy programs in schools	Accompanied S249	Similar To
H239	Prohibiting a municipality or regional school district from using public funds or other public resources for the recruitment of students from outside the municipality or regional school district	Accompanied a study order, see H4716	Similar To
H2870	Relative to the school choice program	No further action taken	Similar To
H4257	Relative to the charter school reimbursement rate for the town of Foxborough	Accompanied a study order, see H4692	Similar To
H4716	Education	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S2112	Relative to the promotion of mental health education in Massachusetts high schools	No further action taken	Similar To
S2113	Relative to healthy youth	Reprinted as amended, see S2128	Similar To
S2343	Relative to financial literacy in schools	Reprinted as amended, see S2374	Similar To
S2367	To prohibit the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

Bill > H247

MA H247

summary

Introduced Session

Bill Summary

AI Summary

Committee Categories

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Official Document

bill text

bill summary

bill summary

bill summary