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H540 • 2025

An Act relative to charter school caps

An Act relative to charter school caps

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Sponsor
Michael S. Day
Last action
2025-12-31
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on Education
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to charter school caps

An Act relative to charter school caps By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to charter school caps By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 540) of Michael S.
  • Day, Lindsay N.
  • Sabadosa and James B.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-31 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  2. 2025-09-30 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 09/30/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:20 PM in Gardner Auditorium Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-09-23 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/30/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Education

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to charter school caps
By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 540) of Michael S. Day, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and James B. Eldridge relative to charter school caps. Education.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Education

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Bill H.540

SECTION 1. Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 186, the figure “9” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 5.

SECTION 2. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 187 to 191, inclusive, the words “provided, however, that a public school district's total charter tuition payment to commonwealth charter schools shall not exceed 18 per cent of the district's net school spending if the school district qualifies under paragraph (3)”.

SECTION 3. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 194, the figure “9” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 5.

SECTION 4. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 195 to 196, inclusive, the words “or 18 per cent for those districts that qualify under said paragraph (3)”

SECTION 5. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 218 to 223, inclusive, the words “the school district's total charter school tuition payment to commonwealth charter schools may exceed 9 per cent of the district's net school spending but shall not exceed 18 per cent. For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending,”

SECTION 6. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 275 to 281, inclusive, the words “If a district is no longer in the lowest 10 per cent, the net school spending cap shall be 9 per cent, unless the district net school spending was above 9 per cent in the year prior to moving out of the lowest 10 per cent in which case the net school spending cap shall remain at the higher level plus enrollment previous approved by the board.”

SECTION 7. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 282 to 290, subsection (i)(4) in its entirety.

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