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H577 • 2025

An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts

An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts

Education
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Sponsor
Brandy Fluker-Reid
Last action
2025-09-30
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on Education
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts

An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts By Representative Fluker-Reid of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts By Representative Fluker-Reid of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 577) of Brandy Fluker-Reid and others relative to charter school tuition reimbursement.
  • Education.
  • Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 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

  2. 2025-09-23 Joint

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

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Education

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts
By Representative Fluker-Reid of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 577) of Brandy Fluker-Reid and others relative to charter school tuition reimbursement. Education.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Education

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.577

Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (gg) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(gg) Any district whose total charter school tuition amount is greater than its total charter school tuition amount for the previous year shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth in accordance with this paragraph and subject to appropriation; provided, however, that no funds for said reimbursements shall be deducted from funds distributed pursuant to chapter 70. The district's reimbursement shall be 100 per cent of the increase in the year in which the increase occurs, 80 per cent of the increase in the year following the increase, 60 per cent of the increase in the second year following the increase and 40 per cent of the increase in the third year following the increase.

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