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H593 • 2025

An Act relative to charter school expansion

An Act relative to charter school expansion

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Sponsor
Richard M. Haggerty
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 relative to charter school expansion

An Act relative to charter school expansion By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to charter school expansion By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 593) of Richard M.
  • Haggerty and Sean Reid relative to charter school expansion.
  • 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. 2025-09-24 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 relative to charter school expansion
By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 593) of Richard M. Haggerty and Sean Reid relative to charter school expansion. Education.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Education

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.593

Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (ll) the following subsection:-

(ll1/2) If the department rejects a charter school’s request to amend its charter for the purposes of expanding the number of school districts specified in said charter, the department shall require a 3 year waiting period before the charter school may file another request to amend its charter for the purposes of expanding the number of school districts specified in said charter.

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