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H692 • 2025

An Act local approval for charter schools

An Act local approval for charter schools

Education
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Sponsor
Adam J. Scanlon
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 local approval for charter schools

An Act local approval for charter schools By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act local approval for charter schools By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 692) of Adam J.
  • Scanlon relative to local approval for charter schools.
  • 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 local approval for charter schools
By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 692) of Adam J. Scanlon relative to local approval for charter schools. Education.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Education

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.692

SECTION 1. Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “district” the following definition:-

“Local approval”, an action taken by a locally elected body to authorize local funds being allocated for a charter school, which may be approved by the following actions: by the approval of an elected school committee for each school district from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, by the approval of voters at a town meeting of each of the towns from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, or in the case of a city without an elected school committee, by a vote of the city council, by whatever title it may be known, and the Mayor.

SECTION 2. Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, the following paragraph:-

(nn) Notwithstanding the foregoing, only commonwealth charter school applications that have received the local approval of every town or school district expected to enroll students shall be funded pursuant to the provisions of the section. Approval of an application by the board without local approval shall be funded by the board, exclusive of Chapter 70 or other local funds. Applications that have received the aforesaid local approval for a commonwealth charter school shall comply with the provisions for such submission pursuant to the applicable provisions of the section.

SECTION 3. This act shall apply only to commonwealth charter school applications submitted after the date upon which the act becomes effective.

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