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Budget Recommendations
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Outside Section 89
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Chapter 70 Amendments
SECTION 89.
Said chapter 70, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking section 6 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 6. In addition to amounts appropriated for long-term debt service, school lunches, adult education, student transportation, and tuition revenue, each municipality in the commonwealth shall annually appropriate for the support of public schools in the municipality and in any regional school district to which the municipality belongs an amount not less than the sum of the foundation budget and grants for education for the fiscal year, for each such district to which the municipality sends students; provided that the commissioner may adjust a municipality's foundation budget in each district to which it sends students for any school choice tuition amounts as defined in section 12B of chapter 76 and charter school tuition amounts as defined in section 89 of chapter 71. Based on the definitions and other provisions in this chapter, the commissioner shall estimate and report the required spending to each municipality and regional school district as early as possible, but no later than March 1 for the following fiscal year. Districts shall appropriate the sum of the contributions of its member districts as well as all state school aid received on behalf of member municipalities. Districts may choose to spend additional amounts; such decisions shall be made and such amounts charged to members according to the district's required agreement.
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