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Senate draft of H.454 narrows public tuition eligibility for independent schools, lowers enrollment threshold to 25%
Summary
Senate counsel said the Senateproposal of amendment to H.454 tightens which independent schools may receive public tuition from districts: the draft lowers an enrollment threshold to 25% and ties eligibility to independent schools located in supervisory unions or districts that do not operate public schools for some or all grades as of July 1, 2025.
The Senate counsel walked the committee through changes in draft 4.1 to the statute that governs when public school districts may pay tuition to independent schools (Title 16, section 828). The Senate draft narrows eligibility and changes several practical rules for tuition payments.
"I don't find okay. Well, I'll make 1 editorial comment here . . . it's being shrunk," counsel said, describing how the Senate proposal limits the independent-school tuition pathway compared with earlier proposals. Counsel and committee members repeatedly clarified how the new language would affect towns that currently send students to nonpublic schools.
What the draft does:
- Enrollment threshold: the…
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