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Committee approves substitute to let charters bid alongside cities for surplus school buildings, adds revolving loan fund changes
Summary
The House Education Committee adopted a second substitute to HB 241 to let charter schools and eligible municipalities have equal footing when bidding for surplus school buildings, require charters to split future sale profits with the district, add an oath for charter board members, and repurpose a revolving loan fund for small capital projects. The committee recommended the bill favorably, 8–4.
Representative Perucci introduced HB 241 (second substitute), which would allow charter schools to join municipalities as eligible entities with first‑right‑of‑refusal bids when a district surpluses a school building. The substitute clarified that municipalities and charters would be on equal footing; if a charter purchases a district building at fair market…
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