HOUSE DEADLINES FOR 2012 SESSION Thursday, February 23, 2012 Last day to report HBs not in a second committee. Thursday, March 22, 2012 Last day to report all remaining House bills. Thursday, March 29, 2012 Last day to act on House bills. CROSSOVER.
2012 Session
LSR Number	Docket	Next Hearing	Red = Charter school specific bills Green = Funding bills
HB1225	Click Here		Permitting a charter school to incur long-term debt. (Prime) Hill, Gregory
HB1485	Click Here	Bill is Dead, ITL	Relative to additional funding for charter schools. (Prime) Joanne Ward
HB1202	Click Here		relative to tuition payments for chartered public school pupils attending regional vocational education centers. (Prime) Lovejoy, Patricia
SB300	Click Here		relative to special education services in chartered public schools.
2011 Session
SB82	Docket	Law without governor's signature	Title:	extending the state board of education's authority to approve chartered public schools and relative to the funding of chartered public schools approved by a school district.
			Sponsors:	Sharon Carson , James Forsythe, Nancy Stiles, Paul Ingbretson, John Hunt
HB505	Docket	Signed by the governor	Title:	making charter schools eligible for grants for leased space.
			Sponsors:	Timothy Comerford , Donna Schlachman, Jason Antosz, Kenneth Weyler
SB181	Docket	Currently in Senate Finance	Title:	AN ACT relative to distribution of funds for education.
			Sponsors:	Jeb Bradley (r) John Gallus (r) Bob Odell (r) Sharon Carson (r) David Boutin (r) John Barnes, Jr. (r) James Forsythe (r) Nancy Stiles (r) Jeanie Forrester (r) Andy Sanborn (r) Raymond White (r) Jim Luther (r) Tom De Blois (r) Jim Rausch (r) Gene Chandler (r) David Bettencourt (r) William O'Brien (r) Pamela Tucker (r) Christopher Ahlgren (r)
2011 RETAINED BILLS
HB34	Docket	Retained in Committee	Title:	relative to the distribution of total education grants to municipalities in the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years.
			Sponsors:	Kenneth Gould , Spec Bowers, Elisabeth Sanders, Lynne Ober, James Devine
HB179	Docket	Retained in committee	Title:	establishing a task force to study the formula for determining adequate education grants to school districts.
			Sponsors:	Karen Hutchinson
HB219	Docket	Retained in committee	Title:	establishing a committee to study the abolishment of the department of education.
			Sponsors:	Charles Sova , Steven Winter, Paul LaCasse
HB337	Docket	Retained in committee	Title:	relative to the calculation and distribution of adequate education grants.
			Sponsors:	David Hess (r) Rick Ladd (r) David Bettencourt (r) Jack Flanagan (r) Neal Kurk (r) Shawn Jasper (r)
HB533	Docket	Retained in committee	Title:	AN ACT establishing a cap on the amount of school building aid grants distributed in each fiscal year.
			Sponsors:	Rick Ladd (r) Shawn Jasper (r) Joseph Fleck (r) Ralph Boehm (r)
HB545	Docket	Retained in Committee	Title:	repealing the department of education's rulemaking authority for home education.
			Sponsors:	David Bates
CACR7	Docket	Retained in Committee	Title:	relating to education funding. Providing that the general court shall distribute funds in the manner that it determines to best promote an equal opportunity for an adequate education.
			Sponsors:	Gary Richardson , David Campbell
CACR8	Docket	Retained in Committee	Title:	relating to education. Providing that the legislature have the power to authorize schools.
			Sponsors:	Daniel Itse , Paul Ingbretson, Timothy Comerford, Paul Mirski, Gregory Sorg, John Barnes, Jr.
CACR14	Docket	Retained in Committee	Title:	relating to funding public education. Providing that the general court shall define reasonable standards for elementary and secondary public education, establish reasonable standards of accountability, and mitigate local disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity.
			Sponsors:	Nancy Stiles , Jeb Bradley, Peter Bragdon, Jeanie Forrester, John Gallus, Fenton Groen, Raymond White, Pamela Tucker, Gene Chandler, Bob Odell