Both the House and Senate passed the bill and sent it to the Governor after dealing with the new Fenway Park legislation. The board can issue up to seven of each type each year. If seven are not issued in a given year, they can roll over into the next year. Charter school tuition is capped at nine percent of net school spending. If the tuition reaches nine percent, the state may provide tuition directly for siblings of attending students.
Total attendance is capped at four percent of public school attendance statewide.
The board can only approve a regional charter school in a community with a population of less than 30,000. Regional charter schools shall be eligible for regional transportation reimbursements. Teachers in charter schools may collectively bargain if 60 percent vote to do so. Teachers in charter schools must pass the teacher test. Charters will not be renewed unless they can document that they have provided models for replication and best practices to the commissioner and to the local district.