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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3617 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 440 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Antonio F. D. Cabral |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act for equitable workforce development. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol1/20/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/26/2023Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/26/2023Paul A. Schmid, III8th Bristol2/1/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/1/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/3/2023Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and Plymouth2/3/2023Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex2/3/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden2/3/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol2/6/2023Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk2/8/2023Kay Khan11th Middlesex2/9/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/9/2023Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/10/2023 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3617 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 440 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 440) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Antonio F. D. Cabral and others relative to admissions to vocational-technical schools or |
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| 20 | 20 | | vocational-technical programs to provide for equitable workforce development. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act for equitable workforce development. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 74 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after section 5B the following section: - |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 5C. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4following meanings: “Eligible applicant”, a student that meets the requirements to be promoted |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5to the applicable grade. Any admission offered to an applicant before having been promoted to |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6the applicable grade shall be contingent only upon promotion. “Department”, the department of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7elementary and secondary education. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 (b) If there are more eligible applicants than spaces available for admission to a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9vocational-technical school or vocational-technical program within a vocational-technical school |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10or comprehensive high school, whether or not the program is approved under this Chapter and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11including exploratory programs, the school shall hold a weighted lottery to determine which |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12applicants shall be admitted, said lottery shall be weighted towards protected classes, including 2 of 3 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13but not limited to, students of color, economically disadvantaged students, students with |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14disabilities, and English language learners. No eligible applicant shall be required to submit |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15anything to participate in the lottery other than the school the eligible applicant is currently |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16enrolled in and contact information as determined relevant by the school. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 (c) Each school shall place eligible applicants who entered the lottery but were not |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18admitted on a waitlist, the order of which shall be determined by the lottery. The waitlist shall |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19include the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,s and grade levels of such students, and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20any other information the department deems necessary. The school shall forward the waitlist to |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21the department of education no later than June 1 in the year in which the lottery is held. The |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22department shall maintain a consolidated waitlist in order to determine the number of individual |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23students in each city or town seeking admission to vocational-technical education schools and |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24programs. If a school fills a vacancy after the initial admissions cycle is completed, said school |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25shall fill the vacancy with the next available student on the waitlist and shall continue through |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26the waitlist until a student fills the vacant seat. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27 (d) The commissioner shall collect application, admission, enrollment, and waitlist data |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28pertaining to at a minimum race, ethnicity, students with disabilities, economically |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29disadvantaged students, and English language learners. The commissioner shall also collect data |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30on the number of students enrolled in each vocational-technical education program receiving |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31services pursuant to chapter 71A, chapter 71B, or both. The commissioner shall annually file |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32said data with the clerks of the house and senate and the joint committee on education and make |
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| 61 | 61 | | 33said data available to the public online not later than November 1. 3 of 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 34 (e) The board shall promulgate regulations for the implementation and enforcement of |
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| 63 | 63 | | 35this section. |
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