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HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4583
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 20, 2024.
The committee on Education, to whom was referred the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 429) of Brian M. Ashe and Lindsay N.
Sabadosa relative to head gear for students who participate in soccer
contests; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 448) of Josh S.
Cutler relative to the minimum amount of school aid available to
municipalities; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 458) of
Carol Mattes and others relative to parental rights in education; the
petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 460) of Thomas Durfee relative
to online public health information transparency in schools; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 475) of Michael J. Finn and others
relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become
educators; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 479) of Paul K.
Frost relative to vocational and trade school classes for public school
students; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 480) of Paul K.
Frost relative to mandatory recess time in elementary schools; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 481) of Paul McAuliffe for legislation to
create promise scholarship accounts composed of state funds deposited on
behalf of participating students to be used for qualified education
expenses; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 483) of William
C. Galvin relative to wages for substitute teachers; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 485) of Colleen M. Garry for legislation
to establish parity in funding for regional vocational school districts and
traditional public school districts; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 494) of Ryan M. Hamilton relative to providing for mental
health professionals in public schools; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 510) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to
permanently establish the Foundation Budget Review Commission; the
petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 533) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian
relative to seizure disorders in schools; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 554) of Edward R. Philips relative to equipping public
elementary and secondary schools with panic alarms or emergency 2 of 4
mechanisms; the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 559) of
Orlando Ramos, Adam Gomez and Michelle M. DuBois for legislation to
increase access to safe swimming; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 562) of John H. Rogers relative to inflation adjustments for
Chapter 70 school aid; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 567)
of Aaron L. Saunders and Priscila S. Sousa relative to school building
assistance; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 574) of Adam
Scanlon relative to facilities grants for approved projects under the school
building assistance program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
577) of Danillo A. Sena, John C. Velis and Ryan C. Fattman for
legislation to establish an elementary and secondary school robotics grant
program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 585) of Priscila S.
Sousa and James C. Arena-DeRosa relative to requiring a mental health
wellness examination for all school children; the petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 3569) of Rodney M. Elliott that the Massachusetts School
Building Authority reimburse the city of Lowell for high school
renovation project construction costs; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 3571) of Kevin G. Honan, Chynah Tyler and others relative to
creating a commercial driver’s license pilot program to be administered by
Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in the city of Boston; the
petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3753) of Shirley B. Arriaga
relative to youth and athletics and establishing the PLAY trust fund to be
administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education;
the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3784) of Tammy Winksy
relative to teaching certification for persons with certain disabilities; the
petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3881) of Marcus S. Vaughn
relative to public schools' emergency alert systems; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 3894) of Manny Cruz for legislation to
establish a municipal education fund to be administered by the
commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education;
the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3972) of Marc T. Lombardo
relative to classifying cheerleading as a school sport and providing for
student participation in cheerleading; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 3990) of Marcus S. Vaughn for legislation to establish a
special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to
the creation of a state-wide licensing board to license, prosecute and hold
accountable club sports facilities; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 4180) of Erika Uyterhoeven relative to establishing minimum
salaries for teachers and education support professionals; and the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 4207) of Rodney M. Elliott for 3 of 4
legislation to authorize school districts to provide portable airway
clearance devices on-site at school facilities where instructions are
provided, reports recommending that the accompanying order (House, No.
4583) ought to be adopted.
For the committee,
DENISE C. GARLICK. 4 of 4
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4583
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
House of Representatives, May 20, 2024.
1 Ordered, That the committee on Education be authorized to sit during a recess of the
2General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 429, 448, 458,
3460, 475, 479, 480, 481, 483, 485, 494, 510, 533, 554, 559, 562, 567, 574, 577, 585, 3569, 3571,
43753, 3784, 3881, 3894, 3972, 3990, 4180 and 4207, relative to extracurriculars, student
5learning, vocational-technical education, personnel, health, school buildings, and school finance.
6 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
7and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
8recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
9on or before December 31, 2024.