Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H4583 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4583
3	3	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
4	4	________________________________________
5	5	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 20, 2024.
6	6	The committee on Education, to whom was referred the petition
7	7	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 429) of Brian M. Ashe and Lindsay N.
8	8	Sabadosa relative to head gear for students who participate in soccer
9	9	contests; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 448) of Josh S.
10	10	Cutler relative to the minimum amount of school aid available to
11	11	municipalities; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 458) of
12	12	Carol Mattes and others relative to parental rights in education; the
13	13	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 460) of Thomas Durfee relative
14	14	to online public health information transparency in schools; the petition
15	15	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 475) of Michael J. Finn and others
16	16	relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become
17	17	educators; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 479) of Paul K.
18	18	Frost relative to vocational and trade school classes for public school
19	19	students; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 480) of Paul K.
20	20	Frost relative to mandatory recess time in elementary schools; the petition
21	21	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 481) of Paul McAuliffe for legislation to
22	22	create promise scholarship accounts composed of state funds deposited on
23	23	behalf of participating students to be used for qualified education
24	24	expenses; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 483) of William
25	25	C. Galvin relative to wages for substitute teachers; the petition
26	26	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 485) of Colleen M. Garry for legislation
27	27	to establish parity in funding for regional vocational school districts and
28	28	traditional public school districts; the petition (accompanied by bill,
29	29	House, No. 494) of Ryan M. Hamilton relative to providing for mental
30	30	health professionals in public schools; the petition (accompanied by bill,
31	31	House, No. 510) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to
32	32	permanently establish the Foundation Budget Review Commission; the
33	33	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 533) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian
34	34	relative to seizure disorders in schools; the petition (accompanied by bill,
35	35	House, No. 554) of Edward R. Philips relative to equipping public
36	36	elementary and secondary schools with panic alarms or emergency 2 of 4
37	37	mechanisms; the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 559) of
38	38	Orlando Ramos, Adam Gomez and Michelle M. DuBois for legislation to
39	39	increase access to safe swimming; the petition (accompanied by bill,
40	40	House, No. 562) of John H. Rogers relative to inflation adjustments for
41	41	Chapter 70 school aid; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 567)
42	42	of Aaron L. Saunders and Priscila S. Sousa relative to school building
43	43	assistance; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 574) of Adam
44	44	Scanlon relative to facilities grants for approved projects under the school
45	45	building assistance program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
46	46	577) of Danillo A. Sena, John C. Velis and Ryan C. Fattman for
47	47	legislation to establish an elementary and secondary school robotics grant
48	48	program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 585) of Priscila S.
49	49	Sousa and James C. Arena-DeRosa relative to requiring a mental health
50	50	wellness examination for all school children; the petition (accompanied by
51	51	bill, House, No. 3569) of Rodney M. Elliott that the Massachusetts School
52	52	Building Authority reimburse the city of Lowell for high school
53	53	renovation project construction costs; the petition (accompanied by bill,
54	54	House, No. 3571) of Kevin G. Honan, Chynah Tyler and others relative to
55	55	creating a commercial driver’s license pilot program to be administered by
56	56	Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in the city of Boston; the
57	57	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3753) of Shirley B. Arriaga
58	58	relative to youth and athletics and establishing the PLAY trust fund to be
59	59	administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education;
60	60	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3784) of Tammy Winksy
61	61	relative to teaching certification for persons with certain disabilities; the
62	62	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3881) of Marcus S. Vaughn
63	63	relative to public schools' emergency alert systems; the petition
64	64	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 3894) of Manny Cruz for legislation to
65	65	establish a municipal education fund to be administered by the
66	66	commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education;
67	67	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3972) of Marc T. Lombardo
68	68	relative to classifying cheerleading as a school sport and providing for
69	69	student participation in cheerleading; the petition (accompanied by bill,
70	70	House, No. 3990) of Marcus S. Vaughn for legislation to establish a
71	71	special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to
72	72	the creation of a state-wide licensing board to license, prosecute and hold
73	73	accountable club sports facilities; the petition (accompanied by bill,
74	74	House, No. 4180) of Erika Uyterhoeven relative to establishing minimum
75	75	salaries for teachers and education support professionals; and the petition
76	76	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 4207) of Rodney M. Elliott for 3 of 4
77	77	legislation to authorize school districts to provide portable airway
78	78	clearance devices on-site at school facilities where instructions are
79	79	provided, reports recommending that the accompanying order (House, No.
80	80	4583) ought to be adopted.
81	81	For the committee,
82	82	DENISE C. GARLICK. 4 of 4
83	83	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4583
84	84	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
85	85	House of Representatives, May 20, 2024.
86	86	1 Ordered, That the committee on Education be authorized to sit during a recess of the
87	87	2General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 429, 448, 458,
88	88	3460, 475, 479, 480, 481, 483, 485, 494, 510, 533, 554, 559, 562, 567, 574, 577, 585, 3569, 3571,
89	89	43753, 3784, 3881, 3894, 3972, 3990, 4180 and 4207, relative to extracurriculars, student
90	90	5learning, vocational-technical education, personnel, health, school buildings, and school finance.
91	91	6 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
92	92	7and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
93	93	8recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
94	94	9on or before December 31, 2024.