Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H4584 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4584
3	3	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
4	4	________________________________________
5	5	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 28, 2024.
6	6	The committee on Education, to whom was referred the petition
7	7	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 457) of Thomas Durfee that local public
8	8	schools and school committees be authorized to reject any and all
9	9	guidance and directives from Department of Elementary and Secondary
10	10	Education; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 459) of Les
11	11	Molyneaux relative to requiring school boards to make information about
12	12	learning materials and educational activities used for pupil instruction
13	13	available to the public; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 482)
14	14	of Paul McAuliffe relative to school committee oversight of courses of
15	15	study including courses concerning sexually transmitted infections; the
16	16	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 502) of Steven S. Howitt and
17	17	Alan Silvia relative to education costs of children with disabilities; the
18	18	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 503) of Steven S. Howitt for
19	19	legislation to increase reimbursements for certain special education
20	20	programs; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 508) of Bradley
21	21	H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to provide for investigation by a
22	22	task force (including members of the General Court) relative to the state
23	23	mandates placed on public schools and districts; the petition (accompanied
24	24	by bill, House, No. 511) of Hannah Kane and others for an investigation
25	25	by a special task force (including members of the General Court) relative
26	26	to review existing state mandates placed on public schools and districts in
27	27	the Commonwealth; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 515) of
28	28	Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others relative to educational rights for
29	29	incarcerated youth; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 518) of
30	30	Meghan Kilcoyne, Gerard J. Cassidy and James C. Arena-DeRosa relative
31	31	to learning at a level commensurate with demonstrated achievement; the
32	32	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 519) of Meghan Kilcoyne and
33	33	Gerard J. Cassidy relative to educational performance goals; the petition
34	34	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 521) of Meghan Kilcoyne, Gerard J.
35	35	Cassidy and James C. Arena-DeRosa that the Department of Elementary
36	36	and Secondary Education be authorized to establish a professional 2 of 3
37	37	development program in gifted and talented education; the petition
38	38	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 522) of Meghan Kilcoyne and others for
39	39	legislation to prohibit age discrimination in public school; the petition
40	40	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 523) of Meghan Kilcoyne, Gerard J.
41	41	Cassidy and James C. Arena-DeRosa relative to gifted and beyond grade-
42	42	level children; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 525) of
43	43	Michael P. Kushmerek and others for legislation to increase special
44	44	education circuit breaker reimbursements; the petition (accompanied by
45	45	bill, House, No. 526) of Michael P. Kushmerek and others for legislation
46	46	to increase special education transportation reimbursements; the petition
47	47	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 527) of Michael P. Kushmerek and
48	48	others relative to adjusting approved cost thresholds in the special
49	49	education reimbursement program; the petition (accompanied by bill,
50	50	House, No. 540) of David K. Muradian, Jr., relative to special education
51	51	funding; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 541) of Brian W.
52	52	Murray and David K. Muradian, Jr., relative to school district budgets for
53	53	special education students who move during the school year; the petition
54	54	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 572) of Adam Scanlon, Mary S. Keefe
55	55	and James B. Eldridge relative to student advisory committees at public
56	56	schools; and the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3811) of
57	57	Antonio F. D. Cabral and others relative to requiring school attendance up
58	58	to age 18 or until graduation, reports recommending that the
59	59	accompanying order (House, No. 4584) ought to be adopted
60	60	[Representative Pease of Westfield dissents].
61	61	For the committee,
62	62	DENISE C. GARLICK. 3 of 3
63	63	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4584
64	64	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
65	65	House of Representative, May 28, 2024.
66	66	1 Ordered, That the committee on Education be authorized to sit during a recess of the
67	67	2General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 457, 459, 482,
68	68	3502, 503, 508, 511, 515, 518, 519, 521, 522, 523, 525, 526, 527, 540, 541, 572 and 3811, relative
69	69	4to at-risk students, English language learners, school discipline, recovery high schools, special
70	70	5education, accountability, assessments, and governance.
71	71	6 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
72	72	7and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
73	73	8recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
74	74	9on or before December 31, 2024.