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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4587 |
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| 3 | 3 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 4 | 4 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 8, 2024. |
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| 6 | 6 | | The committee on Education, to whom were referred the petition |
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| 7 | 7 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 445) of Manny Cruz, Andres X. Vargas |
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| 8 | 8 | | and others for legislation to expand access to computer science |
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| 9 | 9 | | coursework in public schools; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, |
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| 10 | 10 | | No. 455) of Marjorie C. Decker and others relative to providing health |
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| 11 | 11 | | education in schools; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 461) |
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| 12 | 12 | | of David F. DeCoste and Kelly W. Pease relative to securing parental |
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| 13 | 13 | | consent for human sexuality education; the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 14 | 14 | | House, No. 462) of David F. DeCoste, Colleen M. Garry and Kelly W. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Pease relative to securing parental consent for human sexuality education; |
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| 16 | 16 | | the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 463) of David F. DeCoste |
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| 17 | 17 | | and others relative to securing parental consent for human sexuality |
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| 18 | 18 | | education; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 464) of Carol A. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Doherty, Patricia A. Haddad and others for legislation to require schools |
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| 20 | 20 | | to provide training on hands-only CPR and the use of defibrillators; the |
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| 21 | 21 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 487) of Carlos González, Bud |
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| 22 | 22 | | L. Williams and Michelle M. DuBois relative to establishing the gateway |
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| 23 | 23 | | city public school driver education program; the petition (accompanied by |
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| 24 | 24 | | bill, House, No. 509) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to |
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| 25 | 25 | | parental options of enrolling children in elective courses involving sexual |
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| 26 | 26 | | education rather than opting out of mandatory courses; the petition |
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| 27 | 27 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 520) of Meghan Kilcoyne and others |
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| 28 | 28 | | relative to equitable learning opportunities for public school students; the |
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| 29 | 29 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 543) of Maya Schildkraut and |
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| 30 | 30 | | Ivy Michaud relative to health programs in schools; the petition |
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| 31 | 31 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 581) of Todd M. Smola relative to |
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| 32 | 32 | | geography education; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 587) |
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| 33 | 33 | | of Jeffrey Rosario Turco, Joseph D. McKenna and Kelly W. Pease relative |
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| 34 | 34 | | to securing parental consent for human sexuality education; the petition 2 of 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 599) of Steven Ultrino relative to high |
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| 36 | 36 | | school professional development programs; and the petition (accompanied |
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| 37 | 37 | | by bill, House, No. 607) of Marcus S. Vaughn relative to requiring high |
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| 38 | 38 | | school students to pass a civics test for prior to graduation, reports |
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| 39 | 39 | | recommending that the accompanying order (House, No. 4587) ought to |
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| 40 | 40 | | be adopted [Representative Pease of Westfield dissents]. |
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| 41 | 41 | | For the committee, |
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| 42 | 42 | | DENISE C. GARLICK. 3 of 3 |
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| 43 | 43 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4587 |
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| 44 | 44 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 45 | 45 | | House of Representatives, July 8, 2024. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 1 Ordered, That the committee on Education be authorized to sit during a recess of the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 445, 455, 461, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 3462, 463, 464, 487, 509, 520, 543, 581, 587, 599 and 607, relative to curriculum and instruction. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 4 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study |
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| 50 | 50 | | 5and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such |
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| 51 | 51 | | 6recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives |
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| 52 | 52 | | 7on or before December 31, 2024. |
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