| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5011 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, August 29, 2024. |
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| 5 | 5 | | The committee on Education, to whom were referred the petition |
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| 6 | 6 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 438) of Antonio F. D. Cabral and others |
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| 7 | 7 | | relative to competency determination and high school diplomas; the |
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| 8 | 8 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 488) of Carlos González, Bud |
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| 9 | 9 | | L. Williams and Vanna Howard for legislation to eliminate the use of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Test for high school |
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| 11 | 11 | | graduation; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 495) of James |
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| 12 | 12 | | K. Hawkins, Samantha Montaño and others relative to the comprehensive |
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| 13 | 13 | | support and improvement of schools; and the petition (accompanied by |
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| 14 | 14 | | bill, House, No. 600) of Andres X. Vargas, Manny Cruz and others for |
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| 15 | 15 | | legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | General Court) to be known as the promise commission to conduct an |
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| 17 | 17 | | ongoing study of all matters concerning education in the 21st century, |
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| 18 | 18 | | reports recommending that the accompanying order (House, No. 5011) |
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| 19 | 19 | | ought to be adopted. |
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| 20 | 20 | | For the committee, |
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| 21 | 21 | | ANDRES X. VARGAS. 1 of 1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5011 |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | House of Representatives, |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1 Ordered, That the committee on Education be authorized to sit during a recess of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 438, 488, 495 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 3and 600, relative to assessments and accountability. |
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| 28 | 28 | | 4 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study |
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| 29 | 29 | | 5and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such |
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| 30 | 30 | | 6recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives |
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| 31 | 31 | | 7on or before December 31, 2024. |
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