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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2086 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 509 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to parental notification. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2023Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden1/26/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/26/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden1/31/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2086 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 509 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 509) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to parental options of enrolling children in elective |
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| 20 | 20 | | courses involving sexual education rather than opting out of mandatory courses. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 633 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to parental notification. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 32A of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the section in its entirety and inserting in |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3place thereof the following section:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Section 32A. Every city, town, regional school district, or vocational school district |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5implementing or maintaining a curriculum, or a school-sanctioned program or activity, which |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6primarily involves human sexual education, human sexuality issues, or sexual orientation issues |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7shall adopt a written policy ensuring parental or legal guardian notification. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 Such curriculum programs and activities, which primarily involve human sexual |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9education, human sexuality issues, or sexual orientation, shall be offered only in clearly 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10identified non-mandatory elective courses in which parents or guardians may choose to enroll |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11their children through written notification to the school, in a manner reasonably similar to other |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12elective courses offered by the school district. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 To the extent practicable, instruction materials and related items for said curriculum, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14programs, and activities shall be made reasonably accessible to parents, guardians, educators, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15school administrators, and others for inspection and review. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 No public school teacher or administrator shall be required to participate in any such |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17curriculum program and activities which primarily involves human sexual education, human |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18sexuality issues, or sexual orientation issues that violate his or her religious beliefs. |
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