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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 467 FILED ON: 1/13/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 589
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Chynah Tyler
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to assesses school integration within the Metropolitan Council for Educational
Opportunity (METCO) program.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Chynah Tyler7th Suffolk1/13/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 467 FILED ON: 1/13/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 589
By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 589) of Chynah
Tyler relative to the establishment of a special commission (including members of the General
Court) to reassess school integration within the Metropolitan Council for Educational
Opportunity (METCO) Program. Education.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4069 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to assesses school integration within the Metropolitan Council for Educational
Opportunity (METCO) program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 (a) There shall be a special legislative commission established pursuant to section 2A of
2chapter 4 of the General Laws to reassess school integration within the Metropolitan Council for
3Educational Opportunity program, hereinafter called the METCO program.
4 The commission shall consist of 13 members: 2 of whom shall be the chairs of the joint
5committee on education or their designees, who shall serve as co-chairs; 1 of whom shall be
6appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives or a designee; 1 of whom shall be
7appointed by the president of the senate or a designee; 1 of whom shall be the minority leader of
8the house of representatives or a designee; 1 of whom shall be the minority leader of the senate
9or a designee; 1 of whom shall be the secretary of education or a designee; 1 of whom shall be 2 of 2
10the commissioner of elementary and secondary education or a designee; 1 of whom shall be the
11president of the Black Educators Alliance of Massachusetts, Inc. or a designee; 1 of whom shall
12be the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People New
13England Area Conference or a designee; and 3 of whom shall be appointed by the governor and
14shall be former participants in the METCO program.
15 The commission shall evaluate the historical impact of the METCO program in the
16commonwealth and make recommendations to the general court regarding school integration and
17improvements to the program.
18 (b) The commission shall convene beginning not later than 180 days after the effective
19date of this act and meet not fewer than 4 times. The commission shall submit its findings and
20recommendations, including any proposed legislation, by filing the same with the clerks of the
21house of representatives and senate and the governor not later than 1 year after the effective date
22of this act.