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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 290 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 315 |
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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 | | Joan B. Lovely |
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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 recovery high schools. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Joan B. LovelySecond Essex 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 290 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 315 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Lovely, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 315) of Joan B. Lovely for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to recovery high schools. Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 367 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to recovery high schools. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 Section 91 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2is hereby amended by striking out subsections (a) through (d), inclusive, and inserting in place |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3thereof the following new subsections:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 Section 91. (a) The term ''Recovery High School'' shall mean a public high school |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5operated by a school district or educational collaborative specifically designed for students |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6impacted by substance use, mental health or trauma providing: (1) a comprehensive academic |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7and social/emotional curriculum as outlined by the department of elementary and secondary |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8education and (2) a structured plan of recovery. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 (b) A school district shall transfer the state average foundation budget per pupil to a |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10Recovery High School for a student meeting the following criteria: (1) the student is currently 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11enrolled in the district or currently resides in the municipality in which the district is located; (2) |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12the student is considered by a clinician, as defined by 105 CMR 164.006, to be clinically |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13appropriate, using the criteria as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14Disorders, V; and (3) the student meets all matriculation criteria as outlined by the sending |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15district and the department of elementary and secondary education, with the determination of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16academic eligibility based on existing documentation provided by the district. The district and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17the Recovery High School shall arrange to confer a diploma when a student is enrolled in a |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18Recovery High School and completes state and district-mandated graduation requirements, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19 (c) A Recovery High School shall submit to the department of elementary and secondary |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20education data considered necessary by the department to evaluate each student's academic |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21performance. A Recovery High School shall also submit to the department of public health data |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22regarding each student's recovery. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23 (d) The department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24department of public health and the department of mental health, shall promulgate rules and |
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| 54 | 54 | | 25regulations as necessary to implement this section. |
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