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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Alice Hanlon Peisch
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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 relative to teacher strikes.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Alice Hanlon Peisch14th Norfolk1/17/2025Mark D. Sylvia10th Bristol1/28/2025 1 of 1
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to teacher strikes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 9A of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
3 (c) Whenever a public employee or public employees engaged in a strike are public
4school employees, the school district that employs the public employee or public employees
5shall: (i) not reduce or eliminate the hours established by the school district’s school year
6schedule pursuant to 603 CMR 27.03; and (ii) maintain structured learning time requirements
7pursuant to 603 CMR 27.04.