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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1258 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 522
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Antonio F. D. Cabral
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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 compulsory full-day kindergarten.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol1/14/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/24/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1258 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 522
By Representative Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 522) of
Antonio F. D. Cabral and Carmine Lawrence Gentile relative to compulsory full-day
kindergarten. Education.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 435 OF 2023-2024.]
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 compulsory full-day kindergarten.
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 1. Section 1B of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 117-120, inclusive, the twenty-first
3paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:
4 The board shall establish the permissible and mandatory ages for school attendance
5provided that each child be required to attend a full-day educational program at kindergarten age.
6 SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
7amended by inserting after the word “education”, in line 2, the following words:
8 “and any child enrolled in full-day kindergarten”