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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1962 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 531 |
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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 | | Rob Consalvo |
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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 supporting families of students with disabilities. |
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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:Rob Consalvo14th Suffolk1/15/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1962 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 531 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 531) of Rob |
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| 19 | 19 | | Consalvo relative to school transportation cost reimbursement for families of students with |
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| 20 | 20 | | disabilities. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act supporting families of students with disabilities. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Section 8 of chapter 71B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3following paragraph:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 For any parent or guardian who provides transportation to a school age child with a |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5disability, the school district shall reimburse the parent or guardian the prevailing rate per mile |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6for state employees and the state minimum wage for the time spent providing the transportation. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7Reimbursement shall be for no more than the round-trip time and distance between the home and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8the school for school attendance and school-sponsored extracurricular activities. Mileage shall be |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9determined based on a direct route between the student's home and school. No parent or guardian |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10shall be obligated to provide such transportation. |
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