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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1125 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 568 |
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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 | | Tricia Farley-Bouvier |
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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 student representative voting rights. |
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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:Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1125 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 568 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 568) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Tricia Farley-Bouvier relative to student representative voting rights on school committees. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 474 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to student representative voting rights. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 71 Section 38M of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 official edition, is |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2hereby amended by striking the words “Said chairperson shall be an ex-officio, nonvoting |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3member of the school committee, without the right to attend executive sessions unless such right |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4is expressly granted by the individual school committee. Said chairperson shall be subject to all |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5school committee rules and regulations and shall serve without compensation.” in lines 9 through |
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| 36 | 36 | | 614 and inserting in their place the following: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 “School committees of cities, towns and regional school districts shall recognize two (2) |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8student representatives, to be elected by the student bodies of all secondary schools within the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9district, prior to the first day of June in each year. Said representatives shall be allowed to vote |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10on all matters before the committee. Student representatives shall be subject to all school 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11committee rules and regulations, shall serve without compensation, and without the right to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12attend executive sessions unless such right is expressly granted by the individual school |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13committee. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 There shall also be a student advisory committee with members numbered as determined |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15by the district, to be elected by the students of the secondary school or schools within the district. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16The purpose of said student advisory committee will be to assist the elected student |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17representatives with their regular duties and to assist their constituents with accessing resources |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18as well as connecting students with the student representatives.” |
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