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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2571 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 621 |
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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 | | Meghan K. Kilcoyne |
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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 state engagement in the education of gifted and talented students. |
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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:Meghan K. Kilcoyne12th Worcester1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2571 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 621 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 621) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Meghan K. Kilcoyne relative to the education of advanced and gifted students in grades K-12. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 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 relative to state engagement in the education of gifted and talented students. |
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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 1B of Chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the sixth paragraph, the following three paragraphs: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 The board shall create state policies and procedures to ensure appropriate education of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4advanced and gifted students in all grades K-12. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5 The board shall survey schools and districts on an annual basis to report the following: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 (a)The policies and procedures they have in place to identify and educate their |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7advanced, gifted and talented students |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 (b)the number of advanced and gifted students, disaggregated by race/ethnicity and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9low-income, identified and served at each of the K-12 grade levels |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 The board shall compile and publish the information received regarding (a) and (b) in an |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11annual compiled report, and as part of the school and district profiles on the department website. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 The board shall ensure that district programming for advanced students is based on best |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13practices identified within the field of gifted education, and that gifted, talented and advanced |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14students of all ages receive effective challenges within their zones of proximal development |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15throughout the ordinary school day. The Board shall publish an annual report describing how the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16state and districts are developing structural capacity to provide gifted, talented and advanced |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17students the opportunity to reach their full potential to fulfill, for them, the intent stated in section |
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| 46 | 46 | | 181 of this chapter. |
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