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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1435 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 732 |
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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 | | Steven Ultrino |
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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 high school professional development programs. |
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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:Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1435 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 732 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 732) of Steven |
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| 19 | 19 | | Ultrino relative to high school professional development programs. Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to high school professional development programs. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 69 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2section 1T as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, the following section:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 Section 1U. The department shall establish program standards for a high school |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4professional development program providing rigorous, ongoing professional development to |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5high school students, which shall include: (1) qualifications for professional development |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6instructors; (2) training for professional development instructors to identify individual student |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7professional development needs; (3) different models of professional development, as needed to |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8meet student population professional development needs; (4) student access to professional |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9development programs remotely or in person; (5) a comprehensive feedback system to plan, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10evaluate and improve on student professional development offerings; and (6) the opportunity for |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11students to develop professional relationships with organizations and individuals outside the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12students’ school. The department shall approve any high school professional development |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13program established by a school district that meets the department’s program standards. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14 SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15amended by inserting after the third sentence the following sentence:- In addition to all other |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16absences excused by this section, or any other absence that constitutes an excused absence under |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17the school or school committee’s rules, the superintendent, or teachers in so far as authorized by |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18the superintendent or by the school committee, shall excuse 1 absence for a supervised |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19professional development day each school year for high school students. |
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