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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1355 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 322 |
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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 | | Brendan P. Crighton |
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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 promoting racially and culturally inclusive K-12 curriculum. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Brendan P. CrightonThird Essex 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1355 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 322 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 322) of Brendan P. Crighton for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to promote racially and culturally inclusive K-12 curriculum. Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 254 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act promoting racially and culturally inclusive K-12 curriculum. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 Section 1E of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2is hereby amended in line 1 by inserting after “Section 1E.” the following:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (a) Said section is further amended in lines 30-36, inclusive, by striking out the paragraph |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4contained in those lines and inserting in place thereof the following subsections: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5 (b) Frameworks shall be designed to avoid perpetuating gender, cultural, ethnic, or racial |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6stereotypes. Frameworks for all academic subjects shall be designed to build racially and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7culturally responsive knowledge and to combat racial and cultural bias. Frameworks shall elevate |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8the history, achievements, and key writings of members of communities of color and other |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9marginalized communities. The frameworks shall reflect sensitivity to different learning styles |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10and impediments to learning. The board shall develop procedures for updating, improving, or 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11refining said curriculum frameworks; and shall have a meaningful process for soliciting and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12incorporating input from stakeholders, including but not limited to educators, students, and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13members of communities of color and other marginalized communities, in the development of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14frameworks. A copy of said frameworks shall be submitted to the joint committee on education |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15at least sixty days prior to taking effect. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16 (c) The department shall promulgate regulations setting forth a complaint procedure to |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17enforce subsection (b). A final determination of a complaint by the department shall be |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18appealable to the Massachusetts Superior Court. |
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