HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94648        FILED ON: 5/5/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4648

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act relative to transition coordinators..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 71, section 38G, of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “temporary certificate” the following definition:-

“Transition Services”, as defined in 20 USC 1401 (34).

SECTION 2. Section 38G of said chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

The board of elementary and secondary education shall provide a specialist teacher license in transition services which shall include both coursework and a practicum for previously licensed special education teachers and rehabilitation counselors to develop the competence necessary to serve as transition coordinators.