HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94650        FILED ON: 5/5/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4650

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act relative to the MCAS appeals process..

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

Section 1D of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official edition, is hereby amended by  adding the following sentence:—

The board shall develop procedures for providing written notification to parents or guardians of test takers of the process for appealing scores and performance on said assessment instrument.