HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 95120        FILED ON: 12/20/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5120

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act to assure college and career readiness through six-year career plans for all Massachusetts public school students..

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. The executive office of education shall, not later than 90 days after the effective date of this act, convene an advisory committee to investigate and study a development and implementation process for 6-year career planning to be coordinated by licensed school guidance counselors for all students in grades 6 to 12, inclusive, for implementation beginning in the 2013-2014 school year.

The advisory committee shall consist of 5 members: 1 of whom shall be the secretary of education, or a designee, who shall serve as chair; 1 of whom shall be the commissioner of elementary or secondary education or a designee; 1 of whom shall be the commissioner of higher education or a designee; and 2 persons to be appointed by the Massachusetts School Counselors Association.

The committee shall report to the general court the results of its investigation and study and its recommendations, if any, by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives who shall forward the same to the chairs of the joint committee on education and the chairs of the house and senate committee on ways and means on or before December 31, 2011.