SENATE DOCKET, NO. 921        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 227

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to Provide Fair Process for Students with Disabilities..

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

Section 3 of Chapter 71B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence of paragraph 12 the following sentence:

The school committee shall have the burden of proof in any proceeding conducted pursuant to this section.