HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 915        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 143

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Antonio F. D. Cabral

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to teacher recertification requirements.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/19/2011

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

2/3/2011

Richard Bastien

2nd Worcester

2/4/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 915        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 143

By Mr. Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 143) of Antonio F. D. Cabral, James J. Dwyer and Richard Bastien relative to teacher recertification requirements.  Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to teacher recertification requirements.

 

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

Chapter seventy-one of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is further amended in section 38G, line 196 by deleting “one hundred” and inserting “twenty-five”; and further, by adding a sentence to the paragraph as follows:- “To achieve the goal of establishing a recertification fee that is commensurate with the actual costs of teacher recertification, the department of elementary and secondary education shall provide a public accounting of the costs of carrying out its certification and recertification procedures to the commissioner of administration no later than December 31, 2011.”