HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 370        FILED ON: 1/14/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 149

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John V. Fernandes

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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 students with severe disabilities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John V. Fernandes

10th Worcester

1/14/2011

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

34th Middlesex

1/27/2011

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

1/27/2011

Steven A. Tolman

 

2/1/2011

James B. Eldridge

 

2/3/2011

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

1/14/2011

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

1/14/2011

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/14/2011

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

1/14/2011

John F. Keenan

 

1/14/2011

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/14/2011

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/14/2011

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

1/14/2011

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

10th Hampden

1/18/2011

Linda Dorcena Forry

12th Suffolk

1/14/2011

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

1/14/2011

Theodore C. Speliotis

13th Essex

1/20/2011

Michael O. Moore

 

1/26/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 370        FILED ON: 1/14/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 149

By Mr. Fernandes of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 149) of John V. Fernandes and others relative to an alternate MCAS completion plan for students with certain disabilities.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 387 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to students with severe 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 1.  Section 1I of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Students with severe disabilities who are unable to take the written MCAS assessment and who participate in the MCAS alt assessment shall have their MCAS portfolios based on the students individual education plan’s goals and objectives rather than MCAS standards.