HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 305        FILED ON: 1/13/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 70

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

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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 Resolve creating a study into the promotion of a year of service by young people in the Commonwealth.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/13/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 305        FILED ON: 1/13/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 70

By Mr. Naughton of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 70) of Harold P. Naughton, Jr. for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court)  of promoting a year of public service by young people and the effects of such service on particpants and the community.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 161 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act Resolve creating a study into the promotion of a year of service by young people in the Commonwealth.

 

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.  That a special commission consisting  Two members of the Education Committee of the Senate; Two Members of the Education Committee of the House; Two members of the Senate Committee on Children and Families;  Two members of the House committee on Children and Families; the Commissioner of Education; the Chancellor of Higher Education; the Commissioner of the Department of Youth Services; the Executive Director of City Year Boston; and the Chief Executive Officer of the Boy and Girls Clubs of Massachusetts, or such a designee as appointed by the above listed persons with the purpose of examining and promoting of a year of public service by young people in the Commonwealth and the effects of such service on the individual and the community.

Said commission shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives on or before the first Wednesday in November, two thousand and nine.