HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2045 FILED ON: 1/19/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 276
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, 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 relative to non-public school student access to the MCAS exam.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 1/19/2017 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 1/19/2017 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 1/19/2017 |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester | 1/19/2017 |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | 2/3/2017 |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol | 1/19/2017 |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 1/19/2017 |
Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex | 1/19/2017 |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 1/19/2017 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 1/19/2017 |
Nicholas A. Boldyga | 3rd Hampden | 1/19/2017 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 1/19/2017 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 1/19/2017 |
Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | 1/19/2017 |
Shaunna L. O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | 1/19/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2045 FILED ON: 1/19/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 276
By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 276) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to non-public school student access to the MCAS exam. Education. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 411 OF 2015-2016.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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An Act relative to non-public school student access to the MCAS exam.
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 department of elementary and secondary education shall issue a report on the feasibility and costs associated with non-public school students and home schooled students in grade 10 voluntarily taking the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam; provided that said report shall be provided to the secretary of administration and finance, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives who shall forward the same to the chair of the senate ways and means committee, the chair of the house ways and means committee, and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education within 6 months of the effective date of this act.