HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2045        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 276

 

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

 

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

 

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

 

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

2/3/2017

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

 

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

 

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

 

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

 

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

 

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

 

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

 

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

 

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

 

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

 


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.