HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1362        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 559

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Denise Provost

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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 requiring reports on the state’s implementation of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/16/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/20/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/31/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/31/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/1/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1362        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 559

By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 559) of Denise Provost and others relative to homeless and unaccompanied students.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 310 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act requiring reports on the state’s implementation of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

 

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 1A of Chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:-

The commissioner shall monitor and evaluate the implementation of the federal McKinney-Vento law, so-called, in all districts in the commonwealth and shall report findings and any proposed recommendations to improve said implementation to the board and to the legislature on an annual basis. The commissioner’s report shall include, but not be limited to, an annually updated estimate of the number of homeless and unaccompanied students in the state; the extent to which the state is complying with, and meeting the goals of, the federal law; how the academic achievement, graduation, drop-out and attendance rates of homeless and unaccompanied students compares with non-homeless students, and with other subgroups, including low-income, at-risk, Sped, ELL, and ethnic minority students; an analysis of the state and local barriers to meeting the goals of the law and recommendations on how to address such barriers.