SENATE DOCKET, NO. 413        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 273

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Diana DiZoglio

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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 unfunded mandates on public schools.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

 

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/29/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

1/31/2019

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

1/31/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 413        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 273

By Ms. DiZoglio, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 273) of Diana DiZoglio, Patrick M. O'Connor, Dean A. Tran, James M. Kelcourse and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to unfunded mandates on public schools.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 299 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 relative to unfunded mandates on public schools.

 

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of elementary and secondary education is hereby authorized and directed to conduct an analysis of all new state laws, regulations, or administrative directives, which directly impact the Commonwealth’s public schools. Said analysis shall include but not be limited to a reporting of each new action’s cost to school districts and its employees, impact on time on learning in the classroom and overall impact on improving student achievement. The department shall file its analyses with the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to the implementation of related new state laws, regulations, or administrative directives.