SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2396 FILED ON: 2/19/2021
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 282
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael J. Barrett
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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 addressing the needs of students with disabilities turning 22 during the COVID-19 emergency.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
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Michael J. Barrett | Third Middlesex |
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Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 2/26/2021 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 3/8/2021 |
Paul F. Tucker | 7th Essex | 3/8/2021 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 3/9/2021 |
Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex | 3/31/2021 |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk | 3/31/2021 |
Joanne M. Comerford | Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | 4/1/2021 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 6/22/2021 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 9/16/2021 |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2396 FILED ON: 2/19/2021
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 282
By Mr. Barrett, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 282) of Michael J. Barrett, Jack Patrick Lewis, Thomas M. Stanley, Paul F. Tucker and other members of the General Court for legislation to address the needs of students with disabilities turning 22 during the COVID-19 emergency. Education. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act addressing the needs of students with disabilities turning 22 during the COVID-19 emergency.
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 second sentence of subsection (a) of section 5A of chapter 71B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “chapter” the following words:- ; provided that said program shall also reimburse municipalities for the eligible instructional costs associated with providing compensatory special education services for students who turn 22 or who otherwise become ineligible for special education services in the period between the governor’s declaration of a state of emergency due to COVID-19 on March 10, 2020 and three months after the date that the governor gives notice that the state of emergency has ended, provided further that municipalities may be reimbursed for the eligible costs associated with providing compensatory special education services for said students for a period of time up to two years following the notice that the state of emergency has ended.
SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of said section 5A of said chapter 71B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is herby amended by adding the following sentence:- “Instructional costs” shall also include those costs directly attributable to providing compensatory special education services for students who turn 22 or who otherwise become ineligible for special education services in the period between the governor’s declaration of a state of emergency due to COVID-19 on March 10, 2020 and three months after the date that the governor gives notice that the state of emergency has ended, provided that municipalities may be reimbursed for the eligible costs associated with providing compensatory special education services for said students for a period of time up to two years following the notice that the state of emergency has ended.