SENATE DOCKET, NO. 257 FILED ON: 1/26/2021
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 312
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sal N. DiDomenico
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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 to improve literacy skills.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 257 FILED ON: 1/26/2021
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 312
By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 312) of Sal N. DiDomenico for legislation to improve literacy skills. Education. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 266 OF 2019-2020.]
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 to improve literacy skills.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 15 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition,
is hereby amended by inserting after Section 52, the following section:-
Section 52A. The Board shall establish, subject to appropriation, an elementary school
literacy grant program. Grants shall be awarded to districts for individual schools to improve literacy
outcomes for both general education and special education populations. The amount of grants shall be
based on a sliding scale to be determined by the department, based on the district’s percentage of
students categorized as economically disadvantaged. Grants shall be awarded for the
following:
(a)Intensive school wide literacy coaching and professional development. Grants under this category may not continue for a period exceeding four years.
(b)K-3 literacy interventions for the most at-risk students, as defined by district benchmarks. Such grants shall be awarded for intensive literacy intervention training, coaching, professional development, and literacy specialists. Literacy intervention grants may be ongoing.
Grants awarded pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) may be for efforts in conjunction with or separate
from each other. Program participants shall be required to report their results to the department, which
shall publish the results online. Renewal of grants shall be contingent on scientifically documented
efficacy of programs.