HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 651        FILED ON: 1/16/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 447

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Josh S. Cutler and Paul A. Schmid III

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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 supporting student participation in 4-H programs.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/16/2023

Paul A. Schmid III

8th Bristol

1/19/2023

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

1/19/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

1/20/2023

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

1/23/2023

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/23/2023

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/23/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

1/23/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/24/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/24/2023

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/24/2023

Lenny Mirra

2nd Essex

1/25/2023

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos

14th Essex

1/26/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/28/2023

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

1/31/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

2/1/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

2/2/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/3/2023

Paul W. Mark

Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire

2/5/2023

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

2nd Berkshire

2/8/2023

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

2/9/2023

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/15/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/18/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/20/2023

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

2/23/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/27/2023

Sally P. Kerans

13th Essex

3/29/2023

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

4/4/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

4/4/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

4/5/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

4/6/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

4/12/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

4/12/2023

Adam Scanlon

14th Bristol

4/12/2023

Jeffrey Rosario Turco

19th Suffolk

4/12/2023

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

4/13/2023

Dawne Shand

1st Essex

4/14/2023

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

4/26/2023

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

5/2/2023

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

5/2/2023

Pavel Payano

First Essex

5/2/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

5/4/2023

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester and Hampshire

5/30/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 651        FILED ON: 1/16/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 447

By Representatives Cutler of Pembroke and Schmid of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 447) of Josh S. Cutler, Paul A. Schmid, III and others relative to student participation in 4-H programs.  Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to supporting student participation in 4-H programs.

 

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. Chapter 76 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 22. (a) A student who participates in an activity or program sponsored by Massachusetts 4-H shall be credited as present by the school in which the student is enrolled in the same manner as an educational field trip. A school committee shall not count a student absent for participating in an activity or program sponsored by Massachusetts 4-H.

(b) Upon request from a school committee, a Massachusetts 4-H agent shall provide documentation as proof of a student's participation in an activity or program sponsored by Massachusetts 4-H.

(c) A school committee shall ensure that a student has the opportunity to make up any school work missed while the student was participating in an activity or program sponsored by Massachusetts 4-H. A school committee shall ensure that a student's class grades are not adversely affected for lack of attendance or participation due to the student's participation in an activity or program sponsored by Massachusetts 4-H.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a school committee shall not credit a student who participates in an activity or program sponsored by Massachusetts 4-H as present if the student's participation occurs during:

(1) The schedule established by the commissioner of education for the administration of the Massachusetts comprehensive assessment system tests; or

(2) Any period of time for which the student has been suspended or expelled, if the student's suspension or expulsion would otherwise preclude the student from participating in an educational field trip.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.