HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 627        FILED ON: 1/10/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 514

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Christine P. Barber

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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 augmentative and alternative communication opportunities for children with disabilities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/10/2025

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

2/13/2025

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Hampden

2/18/2025

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/18/2025

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/20/2025

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/19/2025

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/19/2025

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/11/2025

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

3/16/2025

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/5/2025

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/14/2025

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/31/2025

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

3/4/2025

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

6/25/2025

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/19/2025

John J. Marsi

6th Worcester

2/13/2025

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

3/10/2025

Sean Reid

11th Essex

2/18/2025

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

4/9/2025

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/18/2025

Mark D. Sylvia

10th Bristol

4/14/2025

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/26/2025

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/19/2025

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/18/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 627        FILED ON: 1/10/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 514

By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 514) of Christine P. Barber and others for legislation to improve augmentative and alternative communication opportunities for school children with disabilities.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 433 OF 2023-2024.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act to improve augmentative and alternative communication opportunities for children with disabilities.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the board of elementary and secondary education shall repromulgate 603 CMR 7.03(3) as necessary to establish the requirement that all approved programs for teachers include instruction on the appropriate use of augmentative and alternative communication and other assistive technologies; provided further the board may require that individual professional development plans required by section 38G of chapter 71 address the learning needs of students who are nonverbal or have limited speech requiring augmentative and alternative communication.