Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-702

EDU 702

Alternative and Augmentative Communication Devices

Messrs. O'Connor, Eldridge, Lewis, Keenan and Gomez, Ms. Moran and Messrs. Tarr, Payano, Moore and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following section:-

"SECTION XXXX. 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 and who require augmentative and alternative communication."