Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

Virtual Hearing

Event Description

The Education Committee will be holding a hearing on bills related to Health and Miscellaneous Items on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022.

To register to testify at the virtual hearing, please follow this link.

Registration to present Oral Testimony is required. Please note that the sign-up period will close at 12:00 PM on Monday, January 3rd. Late registrants will not be accepted. Upon completion of registration, a confirmation will appear on the webpage that your registration was successful. You will not receive email confirmation. Further instructions on how to participate, including a link for the remote hearing, will be provided by Legislative Information Services shortly before the hearing.

This hearing will be conducted via Microsoft Teams and livestreamed on the Legislature's website. The public is invited to participate in or observe this virtual hearing.

Written Electronic Testimony may be submitted via email to Alice.Peisch@mahouse.gov and Jason.Lewis@masenate.gov. Please include "Education Committee Testimony, [Relevant Bill Number]" IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE EMAIL.

This hearing will be recorded and archived. By registering to submit testimony, you agree to release to the public all information you have included. All written and oral testimony submitted to the Committee is public information that is provided upon request. The Committee will make reasonable efforts to ensure the email address or other contact information provided will not be published. DO NOT INCLUDE any information you do not intend to make public, such as medical or other personally identifiable information.

TESTIMONY WILL BE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES TOTAL. PLEASE ADDRESS ANY BILL ON WHICH YOU PLAN TO TESTIFY WITHIN THE 3 MINUTES IN WHICH YOU ARE CALLED.

Bills will be heard in the order as seen on this page.

If you have any questions or technical difficulties, please email aiden.church@mahouse.gov and dennis.burke@masenate.gov.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration
Joint Committee on Education Hearing: Part 1 of 3	1/4/2022 11:00 AM	02:06:02
Joint Committee on Education Hearing: Part 2 of 3	1/4/2022 11:00 AM	02:19:33
Joint Committee on Education Hearing: Part 3 of 3	1/4/2022 11:00 AM	02:20:59

Bill Order 11:00am - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.309	An Act relative to the availability of sunscreen for students	Julian Cyr
S.379	An Act creating a special commission to study classroom temperatures	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.572	An Act expanding reasons for excused absences from school to include mental or behavioral health	Carol A. Doherty
H.636	An Act establishing a commission to study mental health education requirements in public schools	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.3782	An Act providing mental health sick days to public school students	Tami L. Gouveia
H.4225	An Act relative to suicide prevention in schools	Edward R. Philips
H.630	An Act relative to emergency stock epinephrine in schools	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.597	An Act relative to the reimbursement of school-based care	Denise C. Garlick
H.669	An Act relative to the reimbursement of school-based care	Mathew J. Muratore
S.809	An Act relative to MassHealth provider reimbursement	Susan L. Moran
H.564	An Act relative to healthy school lunches	Michael S. Day
S.363	An Act relative to healthy school lunches	Jason M. Lewis
H.686	An Act establishing farm to school grants to promote healthy eating and strengthen the agricultural economy	Smitty Pignatelli
S.349	An Act establishing farm to school grants to promote healthy eating and strengthen the agricultural economy	Eric P. Lesser
H.714	An Act relative to universal school meals	Andres X. Vargas
S.314	An Act relative to universal school meals	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.2187	An Act relative to school service contracts	Adrian C. Madaro
H.4138	An Act requiring accountability for inequities in suspension and expulsion – The RAISE Act	Steven Ultrino
H.706	An Act relative to the protection of medical exemptions for immunizations for school attendance	Michael J. Soter
S.330	An Act supporting physician autonomy and clinical judgment in personalized medical care	Diana DiZoglio
S.2516	An Act mitigating COVID-19 transmission among children and families	Rebecca L. Rausch

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

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