Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

Gardner Auditorium and Virtual

Event Description

The Joint Committee on Education will be holding a hearing on Early Education and Care.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be live-streamed on the Massachusetts Legislature website. To register to testify in-person or virtually, please provide contact information on the form linked here. The deadline to sign up for virtual testimony is 3:00PM on Monday, October 16th. Those wishing to testify in person may register in person at the time of the hearing but are encouraged to register ahead of time using this form. The Chair will limit testimony to two minutes per individual and reserves the right to call public officials out of turn.

Please email written testimony to House Chair Denise Garlick at Denise.Garlick@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Jason Lewis at Jason.Lewis@masenate.gov. The Chairs request that those submitting written testimony include “EDUCATION COMMITTEE TESTIMONY” and the bill number IN THE SUBJECT LINE, and provide the committee with your name, organization, and phone number. Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chair. As always, do not hesitate to contact our staff at (617) 722-2070 (or Zachary.Schwartz@mahouse.gov and Dennis.Burke@masenate.gov) if you have any questions.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Education - 10-17-2023	10/17/2023 11:00 AM	04:22:50

Early Education and Care 11:00am - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.275	An Act relative to licensed care and financial resource information for parents of newborns	Paul R. Feeney
S.284	An Act creating a disproportionate share childcare provider fund	Adam Gomez
H.179	An Act relative to large family child care homes	Kenneth I. Gordon
S.265	An Act relative to quality funding for early childhood education and care programs	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.3755	An Act relative to rebuilding our early education workforce	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.489	An Act providing affordable and accessible high-quality early education and care to promote child development and well-being and support the economy in the Commonwealth	Kenneth I. Gordon
S.301	An Act providing affordable and accessible high quality early education and care to promote child development and well-being and support the economy in the Commonwealth	Jason M. Lewis
H.453	An Act enhancing learning in the early school years through a ban on school exclusion in pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade	Marjorie C. Decker
S.289	An Act enhancing learning in the early school years through a ban on school exclusion in pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade	Adam Gomez
H.513	An Act to ensure the health and safety of children	Hannah Kane
H.456	An Act to expand access to family, friend, and neighbor-provided childcare	Marjorie C. Decker
H.428	An Act relative to changing the minimum age requirement for kindergarten	Brian M. Ashe
H.435	An Act relative to compulsory full-day kindergarten	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.586	An Act relative to public preschool facilities	Priscila S. Sousa
H.514	An Act relative to tuition-free universal full-day kindergarten	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.566	An Act ensuring high quality pre-kindergarten education	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
S.264	An Act ensuring high quality pre-kindergarten education	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.501	An Act relative to universal prekindergarten access	Vanna Howard
S.296	An Act relative to universal prekindergarten access	Edward J. Kennedy
S.317	An Act relative to universal prekindergarten access	Liz Miranda
H.578	An Act providing for universal pre-k for 3- to 5-year-olds	Danillo A. Sena
H.436	An Act to achieve universal pre-kindergarten	Antonio F. D. Cabral

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

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