Hearing Details Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, March 4, 2024

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2

Event Description

The Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions will conduct a hearing in Room A-2, on Monday, March 4, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on ballot initiative NO. 23-36, An Act requiring that districts certify that students have mastered the skills, competencies and knowledge of the state standards as a replacement for the MCAS graduation requirement (House, No. 4252).

The Joint Committee will hear invited testimony from experts, proponents, and opponents. The public is invited to participate in this hearing. Advanced registration to present in person oral testimony is required of anyone other than those invited. Those wishing to register to testify may do so by emailing Mollie Cecconi at Mary.Cecconi@mahouse.gov. Please include your name, address, whether you support or oppose the question, and whether your testimony is on behalf of yourself or an organization. Participation will be limited as the portion of the hearing dedicated to public testimony is schedule for 60 minutes. Should more people register than time can accommodate they will be directed to submit written testimony.

Chairs will limit testimony of the general public to 3 minutes per speaker. Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chairs per Committee rules.

Written testimony can be submitted to the Committee via email at SpecialJointCommitteeonInitiativePetitions@malegislature.gov. The deadline to submit written testimony is Friday, March 8th at 5:00 PM.

The livestream of this hearing will be available on the Legislature's website here.

You may contact Committee staff with any questions at Mary.Cecconi@mahouse.gov or Elizabeth.Berman@masenate.gov

Bill No.	Sponsor	Title
H4252		An Act requiring that districts certify that students have mastered the skills, competencies and knowledge of the state standards as a replacement for the MCAS graduation requirement

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chair per committee rules.

You may contact committee staff with any questions at (617) 722-2783 or (617) 722-1432.

If you have Accessibility needs, submit an accessibility services request.

Videos
Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions - 03-04-2024	3/4/2024 1:00 PM	03:37:48

Initiative Petition No. 23-36 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Hearing Agenda
Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.4252	An Act requiring that districts certify that students have mastered the skills, competencies and knowledge of the state standards as a replacement for the MCAS graduation requirement

Documents
	Document
	HEARING NOTICE RE. MCAS

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Hearing Details Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

Initiative Petition No. 23-36 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Hearing Details Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

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