Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-2 and Virtual

Event Description

School Climate and Safety

The Joint Committee on Education will hold a hybrid public hearing to solicit written and oral testimony in-person and remotely on the following bills that pertain to School Climate and Safety.

To register to testify virtually, you must provide contact information on the form linked here. Individuals who wish to testify virtually at the Joint Committee on Education upcoming hearing must register by completing this form before 12:00 p.m. on Monday, June 16th, 2025.

Registration will CLOSE at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, June 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 submit written testimony to Fiona Bruce-Baiden at fiona.brucebaiden@mahouse.gov and  Emily Reynolds at emily.reynolds@masenate.gov, or to the Committee on Education at 24 Beacon Street, Room 473G, Boston, MA 02133. 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. 

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on August 16, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.  

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Education page https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J14/ Hearings  

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.  

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) 722-2070 or (617) 722-1206 or email fiona.brucebaiden@mahouse.gov and emily.reynolds@masenate.gov if you have any questions. 

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee On Education - 6-17-2025	6/17/2025 1:00 PM	04:23:28

School Climate and Safety 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.507	An Act relative to the enforcement of anti-bullying policies in our schools	Shirley B. Arriaga
H.516	An Act establishing employee screening requirements in schools to prevent child sexual abuse	Natalie M. Blais
H.533	An Act to expand the use of career and academic plans	Manny Cruz
H.548	An Act to promote safe firearm storage education and increase the well-being of students	Marjorie C. Decker
H.549	An Act to regulate the use of mobile communication devices in educational institutions	David F. DeCoste
H.574	An Act relative to the use of mobile devices in public school districts	Carole A. Fiola
H.575	An Act prohibiting the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth	Brandy Fluker-Reid
H.585	Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.591	An Act relative to school bullying	Danielle W. Gregoire
H.638	An Act to protect library patron privacy	Jay D. Livingstone
H.647	An Act relative to school start times for middle and high school students	Paul McMurtry
H.666	An Act promoting safe technology use and distraction-free education for youth	Alice Hanlon Peisch
H.667	An Act relative to school absences	Alice Hanlon Peisch
H.681	An Act relative to combating violence in schools	Estela A. Reyes
H.688	An Act relative to public school workplace security	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.696	An Act establishing a commission regarding phones in schools	Adam J. Scanlon
H.715	An Act relative to phone-free schools	Joshua Tarsky
H.720	An Act prohibiting cell phone usage during the school day	Jeffrey Rosario Turco
H.740	An Act relative to school mascot name changes	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.749	An Act requiring critical incident drills in schools	Thomas P. Walsh
H.753	An Act relative to school security	Steven George Xiarhos
S.312	An Act prohibiting the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth	Joanne M. Comerford
S.323	An Act providing for phone free schools	Brendan P. Crighton
S.324	An Act promoting racially integrated schools	Brendan P. Crighton
S.333	An Act to promote phone free schools	John J. Cronin
S.335	An Act promoting safe technology use and distraction-free education for youth	Julian Cyr
S.360	An Act relative to school start times for middle and high school students	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.381	An Act limiting cell phones in classrooms	John F. Keenan
S.387	An Act relative to safer schools	Robyn K. Kennedy
S.397	An Act to promote safe firearm storage education and increase the well-being of students	Jason M. Lewis
S.404	An Act relative to supporting survivors of child sexual abuse	Joan B. Lovely
S.405	An Act stopping harm inflicted by the exploitation of life and development	Joan B. Lovely
S.419	An Act creating a school resource officer grant program and fund	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.424	An Act to regulate the use of mobile communication devices in educational institutions	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.434	An Act relative to the enforcement of anti-bullying policies in our schools	Pavel M. Payano
S.438	An Act to expand the use of career and academic plans	Pavel M. Payano
S.445	An Act relative to parental notification in public schools	Michael F. Rush
S.450	An Act relative to school safety issues	Bruce E. Tarr
S.453	An Act relative to student absences based on religiously held beliefs	Bruce E. Tarr
S.461	An Act to protect children's learning, focus, and emotional health during school hours	John C. Velis
S.463	An Act regulating screen time and technology privacy in early and K-12 education	John C. Velis

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