Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Targeted Student Issues and Student Discipline 

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 Targeted Student Issues and Student Discipline. 

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 1:00 p.m. on Monday, July 7th, 2025.

Registration will CLOSE at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, July 7th. 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 be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chair per committee rules.  

Please submit written testimony to Fiona Bruce-Baiden at jointcommittee.education@malegislature.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. The Committee will accept written testimony until July 15, 2025.

You may contact committee staff 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 - 7-8-2025	7/8/2025 1:00 PM	02:18:19

Targeted Student Issues and Student Discipline 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.748	An Act to promote healthy culture and climate within schools	Thomas P. Walsh
H.731	An Act requiring accountability for inequities in suspension and expulsion or RAISE Act	Steven Ultrino
S.380	An Act requiring accountability for inequities in suspension and expulsion or RAISE Act	Patricia D. Jehlen
H.730	An Act addressing school exclusion policies to remedy disparities in educational achievement	Steven Ultrino
H.718	An Act to reduce out-of-school suspensions	Joshua Tarsky
H.705	An Act to promote healthy culture and climate within schools	Todd M. Smola
H.641	An Act relative to fair educational practices	John J. Marsi
S.349	An Act relative to fair educational practices	Ryan C. Fattman
H.625	An Act relative to corporal punishment	Michael P. Kushmerek
H.576	An Act to reduce exclusionary discipline for violations of rules related to student grooming and dress	Brandy Fluker-Reid
S.368	An Act to reduce exclusionary discipline for grooming and dress code violations	Adam Gómez
S.376	An Act addressing school exclusion policies to remedy disparities in students' educational achievement	Patricia D. Jehlen
H.724	An Act establishing a commission on school segregation	Chynah Tyler
H.721	An Act to assesses school integration within the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) program	Chynah Tyler
H.712	An Act relative to dropout prevention and student recovery	Priscila S. Sousa
S.437	An Act relative to dropout prevention and student recovery	Pavel M. Payano
H.663	An Act relative to educational equity for gifted and beyond grade-level children	Kelly W. Pease
H.662	An Act to prohibit age discrimination	Kelly W. Pease
H.661	An Act relative to equitable accelerated learning opportunities for public school students	Kelly W. Pease
H.622	An Act relative to an expert panel on the education of advanced and gifted students	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.621	An Act relative to state engagement in the education of gifted and talented students	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.620	An Act to ensure educational rights are upheld for incarcerated youth	Mary S. Keefe
H.573	An Act to protect children from adults in positions of authority or trust	Carole A. Fiola
H.571	An Act providing for alternatives to fines for failure to send	Carole A. Fiola
H.524	An Act to require school attendance up to age 18 or until graduation	Antonio F. D. Cabral
S.406	An Act relative to recovery high schools	Joan B. Lovely
S.399	An Act to promote equity in school attendance requirements	Jason M. Lewis
S.361	An Act providing for a study of chronic student absences	Barry R. Finegold
S.344	An Act enhancing the educational outcomes of expectant and parenting students	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.359	An Act promoting healthy culture and climate within schools	Paul R. Feeney

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	7.8.25 House Hearing Packet

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

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