Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Early Education and Care (EEC)

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 Early Education and Care. 

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. Friday, August 29th, 2025.

Registration will CLOSE at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29th. 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 Tuesday, September 9, 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 - 9-2-2025	9/2/2025 1:00 PM	01:29:32

Early Education and Care 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.707	An Act relative to public preschool facilities	Priscila S. Sousa
H.703	An Act providing for universal pre-k for 3- to 5-year-olds	Danillo A. Sena
H.687	An Act ensuring high quality pre-kindergarten education	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
S.339	An Act ensuring high quality pre-kindergarten education	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.606	An Act relative to universal prekindergarten access	Vanna Howard
H.523	An Act to achieve universal pre-kindergarten	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.618	An Act relative to tuition-free universal full-day kindergarten	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.522	An Act relative to compulsory full-day kindergarten	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.510	An Act relative to changing the minimum age requirement for kindergarten	Brian M. Ashe
H.615	An Act to ensure the health and safety of children	Hannah Kane
H.542	An Act expanding access to family, friend, and neighbor-provided childcare	Marjorie C. Decker
S.341	An Act expanding access to family, friend, and neighbor-provided childcare	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.541	An Act enhancing learning in the early school years through a ban on school exclusion in public prekindergarten through 3rd grade	Marjorie C. Decker
S.373	An Act enhancing learning in the early school years through a ban on school exclusion in pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade	Adam Gómez
S.372	An Act creating a Disproportionate Share Childcare Provider Fund	Adam Gómez
S.357	An Act relative to licensed care and financial resource information for new parents and guardians	Paul R. Feeney
H.275	An Act relative to child care cost transparency	Tram T. Nguyen
S.113	An Act relative to child care cost transparency	Julian Cyr

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