Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

Gardner Auditorium and Virtual

Event Description

The Joint Committee on Education will be holding a hearing on bills related to Curriculum and Instruction.

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 Curriculum and Instruction. 

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, September 12th, 2025. 

Registration will CLOSE at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 12th. 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 Dennis Burke at  Dennis.Burke@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 23, 2025. 

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by November 15th, 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/     

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.        

You may contact committee staff with any questions at (617) 722-2070 or (617) 722-1206 or email fiona.brucebaiden@mahouse.gov and dennis.burke@masenate.gov if you have any questions.   Thank you.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration
Joint Committee on Education -- 09-16-2025 (Part 4)	9/16/2025 5:00 PM	01:28:31
Joint Committee on Education -- 09-16-2025 (Part 3)	9/16/2025 3:00 PM	01:56:29
Joint Committee on Education -- 09-16-2025 (Part 2)	9/16/2025 1:00 PM	02:03:57
Joint Committee on Education -- 09-16-2025 (Part 1)	9/16/2025 11:00 AM	01:53:20

Curriculum and Instruction 11:00am - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.46	An Act requiring financial education in schools	Office of the State Treasurer
H.636	An Act requiring financial education in schools	Kate Lipper-Garabedian
S.421	An Act requiring financial education in schools	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.627	An Act relative to the strengthening of financial literacy throughout the commonwealth	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.594	An Act relative to personal financial literacy	Ryan M. Hamilton
S.423	An Act relative to student financial literacy	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.698	An Act to promote high-quality early literacy instruction and improve student outcomes	Danillo A. Sena
S.338	An Act promoting high-quality comprehensive literacy instruction in all Massachusetts schools	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.735	An Act to promote food literacy	Andres X. Vargas
S.392	An Act relative to food literacy	Jason M. Lewis
H.656	An Act relative to healthy youth	James J. O'Day
S.340	An Act relative to healthy youth	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.550	An Act relative to securing parental consent for human sexuality education	David F. DeCoste
H.547	An Act relative to providing health education in schools	Marjorie C. Decker
S.310	An Act relative to mental health education	Nick Collins
S.433	An Act relative to substance use education in public schools	Pavel M. Payano
S.432	An Act relative to prescription opioid abuse prevention education	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.413	An Act to save lives through increased fentanyl awareness, aka Andrew's Law	Mark C. Montigny
H.562	An Act to increase substance use prevention and awareness and reduce overdose abandonment	Kate Donaghue
H.725	An Act teaching anti-racism in Massachusetts schools	Chynah Tyler
H.723	An Act concerning education in honor of Byron Rushing	Chynah Tyler
H.682	An Act to establish an integrated cultural studies curriculum in our schools	David M. Rogers
H.655	An Act to promote comprehensive and inclusive curriculum in schools	Tram T. Nguyen
S.371	An Act to promote comprehensive and inclusive curriculum in schools	Adam Gómez
H.605	Resolve providing for a special commission to examine anti-slavery education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Vanna Howard
S.322	An Act promoting racially and culturally inclusive K-12 curriculum	Brendan P. Crighton
S.412	An Act providing for the creation of a permanent commission relative to the education of American Indian and Alaska Native residents of the Commonwealth	Liz Miranda
H.649	An Act providing for the creation of a permanent commission relative to the education of American Indian and Alaska Native residents of the Commonwealth	Samantha Montaño
S.444	An Act relative to celebrating and teaching Native American culture and history	Rebecca L. Rausch
H.628	An Act relative to celebrating and teaching Native American culture and history	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.604	An Act concerning Asian Pacific Islander Desi American history education	Vanna Howard
H.613	An Act providing curriculum transparency	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
S.396	An Act for the end of Common Core, and establishing certain other curriculum standards	Jason M. Lewis
H.706	An Act relative to geography education	Todd M. Smola
H.603	An Act relative to enhancing civic education in Massachusetts public schools	Tara T. Hong
H.599	An Act relative to LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum	Natalie M. Higgins
S.336	An Act relative to LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum	Julian Cyr
H.589	An Act relative to science curriculum standards	Kenneth I. Gordon
S.410	An Act promoting scientific literacy in schools	Paul W. Mark
H.560	An Act implementing elementary and secondary interdisciplinary climate literacy education	Mindy Domb
S.391	An Act implementing elementary and secondary interdisciplinary climate literacy education	Jason M. Lewis
H.561	An Act advancing Massachusetts from STEM to STEAM	Mindy Domb
H.534	An Act to expand access to computer science coursework	Manny Cruz
S.362	An Act expanding access to computer science coursework	Barry R. Finegold
H.558	An Act to promote the inclusion of American Sign Language in the Commonwealth’s public schools, AKA The American Sign Language Inclusion Act	Carol A. Doherty
S.425	An Act to promote the inclusion of American Sign Language in the Commonwealth’s public schools, AKA The American Sign Language Inclusion Act	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.462	An Act establishing media literacy education in schools to ensure all children are learning to analyze, evaluate and responsibly use the media	John C. Velis
S.451	An Act to promote alternative dispute resolution for students	Bruce E. Tarr
H.518	An Act to facilitate homeschooling and encourage educational innovation	Nicholas A. Boldyga
H.732	An Act relative to high school professional development programs	Steven Ultrino
H.588	An Act relative to establishing the gateway city public school driver education program	Carlos González
H.4297	An Act relative to the Lowell Mason Act to mandate a percentage of Chapter 70 funds for Arts Education Programs	Paul McMurtry
H.4107	An Act to require CPR training and promote careers in emergency medical services	Leigh Davis
H.4060	An Act establishing a commission regarding school disciplinary policies and bullying	Adam J. Scanlon
H.669	An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy	Alice Hanlon Peisch

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