Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

Gardner Auditorium

Event Description

Governance, Assessments, and Accountability

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 Governance, Assessments, and Accountability. 

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, November 10th, 2025.

Registration will CLOSE at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 10th. 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 Elizabeth Noonan at elizabeth.noonan@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 November 19, 2025.

You may contact committee staff at (617) 722-2070 or (617) 722-1206 or email fiona.brucebaiden@mahous.gov and elizabeth.noonan@mahouse.gov

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Education - 11-12-2025	11/12/2025 11:00 AM	04:10:56

Governance, Assessments, and Accountability 11:00am - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.734	An Act fulfilling the promise of education reform	Andres X. Vargas
S.343	An Act fulfilling the promise of education reform	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.617	An Act establishing an educational mandate task force	Hannah Kane
H.612	An Act relative to an educational unfunded mandate task force	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.660	An Act concerning equitable state summative assessments of students	Kelly W. Pease
H.659	An Act relative to equity and inclusion in education	Kelly W. Pease
H.527	An Act developing a Portrait of a Graduate	Daniel Cahill
S.431	An Act developing a Portrait of a Graduate	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.398	An Act to promote student college and career success and civic engagement	Jason M. Lewis
S.379	An Act relative to student assessment data	Patricia D. Jehlen
H.738	An Act relative to civic test requirements for graduation	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.525	An Act related to high school graduation	Antonio F. D. Cabral
S.374	An Act empowering students and schools to thrive	Adam Gómez
H.729	An Act relative to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Steven Ultrino
S.443	An Act modernizing the board of elementary and secondary education	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.377	An Act relative to the board of elementary and secondary education	Patricia D. Jehlen
H.726	An Act to establish a community schools special legislative commission	Chynah Tyler
S.409	An Act to establish a community schools special legislative commission	Paul W. Mark
S.50	An Act establishing a career-to-education data center	Pavel M. Payano
H.694	An Act to preserve local control of Chapter 74 admissions policies	Adam J. Scanlon
H.614	An Act relative to issuing guidance regarding setting policies for the use of AI in schools	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
S.429	An Act to establish a commission to investigate AI in education	Jacob R. Oliveira
H.582	An Act relative to school committee oversight	William C. Galvin
H.693	An Act ensuring student representation, Aidan's law	Adam J. Scanlon
S.356	An Act ensuring student representation, Aidan's Law	Paul R. Feeney
H.568	An Act relative to student representative voting rights	Tricia Farley-Bouvier
S.367	An Act relative to student representative relative to student representative voting rights	Adam Gómez
H.535	An Act relative to student voice	Manny Cruz
H.552	An Act parental rights legislation	David F. DeCoste
H.537	An Act relative to school site councils and the district parent advisory council	Manny Cruz
H.504	An Act to ensure equitable representation of required parent advisory councils to school committees	James Arciero
H.3980	An Act establishing LGBTQIA+ parent advisory councils in the Commonwealth	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.3941	An Act relative to the department of elementary and secondary education visiting school districts	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
S.457	An Act to establish the Middle School Innovation Fund	Bruce E. Tarr
H.4207	An Act relative to school library standards	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
S.428	An Act relative to school library standards	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.346	Resolve establishing a commission to study the funding of high-quality early education and care in Massachusetts	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.4038	An Act relative to school transportation reimbursement	John Barrett, III
H.4059	An Act relative to fresh fruits and vegetables in schools	Paul McMurtry

Present (6)

Jason M. Lewis (SEN)

Sal N. DiDomenico (SEN)

Patricia D. Jehlen (SEN)

Robyn K. Kennedy (SEN)

Patrick M. O'Connor (SEN)

Pavel M. Payano (SEN)

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