Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Special Education

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 Special Education. 

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's upcoming hearing must register by completing this form before 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 17th, 2025.

Registration will CLOSE at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 17th. 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 virtually to the Committee at jointcommittee.education@malegislature.gov and Elizabeth Donovan 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 via email 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 25, 2025.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by January 17th, 2026, 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 Elizabeth.Noonan@masenate.gov. Thank you.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee On Education - 11-18-2025	11/18/2025 1:00 PM	02:10:56

Special Education 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.670	An Act relative to special education finance	Alice Hanlon Peisch
S.455	An Act relative to special education	Bruce E. Tarr
H.752	An Act strengthening transitional planning and increasing accountability for persons with disabilities and their families	Susannah M. Whipps
H.717	An Act establishing a special commission on special education funding	Joshua Tarsky
S.442	Resolve establishing a special commission on special education funding	Rebecca L. Rausch
H.691	An Act relative to the long-term fiscal health and sustainability of special education in the Commonwealth	Adam J. Scanlon
H.654	An Act relative to special education reimbursement	David K. Muradian, Jr.
H.646	An Act relative to neurodiversity education	Paul McMurtry
H.608	An Act relative to independent child protection	Steven S. Howitt
H.607	An Act relative to special education reimbursement programs	Steven S. Howitt
H.546	An Act to ensure equitable access to education, including special education services, for all students in Massachusetts	Marjorie C. Decker
S.317	An Act to ensure equitable access to education, including special education services, for all students in Massachusetts	Cynthia Stone Creem
H.511	An Act ensuring language readiness in deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing children entering kindergarten	Brian M. Ashe
H.505	An Act providing state support for municipal private special education costs	James C. Arena-DeRosa
S.454	An Act relative to conducting a study on the delivery of special education services	Bruce E. Tarr
S.430	An Act relative to the long-term fiscal health and sustainability of special education in the Commonwealth	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.383	An Act to create a facilities loan program for private special education schools	John F. Keenan
S.365	An Act relative to video cameras required in certain special education classrooms	Barry R. Finegold
S.313	An Act strengthening transitional planning and increasing accountability for persons with disabilities and their families	Joanne M. Comerford
H.4217	An Act to ensure fair due process in special education disputes	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida

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