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MA H546
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Marjorie Decker
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to annually analyze and publish student-specific educational data in an accessible format, cross-tabulated by race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, disability category, English learner status, and homeless status
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Mandates school committees and charter schools report detailed special education service delivery data by demographic groups, including related services, assistive technology, behavioral interventions, vocational education, and transition services
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Conditions special education reporting requirements on the department providing school committees with an online web-based IEP application aligned with required reporting categories
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Expands monitoring triggers to include patterns of delivery of specific special education services, not just student assignments to programs
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Requires the department to flag statistically significant increases in assignment of students with disabilities to substantially separate classrooms by racial/ethnic group for 10 years following the March 2020 COVID-19 emergency declaration, compared to 2018-19 baseline data
Legislative Description
To ensure equitable access to education, including special education services, for all students in Massachusetts
Last Action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2/12/2026