MA H626

Requires vocational-technical schools to use a blind lottery for admissions when applicants exceed available spaces, eliminating merit-based or subjective selection criteria

Limits application requirements to only current school enrollment and contact information; eligibility requires only meeting grade promotion requirements

Mandates schools maintain waitlists ordered by lottery results and submit them to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by June 1 annually

Requires the commissioner to collect and publicly report demographic data on applications, admissions, enrollment, and waitlists by race, ethnicity, disability status, economic disadvantage, and English learner status by November 1 each year

Applies to all vocational-technical programs including exploratory programs, whether state-approved or not, at both standalone vocational schools and comprehensive high schools