MA H661

Requires the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish regulations for whole-grade and content-specific academic acceleration in K-12 public schools, matching curriculum level, complexity, and pace to student readiness

Mandates schools evaluate all children for acceleration accommodations using screening assessments and bias-free evaluation tools, not just students recommended by teachers or parents

Requires written acceleration plans documenting academic and social-emotional supports for each accelerated student, implemented by administrators, counselors, and teachers

Directs all districts to provide professional development for educators supporting accelerated students, with DESE developing and making available training resources

Specifies acceleration strategies for consideration including: single subject acceleration, dual enrollment, curriculum compacting, credit by examination, whole-grade acceleration, early entrance to first grade, and early graduation