MA H663

Creates new Chapter 71C establishing a comprehensive framework for gifted and talented education in Massachusetts, requiring free appropriate public education for gifted, beyond grade-level, twice-exceptional, and highly/profoundly gifted students ages 5-21

Establishes a new Office of Beyond Grade-Level and Gifted and Talented Education within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, led by a full-time director with expertise in gifted education policy

Requires 15 hours of professional development in gifted education every five years for license renewal for educators working with gifted students, plus mandatory gifted education training for initial educator certification

Mandates annual district reporting to the department on gifted students served, broken down by race/ethnicity, gender, disability status, English proficiency, and free/reduced lunch eligibility

Authorizes school committees to enter inter-district agreements or contracts with public/private schools to provide gifted services, with educational collaboratives serving highly or profoundly gifted and low-incidence populations