MA S317

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to annually analyze and publish student-specific education data in an accessible format, cross-tabulated by race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, disability category, English learner status, and homeless status

Mandates reporting on the number of students by grade level and disability category receiving specific special education services, including related services, assistive technology, behavioral interventions, vocational education, and transition services

Requires school committees to annually report delivery of special education services broken down by demographic categories, contingent on the department providing an online web-based IEP application aligned with reporting requirements

Expands oversight triggers to include patterns of delivery of specific special education services, not just student assignment patterns

Creates a 10-year monitoring period following the March 2020 COVID-19 state of emergency to track statistically significant increases in assignment of students with disabilities to substantially separate classrooms by racial or ethnic group, compared to the 2018-19 school year baseline