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MA S330

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

John Cronin

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Origin

Senate

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Requires vocational-technical schools to use a lottery system for admissions when there are more eligible applicants than available spaces from a sending community

  • Allows school districts to consider attendance and discipline records only for determining lottery entry eligibility

  • Mandates schools maintain waitlists ordered by lottery results and submit them to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by June 1; vacancies must be filled from the waitlist in order

  • Requires the commissioner to collect and publicly report demographic data on applications, admissions, enrollment, and waitlists by November 1 annually, including breakdowns by race, ethnicity, disability status, economic disadvantage, and English language learner status

  • Directs the board to promulgate regulations for implementation and enforcement of the new admissions requirements

Legislative Description

To end discriminatory outcomes in vocational school admissions

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see S2690

11/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Education2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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