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MA S396

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jason Lewis

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Origin

Senate

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Rescinds the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's July 21, 2010 vote adopting Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts, restoring pre-2010 curriculum frameworks

  • Requires curriculum framework development committees to consist exclusively of public school teachers and academics from Massachusetts colleges and universities

  • Establishes three governor-appointed review committees (math, science/technology, and English) with 3 members each from Massachusetts research universities

  • Mandates review committees certify by two-thirds vote that frameworks meet standards of the most educationally advanced nations per the Trends in Mathematics and Sciences Study

  • Requires the Commissioner to release all diagnostic assessment test items, including questions and essays, for every grade and subject before each new school year

Legislative Description

For the end of Common Core, and establishing certain other curriculum standards

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2792

12/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Education2/27/2025

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