MA H401

Bill

MA H401

Supporting healthy development among preschoolers

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to require the development of standards for prohibiting or limiting the use of suspension and expulsion in preschools. Education.

AI Summary

This bill aims to require the development of standards for prohibiting or severely limiting the use of suspension and expulsion in preschools. The standards would include benchmarks and goals for supporting children's social-emotional and behavioral development, engagement steps to be taken with the child and parent or guardian prior to suspension or expulsion, requirements for communicating discipline policies, and specifications for incentivizing programs to access technical assistance to support staff and teacher skills in this area. The goal is to reduce the use of exclusion as a disciplinary tool and eliminate disparities in the use of suspension and expulsion in preschools.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (22)

Ruth Balser (D), Mike Connolly (D), Edward Coppinger (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Mindy Domb (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Sean Garballey (D), Tami Gouveia (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Kay Khan (D), Jack Lewis (D), Elizabeth Malia (D), Christina Minicucci (D), Liz Miranda (D), Tram Nguyen (D), Denise Provost (D), Becca Rausch (D), Maria Robinson (D), Dave Rogers (D), José Tosado (D), John Velis (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4291 (on 01/15/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H401

(20 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H401
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H401.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1377	To increase the penalty for school tardiness	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3853	Relative to the operation of charter schools in the city of New Bedford	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H405	Relative to the charter school reimbursement rate for the town of Foxborough	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H421	Requiring food allergen certification in vocational schools	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H4291	Ensuring high quality early education	Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Replaced by
H433	Establishing mandatory school lockdown drills in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a new draft, see H4431	Similar To
H437	Relative to the safety of schools, residences, and public assemblies	Accompanied a new draft, see H4426	Similar To
H524	Relative to the disclosure of information of public school athletic resources and interscholastic athletic authorized representatives	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H557	Relative to instruction in pregnancy and prenatal care	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
S1113	Regarding protections extended to lay teachers in parochial schools	Accompanied a new draft, see S2711	Similar To
S2324	Establishing a hate crimes grant program	Accompanied a new draft, see S2581	Similar To
S2398	To establish food allergy plans	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S253	Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules	Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S261	Relative to the availability of sunscreen for students	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S272	Relative to substance use education in public schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S306	To strengthen charter school data reporting	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S307	To strengthen the evaluation process for proposed new charter schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S314	Relative to local approval for charter schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S330	Relative to physical and social recess in schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S731	Relative to the promotion of mental health education in Massachusetts high schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1377

To increase the penalty for school tardiness

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H3853

Relative to the operation of charter schools in the city of New Bedford

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

H405

Relative to the charter school reimbursement rate for the town of Foxborough

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

H421

Requiring food allergen certification in vocational schools

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

H4291

Ensuring high quality early education

Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Replaced by

H433

Establishing mandatory school lockdown drills in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a new draft, see H4431

Similar To

H437

Relative to the safety of schools, residences, and public assemblies

Accompanied a new draft, see H4426

Similar To

H524

Relative to the disclosure of information of public school athletic resources and interscholastic athletic authorized representatives

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

H557

Relative to instruction in pregnancy and prenatal care

Accompanied a study order, see H5159

Similar To

S1113

Regarding protections extended to lay teachers in parochial schools

Accompanied a new draft, see S2711

Similar To

S2324

Establishing a hate crimes grant program

Accompanied a new draft, see S2581

Similar To

S2398

To establish food allergy plans

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S253

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S261

Relative to the availability of sunscreen for students