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This bill prohibits the disclosure of public school teachers' residential addresses under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which is a law that generally provides public access to government records. Specifically, the bill amends an existing statute to add teachers employed by local or regional boards of education to the list of public employees whose home addresses cannot be revealed through FOIA requests. Additionally, the bill establishes a task force to study potential expansions of residential address exemptions for other public employees. The task force will include representatives from various groups such as town clerks, registrars of voters, educators, journalists, and civil liberties organizations, as well as several state officials. The task force is required to meet by October 1, 2025, and submit a report with its findings and recommendations by February 1, 2026. The purpose of this bill appears to be protecting the privacy and potentially the safety of public school teachers by preventing their home addresses from being readily accessible to the public, while also comprehensively examining whether similar protections should be extended to other public employees.