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Introduced
02/27/2025
02/27/2025
In Committee
02/27/2025
02/27/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
194th General Court
Bill Summary
For legislation to ensure that all students have an equal chance of being admitted to vocational programs. Education.
AI Summary
This bill aims to create a fair, lottery-based admissions process for vocational-technical schools and programs when there are more eligible applicants than available spaces. The legislation establishes that if a sending community has more students wanting to enter a vocational-technical school or program than seats available, the school must conduct a lottery to determine admissions. School districts can consider student attendance and discipline for lottery entry. If students are not initially admitted, they will be placed on a waitlist determined by the lottery's order. Schools must submit this waitlist to the state department of education by June 1, and the department will maintain a consolidated waitlist to track student admission requests across different cities and towns. When vacancies occur after the initial admissions cycle, schools must fill them by moving through the waitlist sequentially. The bill also requires the commissioner of education to collect and publicly report detailed demographic data on applicants, including information about race, ethnicity, students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged students, and English language learners. The data must be filed with legislative clerks and made publicly available online by November 1 each year, with the goal of ensuring transparent and equitable access to vocational-technical education programs.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Hearing rescheduled to 09/30/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:20 PM in Gardner Auditorium Hearing updated to New End Time (on 09/30/2025)
Official Document
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Document Type | Source Location |
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State Bill Page | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S330 |
BillText | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S330.pdf |
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