MA H310

Bill

MA H310

Requiring reports on the state’s implementation of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to homeless and unaccompanied students. Education.

AI Summary

This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in all districts within the Commonwealth, and to report the findings and any proposed recommendations to improve the implementation to the Board of Education and the legislature on an annual basis. The report must include an estimate of the number of homeless and unaccompanied students in the state, the extent to which the state is complying with and meeting the goals of the federal law, how the academic achievement, graduation, dropout, and attendance rates of homeless and unaccompanied students compare to non-homeless students and other subgroups, and an analysis of the state and local barriers to meeting the goals of the law and recommendations on how to address such barriers.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (10)

Mike Connolly (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Paul Heroux (D), Mary Keefe (D), Kay Khan (D), Elizabeth Malia (D), Jim O'Day (D), Denise Provost (D), José Tosado (D), Chris Walsh (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4706 (on 07/09/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H310

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H310
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H310.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1915	Relative to drivers licenses for international students	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H2083	To increase voter education and registration in public schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H2233	Relative to in-state tuition retention for UMMS	Accompanied a study order, see H4610	Similar To
H228	Relative to accommodations for special needs students taking the MCAS examination	Accompanied a study order, see H4632	Similar To
H239	Prohibiting a municipality or regional school district from using public funds or other public resources for the recruitment of students from outside the municipality or regional school district	Accompanied a study order, see H4716	Similar To
H265	To assure opportunity for all students with disabilities	Accompanied a new draft, see H4390	Similar To
H330	Relative to defining and providing screening for dyslexia	Accompanied a new draft, see H4394	Similar To
H41	Relative to student debt	No further action taken	Similar To
H4706	Education	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
H648	Relative to student’s rights in higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see S2081	Similar To
S2380	Establishing a student loan bill of rights	Reprinted as amended, see S2421	Similar To
S239	Enhancing the educational outcomes of expectant and parenting students	Accompanied H2056	Similar To
S2390	To promote student nutrition	Accompanied a study order, see S2527	Similar To
S706	Relative to sexual violence on higher education campuses	Accompanied a new draft, see S2081	Similar To

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