MA H265

Bill

MA H265

To assure opportunity for all students with disabilities

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 improving procurement procedures to ensure opportunities for students with disabilities. Education.

AI Summary

This bill aims to improve procurement procedures to ensure opportunities for students with disabilities. It proposes several key provisions: 1. The Division of Purchased Services shall establish a subsequent year price adjustment for contractors providing special education services, determined by adding a per-student annual adjustment amount to the current authorized price. This adjustment amount will be calculated based on a percentage factor applied to the current authorized price. 2. The Division shall promulgate rules and regulations to promote the recruitment and retention of direct care staff (e.g., teachers, related service staff, health care staff, and clinical staff) in approved private special education programs. This includes establishing a pricing mechanism for salary and benefit increases, as well as addressing instructional resource upgrades. 3. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall review the facilities, textbooks, equipment, technology, materials, and supplies of approved private special education programs during their evaluations and recommend pricing adjustments to address any needed instructional resource upgrades. 4. The Division's pricing mechanisms shall not be based on non-Commonwealth or prior year's revenues, and any price adjustments must be made within 90 days of a program's application.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (54)

Brian Ashe (D), Jennifer Benson (D), Michael Brady (D), Paul Brodeur (D), Tony Cabral (D), Thomas Calter (D), James Cantwell (D), Gailanne Cariddi (D), Edward Coppinger (D), Mark Cusack (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Michelle DuBois (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Kim Ferguson (R), Carole Fiola (D), Bill Galvin (D), Sean Garballey (D), Denise Garlick (D), Anne Gobi (D), Carlos González (D), Ken Gordon (D), Pat Haddad (D), Jonathan Hecht (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Kate Hogan (D), Pat Jehlen (D), Louis Kafka (D), Jay Kaufman (D), John Keenan (D), Kay Khan (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), David Linsky (D), Jay Livingstone (D), Joan Lovely (D), Paul McMurtry (D), Frank Moran (D), Matt Muratore (R), James Murphy (D), Harold Naughton (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Angelo Puppolo (D), John Rogers (D), Mike Rush (D), Paul Schmid (D), John Scibak (D), Alan Silvia (D), Frank Smizik (D), Tom Stanley (D), Paul Tucker (D), Aaron Vega (D), John Velis (D), Bud Williams (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4390 (on 04/11/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H265

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H265
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H265.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H13	Relative to Chapter 30B	No further action taken	Similar To
H16	Relative to Chapter 30B notification	No further action taken	Similar To
H1788	Relative to procurement services for artists	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H2670	Eliminating the MGL30B exemption for solid waste and recycling	Accompanied a study order, see H4481	Similar To
H3476	Relative to school services for certain 22 year-old students	Accompanied a study order, see H4723	Similar To
H3483	Relative to medically fragile students	Accompanied a study order, see H4723	Similar To
H4089	Authorizing the City of Newton to Lease the John W. Weeks School for a Term of Years Not Exceeding Ninety-Nine Years and to Grant a Lease Extension to the Current Lessee of the Former John W. Weeks School without Undertaking a Procurement Process	Accompanied a new draft, see H4262	Similar To
H4390	Relative to special education finance	No further action taken	Replaced by
H634	Creating higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other developmental disabilities	Accompanied a new draft, see H4286	Similar To
S1132	Authorizing the city of Leominster to pay a certain unpaid bill	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To
S1730	Relative to ensuring adequate procurement procedures	Accompanied a study order, see H4481	Similar To
S2094	Relative to Chapter 30B procurement	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S699	To ensure equal access to college course materials for visually impaired students	Accompanied a study order, see S2487	Similar To
S94	Improving housing opportunities and the Massachusetts economy	Accompanied a study order, see S2361	Similar To

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