Bill > H2050

This bill aims to provide greater educational opportunities for students capable of achieving beyond grade-level, including gifted and talented students. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Requiring the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to commission a report on the state of K-12 education for these students, including the level to which their academic, social, and emotional development needs are being met, and making recommendations to ensure they receive appropriate education in the future. 2. Expanding the definition of "student" in the state's education laws to include students achieving or capable of achieving beyond the traditional age-based grade, as well as gifted and talented students as defined by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. 3. Establishing an Office of Beyond-Grade-Level and Gifted and Talented Education within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to oversee and monitor the development and implementation of appropriate education for these students. 4. Requiring 12 hours of professional development in gifted and talented education for certain educators, including those whose classrooms, schools, or districts contain one or more identified or potentially gifted and talented students. 5. Mandating that teacher certification requirements include courses or training in gifted and talented education, as well as training in strategies for effectively educating beyond-grade-level and gifted and talented students. 6. Requiring school district plans to provide training for administrators and teachers in gifted education to support the needs of gifted and talented students. 7. Requiring school district plans to provide pathways of accommodations and interventions for beyond-grade-level and gifted and talented students through curriculum compacting and acceleration protocols.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2050