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H3949 • 2025

An Act relative to teacher strikes

An Act relative to teacher strikes

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Sponsor
Alice Hanlon Peisch
Last action
2025-11-06
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to teacher strikes

An Act relative to teacher strikes By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to teacher strikes By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3949) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and Mark D.
  • Sylvia relative to teacher strikes.
  • Labor and Workforce Development.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-11-06 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2025-11-06 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-11-06 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-10-29 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-07-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2

  6. 2025-04-03 Senate

    Senate concurred

  7. 2025-03-31 House

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to teacher strikes
By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3949) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and Mark D. Sylvia relative to teacher strikes. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3949

Section 9A of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(c) Whenever a public employee or public employees engaged in a strike are public school employees, the school district that employs the public employee or public employees shall: (i) not reduce or eliminate the hours established by the school district’s school year schedule pursuant to 603 CMR 27.03; and (ii) maintain structured learning time requirements pursuant to 603 CMR 27.04.

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