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H535 • 2025

An Act relative to student voice

An Act relative to student voice

Education
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Sponsor
Cruz, Manny
Last action
2025-10-29
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on Education
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to student voice

An Act relative to student voice By Representatives Cruz of Salem and Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to student voice By Representatives Cruz of Salem and Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 535) of Manny Cruz and Christopher J.
  • Worrell relative to members of student advisory committees.
  • Education.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-29 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  2. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Education

  3. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to student voice
By Representatives Cruz of Salem and Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 535) of Manny Cruz and Christopher J. Worrell relative to members of student advisory committees. Education.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Education

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.535

Section 38m of chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out in the 2nd paragraph the words :-“ex-officio, non voting member” and replacing them with the word “voting member” .

Further amends Section 38m of chapter 71

“shall serve without compensation”, and replacing them with the “shall receive a scholarship subject to appropriation by the committee at the conclusion of their senior year in recognition of their service to the district. The student representative must complete at least 1 year of full service in order to be eligible. The school committee may provide a partial scholarship to a student representative who does not complete their year of service. The school committee may also determine whether or not to provide a stipend remunerate the student representative for their service to district”

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