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H570 • 2025

An Act relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become educators

An Act relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become educators

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Sponsor
Michael J. Finn
Last action
2026-01-15
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on Education
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become educators

An Act relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become educators By Representative Finn of West Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become educators By Representative Finn of West Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 570) of Michael J.
  • Finn relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become educators.
  • Education.

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  • 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. 2026-01-15 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  2. 2025-11-20 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 12/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-10-09 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Education

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become educators
By Representative Finn of West Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 570) of Michael J. Finn relative to testing requirements for veterans who wish to become educators. Education.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Education

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.570

Section 38G of chapter 71 of the General Laws,

as amended by section 22 of chapter 226 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Any veteran, as defined by clause Forty-third of section 7 of chapter 4, who is administered a test established pursuant to this section required for certification as a provisional educator or a provisional educator with advanced standing shall receive 5 additional points to be added to the total test scaled score.

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