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H667 • 2025

An Act relative to school absences

An Act relative to school absences

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Sponsor
Alice Hanlon Peisch
Last action
2025-10-02
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 school absences

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

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to school absences By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 667) of Alice Hanlon Peisch relative to school absences.
  • Education.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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. 2025-10-02 House

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

  2. 2025-10-02 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-10-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-09-25 House

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

  5. 2025-06-06 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Education

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to school absences
By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 667) of Alice Hanlon Peisch relative to school absences. Education.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.667

Section 1 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "week." in line 30, the following words:-

Absences may also be permitted for students participating in national or international competition sanctioned by a U.S. national governing body as defined in 36 Unities States Code 2205, referred to as the Ted Stevens Act; provided, however, that students seeking approval shall maintain a B grade point average or equivalent in academic courses. The school principal shall have discretion over absences excused exceeding seven-day sessions or fourteen half day session in a period of six months.

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