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H751 • 2025

An Act exempting Warwick Schools

An Act exempting Warwick Schools

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Sponsor
Whipps, Susannah M.
Last action
2026-02-02
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 exempting Warwick Schools

An Act exempting Warwick Schools By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act exempting Warwick Schools By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 751) of Susannah M.
  • Whipps and Joanne M.
  • Comerford (by vote of the town) that public schools in the town of Warwick be authorized to continue to participate in the school choice program.

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. 2026-02-02 House

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

  2. 2026-02-02 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-01-12 House

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

  5. 2025-09-02 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 17, 2025

  6. 2025-05-23 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Education

  8. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act exempting Warwick Schools
By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 751) of Susannah M. Whipps and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that public schools in the town of Warwick be authorized to continue to participate in the school choice program. Education. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.751

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, subsection (k) of section 12B of chapter 76 of the General Laws, shall not apply to public schools in the town of Warwick.

SECTION 2. Nothing in this act shall prevent public schools in the town of Warwick to continue to participate in the school choice program under section 12B of chapter 76 of General Laws after the effective date of this act.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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