Massachusetts Senate Bill 2659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 27 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-07-22 - New draft substituted, see S2885
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislationfor legislationfor legislationfor legislationfor legislationfor legislation relative to school districts in receivership and the Massachusetts School Building Authority; of Bruce J. Ayers relative to technology upgrade programs for public schools; of Daniel Cahill relative to school construction; of Edward R. Philips relative to the feasibility of ergonomically designed school buildings and its beneficial impact on students and faculty; of Adam Scanlon, Barry R. Finegold and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to the effectiveness of the Massachusetts School Building Authority; of Adam Scanlon, Michael P. Kushmerek and others relative to providing for school building assistance for special education collaboratives; and of Marcus S. Vaughn and Ryan C. Fattman relative to School Building Advisory Board funding, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2659).

Establishing a special commission to review the adequacy and equity of the Massachusetts school building program

House Committee on Education	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Rep. Adam Scanlon [D]	Sen. Barry Finegold [D]
Sen. Rebecca Rausch [D]	Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian [D]	Rep. Rodney Elliott [D]	Sen. James Eldridge [D]
Rep. Marcus Vaughn [R]	Rep. Margaret Scarsdale [D]	Sen. Bruce Tarr [R]	Rep. William Pignatelli [D]
Sen. Robyn Kennedy [D]	Rep. Colleen Garry [D]	Rep. Christopher Hendricks [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-07-22	Senate	New draft substituted, see S2885
2024-07-22	Senate	Read second
2024-07-22	Senate	Rules suspended
2024-07-22	Senate	Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2885
2024-04-29	Senate	Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2024-03-28	Senate	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2024-03-28	Senate	New draft of S251, S278, S295, S309, S331, S359, H431, H441, H553, H568, H569 and H606
2024-03-27	Senate	Reported from the committee on Education

S251 (Replaces) 2024-03-28 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2659
S309 (Similar To) 2024-03-28 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2659
H568 (Similar To) 2024-03-28 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2659
S2885 (Replaced by) 2024-07-24 - Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2659
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2659.pdf