Bill Text: MA H4648 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Transition coordinators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-13 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H4648 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H4648-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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By Ms. Walz of Boston, for the committee on Education, on House, No. 493. a Bill relative to transition coordinators (House, No. 4648 ). May 5, 2010.
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FOR THE COMMITTEE :
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Name: |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Ten
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An Act
relative to transition coordinators
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 71, section 38G, of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “temporary certificate” the following definition:-
“Transition Services”, as defined in 20 USC 1401 (34).
SECTION 2. Section 38G of said chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The board of elementary and secondary education shall provide a specialist teacher license in transition services which shall include both coursework and a practicum for previously licensed special education teachers and rehabilitation counselors to develop the competence necessary to serve as transition coordinators.
