HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1508 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1076
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven M. Walsh
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying:
An Act relative to creating a community service graduation requirement.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Steven M. Walsh | 11th Essex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1508 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1076
By Mr. Walsh of Lynn, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1076) of Steven M. Walsh for legislation to authorize local school committees to create a community service graduation requirement. Education. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 526 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to creating a community service graduation requirement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 71 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 2B the following section:-
Section 2C.
Local School Committees shall have the option of instituting a requirement of all secondary school students to complete no less than ten hours of community service over the course of their secondary school career in order to receive a high school diploma. Individual school districts shall determine which activities or projects in their local area qualify as “community service”.
