Jeanne Tuthill, an assistive technology specialist at the CCATT Center, has prepared a post for Carole Zangari’s PracticalAAC Blog, and we are pleased to share the blog with you: If…
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Gov. Baker agrees to major spending increase in his final budget
…of a $52.7 billion annual budget, vetoed less than half a million dollars of outlays, and returned 41 sections to the Legislature with proposed amendments. The fiscal year 2023 budget…
Baker-Polito Administration Signs Criminal Justice Reform Laws, Proposes Additional Reforms
BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker today signed An Act Implementing the Joint Recommendations of the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Review and An Act Relative to Criminal Justice Reform. After careful review…
Orientation to Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum
Emerging America is developing Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum with support from a Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources grant and an Expand Massachusetts Stories grant…
State education formula out of whack, Commission: Health insurance, special ed underfunded
…the original architects of education reform act. According to the report, school district spending on employee benefits throughout Massachusetts exceeds the foundation budget allotment by more than 140 percent. The…
Baker to file stand-alone education bill
…his annual budget later this month to update the Chapter 70 funding formula and implement the reforms recommended by the Foundation Budget Review Commission. On Monday, the governor said that…
Massachusetts Senate plans to craft charter school reform bill as ballot question looms
…to craft a charter reform bill, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said Wednesday. “Everything will be on the table, even some things maybe that don’t have directly to do with charter…
Dozens of lawmakers asking for education aid increase beyond Baker budget proposal
…in his budget for next year, joining with local leaders who pressed budget writers on Monday to increase school aid to their communities despite the administration contention that “difficult” choices…
Money for vet program proposed in Tech budget
…the proposed $11,721,000 budget will now go to town meeting in the 19 member towns and needs the approval of two-thirds of them to be adopted. The proposed budget represents…
Governor Baker signs FY16 Budget
BOSTON, MA – Governor Baker’s FY16 budget has been signed for the Commonwealth. The final budget figure was $38.1 billion, with Baker’s vetoes totaling $162.8 million. Cuts relating to education…