An Act relative to creating statutes relating to requiring school boards to make information about learning materials and educational activities used for pupil instruction available to the public
This bill requires Massachusetts school boards to prominently display detailed information about learning materials and educational activities used for student instruction on their websites. The law mandates that schools list specific resources, including lesson plans and training documents, along with their authors and links to the full text where copyright allows. School boards must update this list twice each year and keep it available for at least five years to ensure public access. The legislation aims to increase transparency regarding curriculum and training materials while protecting copyrighted content.
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023
Last action May 28, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David DeCoste
RRepublican
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