AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS
Summary
Provides that the school year for all public schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, independent charter schools, and mayoral academies, would start on the same date of each calendar year.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2026
Last action Mar 17, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Mar 17, 2026
Committee
03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 4, 2026
Introduced
02/04/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill O'Brien
DDemocratic
P
Brandon Potter
DDemocratic
P
Brandon Voas
DDemocratic
P
Scott Slater
DDemocratic
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