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SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Education Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Education will will hold a virtual hearing on bills related to accountability and assessment (bills listed here)\, including the below bills sponsored by Senator Comerford. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.293 \nAn Act expanding opportunities to demonstrate academic achievement\nJo Comerford\n\n\nS.297\nAn Act responding to the COVID-19 emergency by instituting a moratorium on the administration of the MCAS test for the 2020-2021 school year\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Jason Lewis and Representative Alice Peisch. \nTo sign up to offer live remote testimony\, please fill out this form by 12:00 p.m. on Friday\, September 17. Registration is required for oral testimony and late registrants will not be accepted. Upon completion of registration\, a confirmation will appear on the webpage that your registration was successful. You will not receive email confirmation. Further instructions on how to participate\, including a link for the remote hearing\, will be provided by Legislative Information Services shortly before the hearing. Testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. \nWritten testimony can be emailed to House Chair Alice Peisch at Alice.Peisch@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Jason Lewis at Jason.Lewis@masenate.gov\, and please copy Sen. Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov). When sending written testimony\, the subject line should read “Education Committee Testimony\, [Bill Number]”. \nThis hearing will be conducted via Microsoft Teams and livestreamed on the Legislature’s website. This hearing will be recorded and archived. By registering to submit testimony\, you agree to release to the public all information you have included. All written and oral testimony submitted to the Committee is public information provided upon request. The Committee will make reasonable efforts to ensure the email address or other contact information provided will not be published. Do not include any information you do not intend to make public\, such as medical or other personally identifiable information. \nBills will be heard in an order as determined by the Chairs. Prior to the hearing\, the list of bills on the hearing page will be updated to reflect the order in which they will be heard\, so please check back. \nIf you have any questions or technical difficulties\, please email aiden.church@mahouse.gov and dennis.burke@masenate.gov.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-education-hearing-13/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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SUMMARY:Racial Inequities in Maternal Health Commission Meeting & Listening Session
DESCRIPTION:The Racial Inequities in Maternal Health Commission will hold a remote public meeting and listening session. It is anticipated that public testimony via the virtual hearing will begin at approximately 5:00 p.m.\, following the close of the Commission business. \nThe listening session will focus on maternal health efforts and experiences in the Greater Boston Area. The Commission is especially interested in hearing from People of Color\, including maternal health practitioners\, birthing people\, birthing partners\, mothers\, fathers\, and other family members affected by maternal mortality or severe maternal morbidity. \nThe Commission was established by Chapter 348 of the Acts of 2020\, An Act to reduce racial inequities in maternal health. The goal of the Commission over the next year is to listen and learn from regions throughout the state. The testimony received from the listening sessions on strategies to optimize the experience and outcomes of birth for Black women will be used to inform a report and legislative recommendations. \nCommission members are especially interested in learning about best practices\, and barriers to accessing care. To that end\, your experiences\, expertise\, and testimony will be critical. \nThe September 20 public listening session will be held as the second of four listening sessions focused on geographically diverse regions across the Commonwealth. \nInterested participants can sign up to testify and/or submit written testimony using this link: https://bit.ly/rimh920. \nThe Commission asks those testifying to limit their remarks to three minutes to ensure that there is time for everyone to speak. Those testifying live are also warmly welcome to submit written testimony. The Commission welcomes written remarks of any length. \nDue to limited spaces on the Zoom Meeting\, everyone who is not testifying is asked to view the hearing via the meeting’s live stream which will be available here. \nShould you have questions or want to suggest others in the Greater Boston Area who should receive an invitation to share testimony with the Commission\, do not hesitate to reach out to Gabrielle “Kate” Alicante\, who staffs the Commission and works for Chair Decker as a Research Analyst with the Joint Committee on Public Health gabrielle.alicante@mahouse.gov  and Brian Rosman for Chair Comerford’s office brian.rosman@masenate.gov.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/racial-inequities-in-maternal-health-commission-meeting-5/
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