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Massachusetts General Court· H535Hearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

An Act relative to student voice, the official text

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	Section 38m of chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out in the 2nd paragraph the words :-“ex-officio, non voting member” and replacing them with the word “voting member” .
	Further amends Section 38m of chapter 71  “shall serve without compensation”, and replacing them with the “shall receive a scholarship subject to appropriation by the committee at the conclusion of their senior year in recognition of their service to the district. The student representative must complete at least 1 year of full service in order to be eligible. The school committee may provide a partial scholarship to a student representative who does not complete their year of service. The school committee may also determine whether or not to provide a stipend remunerate the student representative for their service to district”
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