Grade Retention

Senator Brownsberger, I wanted to bring to your attention the alarming rates of grade retention in our Boston schools. I believe that there are multiple reasons why our Boston students are being held back, i.e. mental health disorders, ESL, adverse acculturation, special education, truancy, to name a few. Specifically, there are quite a few schools …

Privacy of Education Data

I’ve recently received several emails urging me to support House 331, An Act prohibiting service providers who offer cloud computing services to K-12 educational institutions from processing student data for commercial purposes. House 331 is very straightforward. It reads in full as follows: Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary any …

S208, An Act relative to dropout prevention and recovery

Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on Education. TO:                  Joint Committee on Education FROM:            Senator William N. Brownsberger RE:                  House Bill 525 and Senate Bill 208 DATE:            October 4, 2013 I am writing in favor of H525, An Act enhancing the educational outcomes of expectant and parenting students and …

H344, An Act to increase capacity to address the complex needs of students with autism

Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on Education. TO:                  Joint Committee on Education FROM:           Senator William N. Brownsberger RE:                  House Bill 344 DATE:            September 18, 2013 I am writing in favor of H344, An Act to increase capacity to address the complex needs of students with autism. This legislation …

S246, An Act relative to healthy kids

Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on Education. TO:                  Joint Committee On Education FROM:             Senator William N. Brownsberger RE:                  S246, An Act relative to healthy kids DATE:             September 12, 2013  I am writing in support of S246, An Act relative to healthy kids.  As the number of cases concerning childhood …