Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Education to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to education issues

SENATE, Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - The committee on Education, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 210) of Michael J. Barrett for legislation to combat discrimination in education against persons with disabilities; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 211) of Joseph A. Boncore and Eric P. Lesser for legislation relative to civic online reasoning to identify fake news on the internet; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 213) of William N. Brownsberger, Daniel J. Ryan, Russell E. Holmes, Daniel J. Hunt and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to school transportation parity; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 230) of Viriato M. deMacedo for legislation relative to protecting student witnesses; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 243) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. and Kay Khan for legislation relative to background checks of persons providing direct services to children in a school setting or program; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 258) of Linda Dorcena Forry and Kathleen O'Connor Ives for legislation to further regulate early home childcare certification; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 269) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Jose F. Tosado, Denise Provost, Jay R. Kaufman and other members of the General Court for legislation to protect student privacy; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 270) of Patricia D. Jehlen, James B. Eldridge and Kenneth I. Gordon for legislation relative to school choice; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 272) of Patricia D. Jehlen, James B. Eldridge, Kenneth I. Gordon and James J. O'Day for legislation relative to charter schools; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 281) of Jason M. Lewis for legislation relative to strengthening charter school data reporting; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 282) of Jason M. Lewis and Denise Provost for legislation relative to strengthening the evaluation process for proposed new charter schools; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 296) of Thomas M. McGee for legislation relative to projects funded by the school building authority; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 298) of Michael O. Moore, James B. Eldridge, Natalie Higgins and Jack Lewis for legislation relative to local approval for charter schools; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 310) of Michael F. Rush, Marc R. Pacheco, Barbara A. L'Italien, Paul McMurtry and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to student safety in interscholastic athletic activities; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 314) of Bruce E. Tarr and Donald F. Humason, Jr. for legislation relative to ensuring the integrity of charter schools; and (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 326) of Bruce E. Tarr and Ryan C. Fattman for legislation relative to the foundation budget review commission, reports the accompanying Order (Senate, No. 2428).