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An Act Relative to the Special Commission on Civic Engagement and Learning
Documents & Status: Text
of Senate 258 | Status
of the bill
The Special Commission on Civic Education, which was included by the Legislature in last year’s budget, was entrusted with investigating the status of civic engagement and learning in Massachusetts, including, but not limited to, an assessment of the status of civic education from kindergarten through undergraduate college education; an investigation of the opportunities available to students for service learning that teach civic engagement and public service opportunities; and an assessment of the best practices in civic education in the United States that could serve as models for improving civic engagement and learning in the Commonwealth.Senate Bill 257 would extend the deadline for the Commission’s final report and recommendations from the now-expired January 1 of 2009, to January 1, 2010.
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Court) as Massachusetts History Day
and establishes a 23-member commission on
to examine civic education in
Massachusetts public schools and
make recommendations related
thereto.
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