The report laid out that the Commonwealth is failing to serve the state’s advanced learners, resulting in lack of access to effective learning growth across the state that especially affects low-income, black, and brown advanced students. In 2019, DESE delivered to the Massachusetts legislature a study report, Gifted Education in Massachusetts: A Practice and Policy Review. Adding your personal story is very helpful but keep in mind that emails to your legislators are considered public records) *** Dear Representative/Senator, The public schools of Massachusetts are doing an inadequate job of educating their advanced, gifted, and high-potential students, by not acknowledging their needs and not providing them with an appropriate educational path that nourishes their strengths, supports their social-emotional needs, and allows them to experience effective challenge to reach their full potential. *** SAMPLE EMAIL (Copy and paste, or compose your own. Please make sure to let your representatives know about this need and ask them to support gifted education on your behalf. Questions? Contact us at and advanced students need state laws that provide them equitable protection to reach their full potential. and your state Senator, add your personal story if you like, and cc or bcc Forward this email to friends and family asking them to join you in taking action. Copy and paste the message below in an email to your state Rep. Find your state Rep.’s and Sen.’s contact information at: MA "Find My Legislator" Ģ. Instructions on how to ask your legislators to support these bills:ġ. H.523 An act relative to educational equity for gifted and beyond grade-level children H.522 An Act to prohibit age discrimination H.521 An Act relative to educator training to create educational equity for gifted and beyond grade-level children H.520 An Act relative to equitable accelerated learning opportunities for public school students H.519 An Act concerning equitable state summative assessments of students H.518 An act relative to equity and inclusion in education Overview and explanation of the 2023-2024 bills To make this happen, write to or call your state Senator and state Representative to urge them to support and co-sponsor these bills. Three bills (H.521, H.522, H.523) already had their public hearings, but the remaining three bills (H.518, H.519, H.520) need to collect as many legislative co-sponsors as possible in order to succeed. ![]() Six gifted education bills have been filed in the current state legislative session by Rep. Send a letter to your legislators asking to them to support relevant bills in the current legislative session →Ĭontact Advocacy to join the advocacy mailing list, and subscribe to our general MAGE mailing list →Ģ023-2024 Gifted Education Bills currently before the state legislature
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