With the promised funding from the landmark education bill that was signed into law before the COVID pandemic hit is still up in the air, Revere students and parents on Tuesday called for the state to fully fund the Student Opportunity Act Funding (SOA).
During a virtual press conference hosted by the Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance on Tuesday students, parents, and school committee members from cities across Massachusetts discussed their school funding needs, their perspectives on in-person school reopening this spring, and their aspirations for education this summer and during the upcoming school year.
Both Nada Abou Hadiba, a Revere Public Schools student, and Ina Tall, a Revere Public School Parent Leader and Program Coordinator of Women Encouraging Empowerment testified at the virtual press conference and shared their thoughts.
How the fiscal 2022 budget could affect mail-in voting, education and taxes in Massachusetts
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Massachusetts agency leaders overseeing elections, criminal justice and other areas of government came into the budget hearing with one complaint: they need more money than what the governor’s fiscal 2022 budget offers.
The Ways and Means Committee heard from Baker administration officials overseeing the state’s finances, criminal investigations and technology during a four-hour hearing Tuesday focusing on Gov. Charlie Baker’s $45.6 billion budget plan. The Republican governor’s budget has a smaller bottom line than his previous budget did, a first in recent memory but not entirely unexpected as the state assesses the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizations are urging Massachusetts legislators and state education officials to seek a federal waiver that would allow them to cancel the tests this spring
A collection of education and civil rights groups wrote to state lawmakers on Wednesday, saying they are “absolutely convinced” the state should not administer its MCAS exams this year.