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Panel hears DOD-backed bills to ease school transfers and juvenile cases for military families
Summary
The Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs received testimony supporting H.3886 and S.2503, a Department of Defense–backed package that would expand school enrollment flexibility for military children, ease special-education transitions, and create a mechanism for concurrent jurisdiction in juvenile cases on military installations.
At a public hearing of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs, House Chair Representative Joe McGonigal called witnesses to testify on bills the Department of Defense supports, including S.2503 and H.3886, which the DOD says would reduce barriers for military families moving to Massachusetts.
Melissa Ouellette, New England regional liaison for the Department of Defense State Liaison Office, told the committee the bills would expand district and state open-enrollment flexibility and improve transitions for military-connected students. "Imagine a child, perhaps 10, packing up…
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