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School committee backs MASC resolution urging end to mandated student BMI screening
Summary
The committee voted to support a Massachusetts Association of School Committees resolution asking the legislature to remove the requirement that schools conduct BMI screenings of students, citing limited utility and risk of harm.
The Grafton School Committee voted to support a proposed 2025 resolution to remove mandated body‑mass‑index (BMI) screenings from public schools and to seek an explicit ban on the practice in K–12 settings.
Rebecca Soko, who drafted the resolution for consideration at the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) conference, urged the committee to endorse the change and cited research and privacy concerns. "When I really dug into…
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