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EEC board authorizes publication of updated residential licensing regulations for public comment
Summary
The Board of Early Education and Care voted to file revised residential and group-care licensing regulations for public comment, the first comprehensive update in decades; changes include inclusive language, trauma‑informed care, transparency measures and new reporting requirements. The filing was authorized with one abstention.
The Board of Early Education and Care voted on Nov. 1 to authorize the commissioner to file amended regulations governing residential and group-care programs with the Secretary of the Commonwealth for publication and public comment, advancing the first comprehensive regulatory revision in roughly 30 years.
Presenters said the revisions modernize language (moving to gender‑neutral and more inclusive terminology and replacing “resident” with “child”), align seclusion rules with recent DESE changes, and require strengthened permanence‑focused, trauma‑informed…
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