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Mass. House suspends rule on school-choice petition, approves multiple municipal bills and adjourns to Thursday
Summary
The Massachusetts House suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer a school-choice petition to the education committee, passed numerous local bills (including measures sent to be engrossed), recognized the Bellingham High School girls volleyball team, and adopted an adjournment to meet Thursday at 11:00 a.m.
The House convened, recognized guests from Bellingham High School and moved a package of procedural and local measures, including a suspension of Joint Rule 12 on a petition about school choice and the passage of several bills to be engrossed or enacted.
The session opened with the Chair calling the chamber to order and inviting the Bellingham High School girls volleyball team, “who just won the 2025 Division 3 state championship,” to the floor, an acknowledgement the Chair offered before business began. The House then received committee reports and handled routine floor business.
The Committee on Rules reported on a joint petition by John Bartlett the third relative to school choice and recommended suspension of Joint Rule 12 so the matter could be referred to…
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