SENATE, No. 370

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 370) of Bruce E. Tarr, Richard R. Tisei, Michael R. Knapik for legislation to promote alternative dispute resolution for students. Education.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT to promote alternative dispute resolution for students

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 71 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 71 of the Acts of 1993, is hereby amended by adding, in the third paragraph of Sub-Section 1D of Section 29, the following sentence: -

            The board shall also establish standards for the inclusion in curriculum at all grade levels, frameworks designed to teach students methods of resolving interpersonal disputes in productive and effective ways and which shall discourage the use of violence and/or other forms of abuse in the resolution of such disputes.