Hearings scheduled for Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Committee on EDUCATION

Public Hearing to be held in Room A-1 at 1:00 P.M.

Senate, No. 278
Petition of Robert A. Antonioni, Barbara A. L'Italien, Tom Sannicandro, Edward M. Augustus, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation to improve augmentative and alternative communication opportunities for children with disabilities.
Senate, No. 279
Petition of Robert A. Antonioni, Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Frank I. Smizik, Geraldine Creedon and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to special education compliance.
Senate, No. 280
Petition of Robert A. Antonioni, Barbara A. L'Italien, Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Tom Sannicandro and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to special education and parent advisory councils.
Senate, No. 286
Petition of Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Bruce E. Tarr, Tom Sannicandro, Jennifer L. Flanagan and other members of the General Court for legislation to maintain transition age requirements for studentswith disabilities.
Senate, No. 292
Petition of Charles Ormsby for legislation relative to special needs individual education plans.
Senate, No. 311
Petition of Cynthia S. Creem, Alice K. Wolf, Barbara A. L'Italien, Robert K. Coughlin and other members of the General Court for legislation to maintain short term objectives for students with disabilities.
Senate, No. 326
Petition of Patricia D. Jehlen and John W. Scibak for legislation to establish a deaf children's bill of rights.
Senate, No. 337
Petition of Joan M. Menard, Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Robert A. Havern, Geoffrey D. Hall and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to out-of-state price authorization for chapter 766 students.
Senate, No. 374
Petition of James E. Timilty and Carl M. Scioritino, Jr. for legislation relative to the teaching of american sign language.
Senate, No. 383
Petition of Steven A. Tolman, Richard T. Moore, Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Kathi-Anne Reinstein and other members of the General Court for legislation to provide substance abuse awareness education in schools.
Senate, No. 384
Petition of Steven A. Tolman, Kevin G. Honan, Ruth B. Balser, Willaim N. Brownsberger and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish a drug prevention pilot program in schools.
House, No. 391
Petition of Ruth B. Balser and others to ensure that parents can particpate fully and effectively with school personnel in the development of educational programs for their child.
House, No. 403
Petition of Jennifer M. Callahan and others for legislation to establish local school health advisory councils.
House, No. 421
Petition of Mark V. Falzone for legislation to include AIDS/HIV prevention in the health education curriculum of the public schools.
House, No. 426
Petition of Robert F. Fennell and others for legislation to require instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic external defribillators for high school graduation.
House, No. 439
Petition of Patricia A. Haddadand others for legislation to require instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic external defribillators for high school graduation.
House, No. 440
Joint petition of Patricia A. Haddad and others relative to pricing for certain private school programs.
House, No. 441
Joint petition of Patricia A. Haddad and others providing for an investigation and study by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to the incidence of child suicide.
House, No. 457
Petition of Frank M. Hynes relative to accommodations for special needs students taking the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) examination.
House, No. 511
Petition of Matthew C. Patrick and others for legislation to establish social and emotional development policies in school districts.
House, No. 515
Petition of Alice Hanlon Peisch relative to cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in public schools.
House, No. 539
Petition of Michael J. Rodrigues and Georgianna Saba relative to requiring school districts to develop health programs concerning Irlen syndrome and scotopic sensitivity, so-called.
House, No. 543
Petition of Tom Sannicandro and David Paul Linsky relative to special education settlement agreements.
House, No. 547
Petition of Tom Sannicandro and others relative to special education due process costs.
House, No. 558
Petition of John W. Scibak and others relative to requiring mandatory CPR training for all elementary and secondary school teachers in the Commonwealth.
House, No. 559
Petition of John W. Scibak and others relative to the education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
House, No. 574
Petition of Joyce A. Spiliotis relative to establishing parent advisory councils on special education.
House, No. 583
Petition of Walter F. Timilty and Matthew C. Patrick relative to special education services.
House, No. 590
Petition of Martin J. Walsh for legislation to require cities and towns to provide asthma screening clinics for public and certain private school students.


Committee on Transportation

Public Hearing to be held in Room A-1 at 11:00 A.M.

Senate, No. 2049
Petition of Cynthia S. Creem for legislation relative to the transportation finance commission.
Senate, No. 2063
Petition of Patricia D. Jehlen, Susan C. Fargo and Martha M. Walz for legislation to require the posting of certain street signs.
Senate, No. 2064
Petition of Milton Wolk for legislation relative to the protection of pedestrians at crosswalks.
Senate, No. 2080
Petition of Robert A. O'Leary for legislation relative to clean alternative fuel vehicles.
Senate, No. 2120
Petition of Susan C. Tucker, Barry R. Finegold, Michael R. Knapik, Robert M. Koczera and other members of the General Court for legislation to provide automobile insurance special investigators with access to Department of Motor Vehicle photographs..
Senate, No. 2122
Petition of Marian Walsh for legislation relative to traffic rules on parkways.
Senate, No. 2229
Petition of Marian Walsh (by vote of the town) for legislation to prohibit truck traffic on a portion of Cedar Street in the town of Dedham.
Senate, No. 2230
Petition of Marian Walsh (by vote of the town) for legislation to prohibit truck traffic on a portion of East Street in the town of Dedham.
House, No. 623
Bill authorizing the establishment of senior citizen safety zones.
House, No. 3453
Petition of Paul C. Casey relative to the membership of the transportation finance commission.
House, No. 3469
Petition of James H. Fagan for legislation to further regulate the use of generic crash parts, so-called in the repair of motor vehicles.
House, No. 3512
Petition of Kevin G. Honan relative to the use of traffic control signal violation monitoring system devices as a means of promoting traffic safety in the cities of the Commonwealth.
House, No. 3513
Petition of Kevin G. Honan and others for legislation to authorize the installation of photomonitoring traffic safety devices on certain roadways in the cities of Boston and Cambridge.
House, No. 3566
Petition of Paul J. P. Loscocco for legislation to require the disclosure to consumers of the presence of event data recording devices in new motor vehicles.
House, No. 3591
Petition of Matthew C. Patrick and David B. Sullivan for legislation to require cities and towns to erect street signs on all public ways.
House, No. 3597
Petition of Anthony Petruccelli for legislation to further regulate the transportation of hazardous materials.
House, No. 3632
Petition of Carl M. Sciortino, Jr., and others that the Registrar of Motor Vehicles be authorized to promulgate rules for the regulation of car sharing organizations in the Commonwealth.
House, No. 3648
Petition of Walter F. Timilty and others relative to charitable donations of automobiles.
House, No. 3650
Petition of Walter F. Timilty relative to the use of the Neponset Valley Parkway in the town of Milton.
House, No. 3652
Petition of Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. that the Department of Conservation and Recreation be directed to make certain changes to the traffic flow of the Cambridge Parkway in the city of Cambridge.
House, No. 3660
Petition of David M. Torrisi and others relative to the regulating the use of recording devices in motor vehicles.
House, No. 3676
Petition of Joseph F. Wagner and others for legislation to regulate the excavation of public ways by utilitycompanies.
House, No. 3682
Petition of Joseph F. Wagner relative to truck inspections and establishing a program to train municipal police officers in conducting commercial carrier inspections.
House, No. 4053
Petition of Antonio F. D. Cabral and Mark C. Montigny (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of New Bedford be authorized to adopt regulations for the operation of motorized bicycles and scooters on public ways within said city.


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