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Healey-Driscoll Administration Submits Comment In Support of Biden-Harris Administration’s Proposed Title IX Changes  

5/15/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Title IX Changes Align with Existing Massachusetts Laws Protecting Equal Athletic Opportunities for All Students Regardless of Gender Identity

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $2.5 Million to Expand Green Job Training in Massachusetts 

4/28/2023 Executive Office of Education

Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology First Recipient of Grant Funding, $5 Million Still Available for Additional Higher Education Institutions

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Clean Energy Innovation Career Pathway for High School Students  

4/27/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Pathway Will Develop the Next Generation of Clean Energy Leaders and Meet the Workforce Needs of the Growing Renewable Energy Sector

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards New Innovation Career Pathways to 27 High School Across the Commonwealth  

4/13/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

New High Schools Expand Program by 30% As Part of Effort to Reimagine High School, Pathways Now Offered at Nearly 1 in 5 Public High Schools in Massachusetts

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces 2023 STEM Summit  

4/04/2023 Executive Office of Education

Summit Will Be Held May 4th at PTC Global Headquarters, With the Theme of “Reimagining High School”

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The Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Nine New Early College Programs Across the Commonwealth 

3/20/2023 Executive Office of Education

New Programs Include First Early College Partnerships with UMass | Total Number of High Schools with Early College Now Nearly 60

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Fully Funds Student Opportunity Act, Proposes Historic Investments in Local Aid 

2/23/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

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Massachusetts to Cover Cost of Residents’ GED® and HiSET® Tests 

2/09/2023 Executive Office of Education

Measure will remove a barrier to earning a high school equivalency credential

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Files $282 Million Supplemental Budget  

1/30/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Bill proposes funding for immediate emergency shelter needs and food security

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Board of Early Education and Care Announces New Member 

8/10/2022 Department of Early Education and Care

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Testing for Child Care Providers to Keep Children in Care 

1/19/2022 Department of Early Education and Care

Child Care Providers will have three testing options for staff and children in care

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Massachusetts Awarded $1.8 Million Federal Preschool Development Grant 

2/13/2019 Executive Office of Education

Award focuses on improving outcomes for young children and building stronger connections across programs