Bill Text: MA H2213 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: That police departments be required to notify school superintendents upon the issuance of felony complaints against students
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-19 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [H2213 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2213-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James H. Fagan
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act requiring police departments to notify school superintendents upon the issuance of felony complaints against students.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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James H. Fagan |
3rd Bristol |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2302 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act requiring police departments to notify school
superintendents upon the issuance of felony complaints against 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. Section 37H½ of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection:— (3) Upon the issuance of a criminal complaint charging a student with a felony, or upon the issuance of a felony delinquency complaint against a student, in a city or town other than where the student attends school, the police department pursuing either the criminal or delinquency complaint shall be responsible for immediately notifying the superintendent in the district where the student is believed to be a student. The police department so notifying shall do so on a form provided by the department of education for said purpose. The principal or headmaster of the school, in which the student is enrolled, the superintendent, as well as the student, shall have the same rights as above.
