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Read. Follow. Verify.Massachusetts House Bill 663 establishes state education mandates, funding reporting, and teacher training requirements for gifted and beyond grade-level students
Last action · September 15, 2025: Accompanied H622Sponsors: Kelly Pease and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Massachusetts House Bill 663 creates Chapter 71C of the General Laws to establish free appropriate public education requirements, district reporting obligations, an Office of Beyond Grade-Level and Gifted and Talented Education, and mandatory professional development for educators serving gifted and students.
School districts across Massachusetts must implement new multidisciplinary intervention services, track student demographics annually, and ensure teachers complete specific gifted education training hours for license renewal.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
gifted and beyond grade-level children
Students receive guaranteed access to free appropriate public education designed to meet their unique developmental and academic needs.
school districts
Districts must institute new intervention services, establish joint educational agreements where feasible, and submit detailed annual demographic and program reports to the department.
educators and administrators
Teachers and school leaders must complete mandatory professional development hours in gifted education as a condition of initial certification and license renewal.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- Sep 15, 2025HouseAccompanied H622
- Jun 25, 2025JointHearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
- Feb 27, 2025SenateSenate concurred
- Feb 27, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to the committee on Education
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Creation of Formal Statewide Gifted Framework
The legislation transitions gifted education in Massachusetts from decentralized local discretion to a formalized statutory chapter with mandated state oversight, reporting, and teacher credentialing requirements.
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Analysis Score
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- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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