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- Office of Attorney General Maura Healey Fair Labor Division
Lawsuit sought a determination that Uber and Lyft drivers are employees entitled to the benefits and protections of Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws May-June, 2024Trial Ballot Initiatives Three-week trial in Massachusetts Superior Court SJC approves Ballot Initiates
- Educational Stability: LEA Assignments
Administrative Advisory SPED 2021-2: Assignment of Financial and Programmatic Responsibility for Special Education and Enforcement of Assignments - Special Education (mass edu)
- Mass. gov
Provide access to high quality, affordable benefit options for employees, retirees and dependents Limit the financial liability to the state and others (of fulfilling benefit obligations) to sustainable growth rates Use the GIC’s leverage to innovate and otherwise favorably influence the Massachusetts healthcare market
- Preliminary FY26 Chapter 70 aid and Charter reimbursements . . .
Preliminary FY26 Chapter 70 is $7,322,168,436, a $420 million increase (6 1%) over FY25 The SOA establishes new, higher foundation budget rates in 5 areas: Benefits and fixed charges Guidance and psychological services Special education out-of-district tuition English learners Low-income students
- Update on Chronic Absenteeism
Variance across grade spans, but all well behind pre-pandemic levels
- The Massachusetts State Financial Aid Study
for reforming and consolidating state-funded financial aid programs that would move the Commonwealth forward on three BHE priorities: Enhance student success, decreasing students’ time to earning a postsecondary degree Improving college access and affordability Closing achievement gaps between groups of students
- Mass. gov
Merged Market Health Rate Increases Review authority Pursuant to M G L c 176J, section 6 1) The Commissioner shall disapprove any proposed changes to base rates that are excessive, inadequate or unreasonable in relation to the benefits charged
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