A communication from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (see Section 288 of Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2024) submitting a report on the Feasibility of No-Cost Testing Requirements for Educator Candidates

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Feasibility of No-Cost Testing Requirements for

Educator Candidates

As required by Section 288 of Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2024: An Act Relative to

Strengthening Massachusetts’ Economic Leadership, this report summarizes the

feasibility of allowing certain educator candidates to complete the testing requirements

pursuant to section 38G of chapter 70 of the General Laws at no cost to candidates and

includes a description of The Department’s recent voucher systems designed to pay for

licensure test fees.

March 2026

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Introduced — base rate 3%, measured from MA's completed sessions
Momentum -8 14/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 151 days quiet

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