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		<title>Top-Down Education Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 05:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Kirstin Beatty, Founder The MA house unanimously approved a new bill H.4642 for school literacy that replaces local control with a requirement for literacy &#38; screening tools approved by the education commissioner, along with more student data. The house vote was unanimous despite opposition from teacher unions (because since when does the legislature listen ... <a title="Top-Down Education Control" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/top-down-ed-control-state-house-testimony/" aria-label="Read more about Top-Down Education Control">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Screen Time, Privacy, and EMF Senate Bill MA 2025-26</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 02:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The following testimony was shared orally in abbreviated form at a public hearing June 2025 &#8211; starting at 1:03:54 at this video &#8211; only 2 minutes time was allowed. S463 An Act regulating screen time and technology privacy in early and K-12 education.&#160; My name is Kirstin Beatty. I formerly taught in our public schools. ... <a title="Screen Time, Privacy, and EMF Senate Bill MA 2025-26" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/s463-written-testimony-screen-time-emfs/" aria-label="Read more about Screen Time, Privacy, and EMF Senate Bill MA 2025-26">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mass. Senate Education Bill to Improve Screen Time, Privacy, Early Ed EMFs, and Virtual Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Your support is needed for Mass. bill S463 which eliminates tech cross-curricular mandates and covers improving early ed &#38; K-12: Written testimony prepared for submission to the MA legislature can be found here. You can support this bill by:&#160; Written testimony details are listed here and at the bottom of this email. Please note that ... <a title="Mass. Senate Education Bill to Improve Screen Time, Privacy, Early Ed EMFs, and Virtual Schools" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/s463/" aria-label="Read more about Mass. Senate Education Bill to Improve Screen Time, Privacy, Early Ed EMFs, and Virtual Schools">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MA Mandates Pre-K Screen Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 04:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The following was provided to MA legislators in a 2021 hearing, yet the bill was killed. Through grade 12, our state standards require public school students utilize technology in nearly every subject in addition to media and computer science digital requirements. Massachusetts has a Pre-K educational writing standard requiring pre-kindergarteners use digital tools to convey ... <a title="MA Mandates Pre-K Screen Time" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/screen-time/" aria-label="Read more about MA Mandates Pre-K Screen Time">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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