# Massachusetts S 2924: An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy

Massachusetts S 2924, An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means; status passed senate, last action 2026-01-29 (See H4683) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2924
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-01-29, See H4683
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

## Actions (28)

- 2026-01-29: See H4683 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Substituted, as amended, for H4683 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Reprinted, as amended, see S2940 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #34 (Rodrigues) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #50 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #47 (Tarr) adopted -see Roll Call #130 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0) (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #46 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #44 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #43 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #40 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #39 (Cronin) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #37 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #35 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #18 (Comerford) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #23 (Tarr) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #17 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #16 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #15 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #14 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #38 (Moore) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #13 (Fernandes) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #12 (Keenan) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #3 (Fernandes) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Amendment #2 (Fernandes) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 29, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Recommended new text for H4683 (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2924.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2924.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2924-194 (as of 2026-11-01).