H4671 amends Section 1Q of chapter 69 of the General Laws to allow the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish alternative criteria for awarding the state seal of biliteracy. This bill allows other assessments or equivalent alternatives to the existing Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed H4671 on October 29, 2025 by a vote of 155 to 0. We have assigned pluses to the nays because government-education credentials, such as the state seal of biliteracy, increase bureaucratic control over education and set subjective standards by unelected boards. Educational freedom comes from reducing state involvement in schooling, not expanding programs that advance socialist and multicultural agendas over assimilation into American culture and English proficiency.
