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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2085 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 508 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to an educational unfunded mandate task force. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2023Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden1/26/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023Lenny Mirra2nd Essex1/26/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/26/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/27/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth1/29/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden1/31/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester2/1/2023Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/9/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester3/1/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2085 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 508 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 508) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others for legislation to provide for investigation by a task force |
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| 20 | 20 | | (including members of the General Court) relative to the state mandates placed on public schools |
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| 21 | 21 | | and districts. Education. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 634 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to an educational unfunded mandate task force. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be an |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2educational mandate task force to review existing state mandates placed on public schools and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3districts in the Commonwealth. The task force shall consist of 11 members: the house and senate |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4chairs of the joint committee on education, or their designees, who shall serve as the co-chairs of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5the task force; a member of the general court appointed by the senate minority leader; a member |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6of the general court appointed by the house minority leader; the commissioner of elementary and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7secondary education, or a designee; and 6 persons to be appointed by the secretary of education, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 81 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Association |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9of School Superintendents, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10Massachusetts Association of School Committees, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11persons nominated by the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials, 1 of whom |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Secondary School |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13Administrators’ Association, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14the Massachusetts Elementary School Principals’ Association, and 1 of whom shall be selected |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Administrators of Special Education. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 SECTION 2. The task force shall: (i) identify and review the state laws, regulations, and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17administrative directives that prescribe requirements for school districts, including those that |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18require school districts to prepare and submit reports and data to the department of elementary |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19and secondary education (ii) develop recommendations to streamline, consolidate, or eliminate |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20such mandates or reporting requirements that are not fully funded and (iii) determine the total |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21estimated cost of said unfunded mandates on municipalities to consider those figures in the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22annual fiscal year budget. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 23 SECTION 3. The first meeting of the task force shall take place within 60 days of the |
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| 55 | 55 | | 24effective date of this act. The task force shall file a report containing its findings and |
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| 56 | 56 | | 25recommendations, including legislative recommendations, if any, with the clerks of the house |
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| 57 | 57 | | 26and senate not later than 12 months following the first meeting of the task force. Prior to issuing |
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| 58 | 58 | | 27its recommendations, the task force shall conduct at least one public hearing to receive testimony |
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| 59 | 59 | | 28from members of the public. |
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