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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 189 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 511 |
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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 | | Hannah Kane |
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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 establishing an educational 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:Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/10/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden1/25/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/26/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/31/2023Paul A. Schmid, III8th Bristol2/1/2023David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex2/6/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/16/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 189 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 511 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 511) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Hannah Kane and others for an investigation by a special task force (including members of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | General Court) relative to review existing state mandates placed on public schools and districts |
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| 21 | 21 | | in the Commonwealth. Education. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 640 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 establishing an educational 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. There shall be an educational mandate task force to review existing state |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2mandates placed on public schools and districts in the Commonwealth. The task force shall |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3consist of 11 members: the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education, or their |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4designees, who shall serve as the co-chairs of the task force; a member of the general court |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5appointed by the senate minority leader; a member of the general court appointed by the house |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6minority leader; the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, or a designee; and 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7persons to be appointed by the secretary of education, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 83 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, 1 of whom |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Association of School |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10Committees, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators’ Association, 1 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Elementary |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14School Principals’ Association, and 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15nominated by the Massachusetts Administrators of Special Education. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 The task force shall: (i) identify and review the state laws, regulations, and administrative |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17directives that prescribe requirements for school districts, including those that require school |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18districts to prepare and submit reports and data to the department of elementary and secondary |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19education; (ii) identify the state laws that require the department of elementary and secondary |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20education to submit reports to the legislature based on information it must obtain from school |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21districts; and (iii) develop recommendations to streamline, consolidate, or eliminate such |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22mandates or reporting requirements that are outdated, or duplicative of or inconsistent with |
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| 54 | 54 | | 23current laws, regulations or practices. In developing its recommendations, the task force shall |
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| 55 | 55 | | 24consider the feasibility of creating a single master reporting form to prevent duplicate |
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| 56 | 56 | | 25information from being reported by school districts more than once yearly. Such |
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| 57 | 57 | | 26recommendations shall also include a process for ensuring that new state laws or regulations do |
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| 58 | 58 | | 27not duplicate existing reporting requirements. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 28 The first meeting of the task force shall take place within 60 days of the effective date of |
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| 60 | 60 | | 29this act. The task force shall file a report containing its findings and recommendations, including |
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| 61 | 61 | | 30legislative recommendations, if any, with the clerks of the house and senate not later than 12 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 31months following the first meeting of the task force. Prior to issuing its recommendations, the |
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| 63 | 63 | | 32task force shall conduct at least one public hearing to receive testimony from members of the |
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| 64 | 64 | | 33public. |
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