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FILED ON: 12/6/2024
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2989
Senate, December 9, 2024 - Substituted as a new draft (Senator Durant) for the Senate Bill
providing for the annual election of members of the Spencer East Brookfield Regional School
Committee (Senate, No. 421).
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act providing for the annual election of members of the Spencer East Brookfield Regional
School Committee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 14E of chapter 71 of the General Laws, the towns
2of Spencer and East Brookfield may annually elect members on a municipal election ballot to
3serve on the school committee of the Spencer East Brookfield Regional School District on the
4same date as the annual elections in each town; provided, however, that the election of the school
5committee members shall take place pursuant to the agreement between the towns of Spencer
6and East Brookfield with respect to a regional school district dated April 1, 2019; provided
7further, that if the municipal elections in the towns of Spencer and East Brookfield do not occur
8on the same date, the election of the school committee members shall take place at the next
9biennial state election or next municipal elections in the towns of East Brookfield and Spencer
10that are held on the same date, whichever occurs first.
11 SECTION 2. At the first election of the school committee members occurring following
12the passage of this act at a biennial state election or municipal election in the towns of East 2 of 2
13Brookfield and Spencer that are held on the same date, the term of any elected member shall
14cease upon the election of members in accordance with subsection C of section II of the
15agreement between the towns of Spencer and East Brookfield with respect to a regional school
16district dated April 1, 2019.
17 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.