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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3280 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3386
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Christopher M. Markey
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to educational collaboratives.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Christopher M. Markey9th Bristol1/17/2025Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3280 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3386
By Representative Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3386) of
Christopher M. Markey and Jacob R. Oliveira relative to financial interest in contracts or
agreements made by educational collaboratives. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3085 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to educational collaboratives.
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 20 of Chapter 268A, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby
2amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:-
3 "This section shall not prohibit an employee of a regional public educational agency such
4as an educational collaborative as authorized under Section 4E of Chapter 40 of the General
5Laws, or an educational collaborative’ member school districts, from having a direct or indirect
6financial interest in a contract or agreement made by the educational collaborative to provide
7educational and related services to such collaborative, or the member school districts of the
8same, provided that the employee provides a written disclosure of these contracts to both
9agencies with whom the employee is contracting. 2 of 2
10 The proposed arrangement must be approved by the employee's appointing authority
11before the employee provides educational services.
12 For purposes of this section, educational services shall mean any service related to the
13education of students, youth, and families or to the professional development and training of
14educators, administrators, and paraprofessionals, and community-based personnel working on
15behalf of public education that is provided by a public agency of a single or multiple
16municipalities.”