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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 547 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2193 |
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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 | | Jacob R. Oliveira |
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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 educational collaboratives. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and WorcesterJulian CyrCape and Islands2/14/2025 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 547 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2193 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Oliveira, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2193) of Jacob R. Oliveira and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Julian Cyr for legislation relative to educational collaboratives. State Administration and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Regulatory Oversight. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2042 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to educational collaboratives. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 20 of Chapter 268A, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 This section shall not prohibit an employee of a regional public educational agency such |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4as an educational collaborative as authorized under Section 4E of Chapter 40 of the General |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5Laws, or an educational collaborative’ member school districts, from having a direct or indirect |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6financial interest in a contract or agreement made by the educational collaborative to provide |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7educational and related services to such collaborative, or the member school districts of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8same, provided that the employee provides a written disclosure of these contracts to both |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9agencies with whom the employee is contracting. 2 of 3 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 The proposed arrangement must be approved by the employee's appointing authority |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11before the employee provides educational services. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 For purposes of this section, educational services shall mean any service related to the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13education of students, youth, and families or to the professional development and training of |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14educators, administrators, and paraprofessionals, and community-based personnel working on |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15behalf of public education that is provided by a public agency of a single or multiple |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16municipalities. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17 This section shall not prohibit: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18 (a) a municipal employee of an educational collaborative established pursuant to Section |
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| 49 | 49 | | 194E of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, from having a direct or indirect financial interest |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20 (i) in a contract or agreement made by the educational collaborative to provide |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21educational, professional development, and/or related services to such educational collaborative, |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22provided that the employee files with the educational collaborative a written disclosure of the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23contract or agreement and the head of the educational collaborative approves, or |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24 (ii) in a contract or agreement made by a member school district of an educational |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25collaborative to provide educational, professional development, and/or related services to the |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26member school district, provided that the employee files with the educational collaborative and |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27the member school district a written disclosure of the contract or agreement and the head of the |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28educational collaborative and the appointing authority at the member school district approve; or |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29 (b) a municipal employee of a member school district of an educational collaborative |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30from having a direct or indirect financial interest in a contract or agreement made by the 3 of 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 31educational collaborative to provide educational, professional development, and/or related |
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| 62 | 62 | | 32services to the educational collaborative, provided that the employee files with the member |
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| 63 | 63 | | 33school district and the educational collaborative a written disclosure of the contract or agreement |
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| 64 | 64 | | 34and the appointing authority of the member school district and the head of the educational |
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| 65 | 65 | | 35collaborative approve; and provided further that, for each such contract or agreement referenced |
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| 66 | 66 | | 36above, there has been public notice of the contract or agreement, or the contract or agreement |
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| 67 | 67 | | 37was created by means of an open competitive process. |
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| 68 | 68 | | 38 For purposes of this section, related services shall be those services defined by 603 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 39CMRsect.28.02(18). |
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