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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 547 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2193
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jacob R. Oliveira
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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 :Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and WorcesterJulian CyrCape and Islands2/14/2025 1 of 3
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 547 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2193
By Mr. Oliveira, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2193) of Jacob R. Oliveira and
Julian Cyr for legislation relative to educational collaboratives. State Administration and
Regulatory Oversight.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2042 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 3
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.
17 This section shall not prohibit:
18 (a) a municipal employee of an educational collaborative established pursuant to Section
194E of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, from having a direct or indirect financial interest
20 (i) in a contract or agreement made by the educational collaborative to provide
21educational, professional development, and/or related services to such educational collaborative,
22provided that the employee files with the educational collaborative a written disclosure of the
23contract or agreement and the head of the educational collaborative approves, or
24 (ii) in a contract or agreement made by a member school district of an educational
25collaborative to provide educational, professional development, and/or related services to the
26member school district, provided that the employee files with the educational collaborative and
27the member school district a written disclosure of the contract or agreement and the head of the
28educational collaborative and the appointing authority at the member school district approve; or
29 (b) a municipal employee of a member school district of an educational collaborative
30from having a direct or indirect financial interest in a contract or agreement made by the 3 of 3
31educational collaborative to provide educational, professional development, and/or related
32services to the educational collaborative, provided that the employee files with the member
33school district and the educational collaborative a written disclosure of the contract or agreement
34and the appointing authority of the member school district and the head of the educational
35collaborative approve; and provided further that, for each such contract or agreement referenced
36above, there has been public notice of the contract or agreement, or the contract or agreement
37was created by means of an open competitive process.
38 For purposes of this section, related services shall be those services defined by 603
39CMRsect.28.02(18).