HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2070        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 456

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Alice Hanlon Peisch

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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 establishing an educational mandate task force.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/15/2015

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/15/2015

Stephen Kulik

1st Franklin

1/15/2015

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

1/15/2015

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/15/2015

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

1/15/2015

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/23/2015

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/15/2015

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/15/2015

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

1/15/2015

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/15/2015

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/15/2015

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/21/2015

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

1/15/2015

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/15/2015

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/15/2015

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/15/2015

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/15/2015

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/15/2015

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

1/15/2015

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/15/2015

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/15/2015

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

1/15/2015

Robert M. Koczera

11th Bristol

1/15/2015

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/15/2015

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/15/2015

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/15/2015

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

1/15/2015

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

1/15/2015

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

1/15/2015

John V. Fernandes

10th Worcester

1/15/2015

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/15/2015

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/15/2015

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

1/15/2015

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/15/2015

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/15/2015

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

1/15/2015

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/15/2015

Cynthia S. Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

1/15/2015

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/15/2015

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

1/15/2015

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/15/2015

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

1/15/2015

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/15/2015

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

1/15/2015

James T. Welch

Hampden

1/15/2015

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

1/15/2015

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/15/2015

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

1/15/2015

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/15/2015

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/15/2015

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

1/15/2015

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Leah Cole

12th Essex

1/15/2015

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/15/2015

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/15/2015

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

1/15/2015

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/15/2015

Theodore C. Speliotis

13th Essex

1/15/2015

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

1/15/2015

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/15/2015

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

1/15/2015

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/15/2015

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/15/2015

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/15/2015

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/15/2015

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

1/15/2015

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/15/2015

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/15/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2070        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 456

By Ms. Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 456) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and others for legislation to establish a task force (including members of the General Court) to identify and review state laws, regulations and administrative directives that prescribe requirements for school districts.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3722 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act establishing an educational mandate task force.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  There shall be an educational mandate task force to review existing state mandates placed on public schools and districts in the Commonwealth. The task force shall consist of 11 members: the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education, or their designees, who shall serve as the co-chairs of the task force; a member of the general court appointed by the senate minority leader; a member of the general court appointed by the house minority leader; the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, or a designee; and 6 persons to be appointed by the secretary of education, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators’ Association, 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Elementary School Principals’ Association, and 1 of whom shall be selected from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Administrators of Special Education.

The task force shall: (i) identify and review the state laws, regulations, and administrative directives that prescribe requirements for school districts, including those that require school districts to prepare and submit reports and data to the department of elementary and secondary education; (ii) identify the state laws that require the department of elementary and secondary education to submit reports to the legislature based on information it must obtain from school districts; and (iii) develop recommendations to streamline, consolidate, or eliminate such mandates or reporting requirements that are outdated, or duplicative of or inconsistent with current laws, regulations or practices. In developing its recommendations, the task force shall consider the feasibility of creating a single master reporting form to prevent duplicate information from being reported by school districts more than once yearly. Such recommendations shall also include a process for ensuring that new state laws or regulations do not duplicate existing reporting requirements.

The first meeting of the task force shall take place within 60 days of the effective date of this act. The task force shall file a report containing its findings and recommendations, including legislative recommendations, if any, with the clerks of the house and senate not later than12 months following the first meeting of the task force. Prior to issuing its recommendations, the task force shall conduct at least one public hearing to receive testimony from members of the public.