SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2989
Senate, December 9, 2024 - Text of the Senate amendment (Senator Durant) to the House Bill providing for the annual election of members of the Spencer East Brookfield Regional School Committee (printed as 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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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 14E of chapter 71 of the General Laws, the towns of Spencer and East Brookfield may annually elect members on a municipal election ballot to serve on the school committee of the Spencer East Brookfield Regional School District on the same date as the annual elections in each town; provided, however, that the election of the school committee members shall take place pursuant to the agreement between the towns of Spencer and East Brookfield with respect to a regional school district dated April 1, 2019; provided further, that if the municipal elections in the towns of Spencer and East Brookfield do not occur on the same date, the election of the school committee members shall take place at the next biennial state election or next municipal elections in the towns of East Brookfield and Spencer that are held on the same date, whichever occurs first.
SECTION 2. At the first election of the school committee members occurring following the passage of this act at a biennial state election or municipal election in the towns of East Brookfield and Spencer that are held on the same date, the term of any elected member shall cease upon the election of members in accordance with subsection C of section II of the agreement between the towns of Spencer and East Brookfield with respect to a regional school district dated April 1, 2019.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.