Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-385-R1

Redraft EDU 385

Reducing Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Paperwork

Mr. Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended <w:p><w:r><w:t xml:space="preserve">by adding the following new section:-

SECTION XX. SECTION 1. Chapter 15 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 66, the following new section:-

SECTION 67. Section 1. The commissioner of the department of elementary and secondary education shall issue a report on the department’s efforts and plans to reduce the use of paper and increase electronic dissemination and storage of data and documents.  The report shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the information technology, including alternative information technologies, presently utilized by the department; the electronic methods utilized by the department for maintenance, submission, or disclosure of information to improve data quality, agency efficiency, and responsiveness to the public;  the extent to which duplicative permitting and paperwork requirements have been eliminated through the implementation of inter-agency file sharing technologies; and any legal or technological impediments toward further reliance on electronic information sharing and paperwork reduction.   Said report , and any legislative recommendations, shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and with the joint committee on education no later than September 30, 2013.