Public Policy Updates

MASC reports on Massachusetts public schools, education news, school committee issues and updates from the Department of Education.

This information has been compiled by MASC Field Director Tracy Novick.

Public Policy Updates: February 2020 Board of Ed

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Published on Friday, 28 February 2020 14:50

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education met Tuesday, February 25, 2020 in Malden. The agenda is here; the video of the meeting is here. 

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Public Policy Updates: January Board of Education

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Published on Tuesday, 28 January 2020 21:13

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education met for their regular January meeting on Tuesday, January 28, 2020. The agenda for the meeting can be found here; the video of the meeting is available here. 

The meeting opened with brief remarks from Senator Jason Lewis (who represents the area around the Department) regarding the Student Opportunity Act. Chair Katherine Craven thanked him and the Legislature for their work; he in turned thanked the Department, singling out the finance department in particular, for their work supporting the legislation, commenting "we lost track of how many models we ran" during the deliberation in committee. 

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Spending Plans Required by Recently Enacted Legislation

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Published on Sunday, 19 January 2020 19:16

MEMORANDUM
TO: Massachusetts School Committee Members
FROM: Glenn Koocher, Executive Director, MASC
DATE: January 10, 2020
RE: Spending Plans Required by Recently Enacted Legislation

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Public Policy Updates: State's economic future debated at consensus revenue hearing

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Published on Friday, 06 December 2019 09:27

Each year before proposing and agreeing upon a budget, the two chambers of the Legislature and the Governor's office agree on the amount of money they will plan to spend that coming year. To begin this process for fiscal year 2021, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means together with the Office of Administration and Finance held a consensus revenue hearing, at which they heard invited testimony regarding the current and next fiscal year's outlook for the Massachusetts economy and the revenue it will bring to the state.

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Report on the 2019 Delegate Assembly

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Published on Wednesday, 13 November 2019 11:53

The following is a report on actions taken on the resolutions that were considered by the Delegate Assembly at the annual meeting in Hyannis on November 8.

There were 107 districts represented at the Assembly.

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  1. Public Policy Updates: October Board of Ed
  2. Public Policy Updates: The House deliberates and passes the Student Opportunity Act
  3. Public Policy Updates: The Senate deliberates and passes the Student Opportunity Act
  4. Public Policy Updates: September Board of Education
  5. Public Policy Updates: June Board of Ed
  6. Council for Fair School Finance files lawsuit for equitable school funding
  7. Public Policy Updates: May Board of Ed
  8. Public Policy Updates: April 2019 Board of Education
  9. Public Policy Updates: Joint Committee on Education
  10. Public Policy Updates: March Board of Ed
  11. Public Policy Updates: FY20 Joint Ways and Means Hearing
  12. Public Policy Updates: February Board of Ed
  13. Public Policy Updates: Rennie Center on Student Voice
  14. Public Policy Updates: January Board of Education Regular meeting
  15. Public Policy Updates: January Board of Education on school and district report cards, automated scoring
  16. Public Policy Updates: December 2018 Board of Education meeting
  17. Public Policy Updates: FY20 Hearing on Revenue
  18. Public Policy Updates: November 2018 Board of Education
  19. Public Policy Updates: October 2018 Board of Education Meeting
  20. Public Policy Updates: The Tale of Four Cities