Massachusetts S 2066: An Act to support educational collaboratives

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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1205        FILED ON: 2/12/2021 
SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2066 
 
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
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PRESENTED BY: 
Adam G. Hinds 
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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 to support educational collaboratives. 
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PETITION OF: 
 
NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: 
Adam G. Hinds Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and 
Hampden 

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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1205        FILED ON: 2/12/2021 
SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2066 
By Mr. Hinds, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2066) of Adam G. Hinds for 
legislation to support educational collaboratives.  State Administration and Regulatory 
Oversight. 
 
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION 
SEE SENATE, NO. 1859 OF 2019-2020.] 
 
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
 
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court 
(2021-2022) 
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An Act to support 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 1. Section 20 of Chapter 268A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 
2Official Edition, is hereby amended 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’s 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. 

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10 The proposed arrangement must be approved by the employee's appointing authority and 
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.”