LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION AND EVENTS

Information of interest to MASC members and other education leaders. Legislative information includes:

HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET
Legislative Bulletin Cuts to F.Y. 09 Budget and Summary of F.Y. 10 State Budget
Legislative Bulletin detailing amendments to final Senate budget, and more. . . . .
Legislative Bulletin. Important information (including timelines) about the newly enacted Municipal Group Insurance Act and its application to cities, towns and regional school districts.
March 2007 Legislative Bulletin
Legislative Bulletin THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS BUDGET, H.4000
July 2006 Legislative Bulletin The State Budget and Governor's Vetoes
SENATE CHAPTER 70 PLAN
Legislative Bulletin House Ways and Means Budget, H.4900
Legislative Bulletin February 2006. Health Insurance for School Employees
January 06 Legislative Bulletin: Governor’s Budget, House 1 Correction in Legislative Bulletin
Senate releases FY06 budget Proposed Senate budget similar to House with addition of $55m reserve account contingent on passage of a reformed Chapter 70 formula. May 2005
House Ways and Means Budget, H. 4000 March 2005
Legislative Bulletin House 1, The Governor’s Proposed Budget For F.Y. 2006
Supplemental Budget – H. 5076 September 2004
Legislative Alert: Conference Committee Reports Budget
House Action on the State Budget May 2004
Detail of House Budget April 2004
Supplemental Budget for 2004
Opposing legislative viewpoints sent to Governor Romney on SPED circuit breaker funding from Representative David Linsky and House Minority Leader Bradley Jones, Jr.
Massachusetts 2004 Legislative Directory (a downloadable excel file)
FY2004 Legislative Committee Budget Recommendations (6/20/03)
The Senate Ways & Means Proposed Budget, S.2004
Legislative Bulletin: The House Ways & Means Proposed Budget (4/25/03)
Bilingual regulations (Question 2) defined, plus information from the DOE about the law's provisions and applications.
MASC responds to proposed amendments to charter school regulations (3/13/03)
Governor's 04 budget (2/27/03)
The Governor's Budgetary Reductions (1/31/03)
FY03 budget released (4/29/02)
Governor's 2003 Budget (H.1)
Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education (1/30/01)
Legislative Bulletin: FY2002 Governor's Budget Information (1/30/01)
Massachusetts Legislative directory - 2002
Legislative Bulletin: New Pesticide Act Affects Policies on Pest Management (8/17/00)
Legislative Bulletin: FY2001 Final Budget and Charter School Changes (8/2/00)
MASC Policy News