Massachusetts Association of School Committees

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  • MASC News Bulletin – May 2025
    MASC News Bulletin – May 2025
    Forty years ago (1985) MASC held its first Day on the Hill advocacy event. Then, as now, the key issues were funding; funding; and funding, with core competencies, collective bargaining, and concerns around local control rounding out the agenda.
  • Public Policy Update: May 2025 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
    Public Policy Update: May 2025 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
    The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held their May meeting at Methuen High School. The agenda can be found here. A recording of the meeting is available here. Members Mohamed and Moriarty attended the meeting remotely. After the Presentation of the Colors by the Methuen High JROTC and the singing of the National Anthem,…
  • MASC News Bulletin – April 2025
    MASC News Bulletin – April 2025
    Having received the two-thirds of the Board votes as necessary, current Chicago Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez has been recommended by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to Secretary Patrick Tutwiler as the next Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education. Martinez has been one of three finalists considered by the Board, alongside former Texas…
  • Public Policy Reports: April 2025 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
    Public Policy Reports: April 2025 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
    The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at the Department offices in Everett. The agenda can be found here; a recording of the meeting can be viewed here. The Board meeting opened with an hour of public comment, much on vocational admission regulations, which was…
  • Incoming Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education is Pedro Martinez
    Incoming Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education is Pedro Martinez
    Having received the two-thirds of the Board votes as necessary, current Chicago Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez was recommended by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to Secretary Patrick Tutwiler as the next Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education this afternoon. Martinez was one of three finalists considered by the Board, alongside former Texas…

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2025 Collective Bargaining Bootcamp
Saturday, July 19, 2025
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Jason Fraser
Silver Lake Regional School District

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