Mass. Association of School Committees
MassBudget has released a great brief explaining how funding works for Charter Schools in Massachusetts and how it interacts with
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The following is a reference describing the recommendations made by the Massachusetts Foundation Budget Review Commission.
The 2018 MISC Survey is now available. Please send completed surveys to Sam Cheesman at scheesman@masc.org or fax or mail
MASC General Counsel Stephen Finnegan has released a Legal Alert regarding the updated Massachusetts Public Records Law, which becomes effective January 1, 2017, highlighting the requirement for municipalities to designate one or more Records Access Officers, as well as the Chadwick v. Duxbury and Goodwin v. Lee Public Schools SJC cases.
MASC General Counsel Stephen Finnegan has released a legal bulletin addressing the question of whether a school committee member can
At a recent Citizens for Public Schools Forum, MASC Past President and current Arlington School Committee member Paul Schlichtman gave a detailed presentation on the crippling financial impact of charter schools on public school districts and followed with a discussion on the status of the proposed charter school legislation currently under debate in the legislature and the pending ballot question.
MASC has released a statement on Senate Bill 2203, “The RISE Act”: Read the news release Here is the a
The following Massachusetts school committees have passed a resolution in opposition to MA Ballot Question #2, which would raise the charter school cap:
Citizens for Public Schools, a nonprofit education advocacy organization, has released an analysis of the charter school waitlist numbers showing