Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 603 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Title 603 CMR 50.00 - Education Collaboratives Regulations › Section 50.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
As used in
				603
				CMR 50.00, unless the context clearly requires
				otherwise, terms shall have the following meanings:
Appointed Representative
. The
				individual appointed annually by each member district's school committee or
				charter school board to serve on the collaborative board of directors.
Board
. The Board of Elementary and
				Secondary Education or a person duly authorized by the Board.
Capital
. The acquisition or
				improvement of fixed assets, including real property, with a unit cost of
				$5,000 and a useful life of one year or more, debt payments and deposits into
				capital reserve.
Charter School Board
. The board of
				trustees of a charter school established under M.G.L. c. 71, § 89.
Collaborative Agreement
. The written
				agreement that forms the basis of the educational collaborative.
Collaborative Board of Directors
. The
				board comprised of the representatives appointed by the member districts and by
				the Commissioner to manage the educational collaborative.
Commissioner
. The Commissioner of the
				Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Department
. The Department of
				Elementary and Secondary Education.
Educational Collaborative
. A
				collaborative approved by the Board in accordance with M.G.L. c. 40, § 4E.
				The terms
Collaborative
,
Education
				Collaborative
, and
Educational
				Collaborative
shall have the same meaning.
Educational Collaborative Regions
. In
				accordance with M.G.L. c. 40, § 4E, the Board, in consultation with the
				Massachusetts Organization of Education Collaboratives (MOEC), shall establish
				no more than six regions representing a geographic area of the state. These
				regions will provide for the efficient communication between MOEC, regional and
				local interests, collaboratives, and the Department.
Lead Education Collaborative
. The
				Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with MOEC, may
				designate a lead collaborative in each region to provide support for the
				implementation of initiatives, as applicable.
Member District
. A charter school
				board or school committee of a city, town, or regional school district that has
				voted to join an educational collaborative and has been accepted by appropriate
				votes of the collaborative board of directors, and the member school committees
				and charter school boards, and approved by the Board.
Model Agreement
. The collaborative
				agreement developed by the Department, which may be used or adapted by
				educational collaboratives.
Nonmember District
. A school committee
				or charter school board that receives services from the educational
				collaborative, but is not a member of the collaborative.
Related For-profit or Nonprofit
				Organization
. Shall have the meaning as defined in M.G.L. c. 40,
				§ 4E.
Regional Liaison
. One collaborative
				from each Educational Region shall be designated by a majority vote of
				executive directors of the collaboratives within each region to serve as a
				Regional Liaison to the Department. Representatives of the Regional Liaisons
				shall provide for the efficient communication, networking, and partnership
				among MOEC, regional and local interests, collaboratives, and the
				Department.