Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 603 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Title 603 CMR 41.00 - Regional School Districts › Section 41.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
As used in
				603 CMR
				41.00 the following terms shall have the following
				meanings:
Alternative Assessment Method
. The
				calculation of members' assessments pursuant to the local option provided in
				the fourth paragraph of M.G.L. c. 71, § 16B. Each such assessment shall be
				the sum of the following amounts:
(a) the member's share of the regional school district's net
				school spending, as defined by M.G.L. c. 70, § 2; and
(b) the member's share of costs for transportation, capital
				project debt service, other capital costs, and all other expenditures not
				included in the regional school district's net school spending; both such
				shares to be allocated pursuant to the assessment provisions of the regional
				agreement.
Department
. The Massachusetts
				Department of Education.
Board
. The Board of Education of the
				Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Commissioner
. The Commissioner of
				Education or his or her designee.
Expanded Regional School District
. An
				existing regional school district that has added additional grade
				levels.
Enlarged Regional School District
. An
				existing regional school district that has changed its membership by adding one
				or more additional municipalities.
Local Appropriating Authority
. In a
				town, town meeting; in a city, the council, with the mayor's approval when
				required by law; in a municipality having a town council form of government,
				the town council.
Member
. A municipality that is a
				member of a regional school district.
Municipality
. Any city or town of the
				Commonwealth.
Regional School Committee
. The
				regional school committee having charge of a regional school district.
Regional School District
. Any local
				education agency established under M.G.L. c. 71, § 15; M.G.L. c. 74,
				§ 5A; or by a special act of the Great and General Court for the purpose
				of operating regional schools.
School District Reorganization
. The
				formation of a new regional school district or changes in the grade structure
				or membership of an existing regional school district.
Statutory Assessment Method
. The
				calculation of members' assessments pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. c. 70,
				§ 6. Each such assessment shall be the sum of the following
				amounts:
(a) the member's required local contribution to the regional
				school district as determined by the Commissioner;
(b) the member's share of that portion of the regional school
				district's net school spending, as defined by M.G.L. c. 70, § 2, that
				exceeds the total required local contribution for all members, this share to be
				allocated pursuant to the assessment provisions of the regional agreement;
				and
(c) the member's share of costs for transportation, capital
				project debt service, other capital costs, and all other expenditures not
				included in the regional school district's net school spending, this share to
				be allocated pursuant to the assessment provisions of the regional
				agreement.