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

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.