File: BJ

SCHOOL COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

The Greater Fall River Vocational School District Committee, as an agent of the state, must operate within the bounds of state and federal laws affecting public education.  If the Committee is to meet its responsibilities to the residents and students of this community, it must work vigorously for the passage of new laws designed to advance the cause of good schools and for the repeal or modification of existing laws that impede this cause.

To this end:

1. The Committee will keep itself informed of pending legislation and actively communicate its concerns and make its position known to elected representatives at both the state and national level.
2. The Committee will work with its legislative representatives (both state and federal), with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, and other concerned groups in developing an annual, as well as a long-range, legislative program.  One of the major objectives of the Committee's legislative program will be to seek full funding for all state and federally mandated programs.
3. The Committee will annually designate a person--who may or may not be a member of the Committee--to serve as its legislative representative.  This person will be authorized to speak on the Committee's behalf with respect to legislation being considered by the Massachusetts Legislature or the United States Congress or their respective committees.  In all dealings with individual elected representatives, the Legislature or Congress, the Committee's representative will be bound by the official positions taken by the District School Committee.