Category: Statewide
Massachusetts-wide education policy & public records
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Districts Have Demanded $44,641 to Answer One Records Request
32 districts have priced the same settlement-records request at $44,641.20 total, for 1,057 hours. Thirteen others answered for nothing.
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Six Districts Answered on Oct. 7, and One Cut Its Own Fee to Zero
Westfield, Saugus, Dartmouth, Milton, Wilmington and Wakefield all answered the same settlement-records request on Oct. 7. Two had never replied at all.
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The Supervisor Held Our Wording Unclear: What SPR26/3972 Decides
On Oct. 7 the Supervisor closed our Amesbury appeal against us: our standardized request wording does not reasonably describe the records sought.
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Four More Districts Priced the Same Request: $2,168.70 Combined, and One Arithmetic Error
On Oct. 6 four more Massachusetts districts priced the identical student-settlement-records request. None asked for more time. Three demanded payment before producing anything.
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Three Districts, One Ruling: The Supervisor Caps Attorney Review Fees at $75 an Hour
East Bridgewater, Natick and Quincy each asked the Supervisor of Records for 30 extra business days and an hourly rate three times the statutory cap. Within 24 hours…
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Massachusetts’ Bell-to-Bell Cellphone Bill Stalls in Conference as Districts Open the 2026–2027 School Year Under Local Policies Alone
An analytical overview of S.2581 and H.5349 — the competing bell-to-bell school device bills that engrossed both chambers but never became law, the September 1, 2026 district-policy deadline…
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Massachusetts FY2027 Budget Completes the Student Opportunity Act: Record Chapter 70 Aid and the Fine Print for Special Education
An analytical overview of the $63.42 billion general appropriations act signed July 9, 2026 — $7,658,399,506 in Chapter 70 aid, a record $806.6 million special education circuit breaker,…
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Massachusetts Faces a Landmark School-Segregation Lawsuit: Inside M.G.J. v. DESE and the Fight Over District Lines
An analytical overview of the complaint filed in Suffolk Superior Court on May 20, 2026 — nine students, four organizations, and a state constitutional challenge to the district…
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Massachusetts Judge Vacates OMB’s Executive Order Footnotes on Education Research Funds as Special Education Oversight Moves to HHS
An analytical overview of the September 17, 2026 Memorandum and Order in National Center for Learning Disabilities v. Office of Management and Budget, and of the June 2026…
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Massachusetts DESE Issues Updated Seclusion and Time-Out Regulations Effective August 17, 2026
An analytical overview of the amendments to 603 CMR 46.00 and 603 CMR 18.00 adopted on June 24, 2025, the statewide reporting architecture created by Special Education Policy…