An Act to ensure equitable representation of required parent advisory councils to school committees

This bill requires school districts in Massachusetts to grant nonvoting, ex-officio seats on their school committees to representatives from English Language Learner Parent Advisory Councils and Special Education Parent Advisory Councils. Under the new rules, these councils must annually elect one member each to serve without pay, and the representatives must notify the school committee of their selection within 30 days. While these members can participate in regular committee meetings, they are not allowed to attend executive sessions unless the school committee explicitly grants them that right. The law applies to districts that are already mandated to establish these advisory councils under existing state regulations.