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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1634 FILED ON: 1/13/2009
 
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3547
 
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 
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PRESENTED BY:
 
Daniel E. Bosley and Stanley C. Rosenberg
 
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in GeneralCourt assembled:
 
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
 
Resolve establishing a commission relative to an index of creative and innovative education inthe Commonwealth.
 
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PETITION OF:
 
N
AME
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D
ISTRICT
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DDRESS
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 Stanley C. Rosenberg Hampshire and FranklinDaniel E. Bosley 1st BerkshireBenjamin B. Downing Berkshire, Hampshire and FranklinCarlo P. Basile 1st Suffolk Bill Bowles 2nd BristolDenis E. Guyer 2nd BerkshireJohn D. Keenan 7th EssexDavid P. Linsky 5th MiddlesexSarah K. Peake 4th BarnstableJeffrey Sánchez 15th Suffolk John W. Scibak 2nd HampshireFrank I. Smizik 15th Norfolk Ellen Story 3rd HampshireWalter F. Timilty 7th Norfolk Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. 26th MiddlesexSteven M. Walsh 11th EssexAlice K. Wolf 25th MiddlesexPeter v. Kocot 1st Hampshire
 
Mary E. Grant 6th EssexMichael J. Rodrigues 8th BristolMatthew C. Patrick 3rd BarnstableStephen Kulik 1st FranklinAnn-Margaret Ferrante 5th EssexWilliam Smitty Pignatelli 4th BerkshireGeraldine Creedon 11th PlymouthKay Khan 11th MiddlesexKate Hogan 3rd MiddlesexJames E. Timilty Bristol and Norfolk Bradford R. Hill 4th EssexChristine E. Canavan 10th PlymouthCheryl A. Coakley-Rivera 10th HampdenStanley C. Rosenberg Hampshire and FranklinCarl M. Sciortino, Jr. 34th MiddlesexRobert L. Rice, Jr. 2nd WorcesterJames R. Miceli 19th MiddlesexElizabeth A. Malia 11th Suffolk Anthony D. Galluccio Middlesex, Suffolk and EssexThomas M. McGee Third Essex and MiddlesexMartha M. Walz 8th Suffolk Katherine Clark 32nd MiddlesexMark V. Falzone 9th EssexPaul McMurtry 11th Norfolk Timothy Madden Barnstable, Dukes and NantucketJonathan Hecht 29th MiddlesexPatricia A. Haddad 5th BristolJames B. Eldridge Middlesex and WorcesterStephen M. Brewer Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and FranklinAlice Hanlon Peisch 14th Norfolk Jay R. Kaufman 15th MiddlesexCory Atkins 14th MiddlesexThomas P. Conroy 13th MiddlesexLouis L. Kafka 8th Norfolk Sean Garballey 23rd MiddlesexJames J. O'Day 14th Worcester DistrictPam Richardson 6th MiddlesexBruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex
 
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
 
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RESOLVE
Resolved,
There is hereby established a Special Commission to develop an Index of Creative and Innovative1Education in the Commonwealth.2The commission shall have 15 members which shall include: 7 members to be appointed by the governor3and who shall reside in different geographic regions of the commonwealth, 1 of whom shall be a4representative of the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities, 1 of whom shall be5a representative of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, 1 of whom shall be a representative of the6Massachusetts Business Roundtable; 3 members to be appointed by the president of the senate and who7shall reside in different geographic regions of the commonwealth; and 3 members to be appointed by the8speaker of the house of representatives and who shall reside in different geographic regions of the9Commonwealth; and the executive director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council; and the commissioner10of elementary and secondary education, or his designee. Each member shall serve a term of 2 years. Each11of the members of the commission shall be an expert or shall have experience in the fields of education,12public policy, artistic development, workforce development or cultural development. One of the13members shall be appointed by the governor to serve as chairperson of the commission. The members of 14the commission shall be appointed no later 90 days after the effective date of this resolve.15In the course of its deliberations, the commission shall examine strategies on how to produce an Index of 16
Creative and Innovative Education in the Commonwealth’s Public Schools. The index shall rate every
17public school in the commonwealth on teaching, encouraging and fostering creativity in students. The18index would be based in part on the creative opportunities in each school as measured by the availability19of classes and before and after-school programs offered by and through school districts in the20commonwealth that provide creative opportunities for students in the public schools of the21commonwealth, including, but not limited to, arts education, debate clubs, science fairs, theatre22performances, concerts, film-making, and independent research.23The commission may hold public hearings to assist in the collection and evaluation of data and testimony.24
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