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[edit] Education

I am adding some content to the 'Education' piece of this article and struggling with how much detail to put in it. I think that the subsection on Education Funding and School Construction Funding should probably have their own articles. These are large topics and , while they are certainly part of Massachusetts Government, they would dominate this article if they were included.

Thoughts ?? --LWV Roadrunner 21:00, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I corrected some information in 'Education' and the Proposition 2 1/2 section (along with sundry minor edits elsewhere). I agree that ed. funding and school construction should be here; perhaps the whole 'Education' section shuould be split off -- "Massachusetts Government" dealing only with non-education matters, and "Massachusetts Education Administration" in a second entry?

Wiki Wistah 01:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

That sounds like a good idea; I would suggest "Education in Massachusetts" or "K-12 education in Massachusetts". -- Beland 20:06, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I have deleted this text: After passage of the Home Rule Procedures Act of 1967, it is no longer possible for a municipality to adopt one of these plans. However, 14 cities still have Plan A, B, or E governments because they have not changed their form of government since then. Plans C, D, and F are no longer used.

I have also deleted this reference which was the basis and source for the deleted text: Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. "Massachusetts Communities Operating Under Home Rule Charters" (prepared and adopted under provisions of the Home Rule Amendment and M.G.L., c. 43B)

Although the publication was prepared by a unit of Massachusetts Government, the preparer only read through Sections 3 and 4 of Article 89 of the Massachusetts Constitution amendments. Section 8 states: "Subject to the foregoing requirements, the general court may provide optional plans of city or town organization and government under which an optional plan may be adopted or abandoned by majority vote of the voters of the city or town voting thereon at a city or town election;..." Those optional plans are the plans referred to in the article.

HL Menken 11:59 28 October 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by HL Menken (talk • contribs) 04:00, 28 October 2008 (UTC)