Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, § 31 (2026)

School committee; membership; tenure

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Section 31. The school committee shall consist of the mayor, who shall be the chairman, and six members elected at large. At the first regular municipal election held in any city after its adoption of one of the plans provided in this chapter, there shall be elected, except as provided in this section, two members to serve for one year, two for two years and two for three years, and annually thereafter there shall be elected two members to serve for three years. If the plan adopted provides for elections to be held biennially, there shall, except under Plan E or F, be elected at the first regular municipal election held under the provisions of such plan, three members to serve for two years and three members to serve for four years, and biennially thereafter three members to serve for four years. After the adoption of Plan E by a city, the six members other than the mayor shall be elected at large for terms of two years each by proportional representation as hereinafter provided.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1971–2019 · leading case: Storlazzi v. Bakey, 894 F. Supp. 494 (D. Mass. 1995).

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Storlazzi v. Bakey, 894 F. Supp. 494 (D. Mass. 1995). “” M.G.L. c. 43 § 31 (West 1994). 10 . Storlazzi might have raised this claim in state court in an equity action for breach of the duty of fair representation.”

Braintree Baptist Temple v. Holbrook Pub. Schs., 616 F. Supp. 81 (D. Mass. 1984). “Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 43, §§ 31, 33; see Urban Transport, Inc.”

Black Voters v. McDonough, 421 F. Supp. 165 (D. Mass. 1976). “Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 43, § 31. A survey in 1975 by the National School Board Association revealed that of the nation’s fifty largest cities, thirty-two conduct their School Committee or School Board elections at-large.”

Sheahan v. Sch. Comm. of Worcester, 270 N.E.2d 912 (Mass. 1971). “4 The remaining question is whether the Committee, despite the fact that it did not, either by the collective bargaining agreement or by joining in any application for arbitration, submit the controversy to the board for arbitration, is precluded from raising the question of the…”

McMann v. State Ethics Comm'n, 590 N.E.2d 693 (Mass. App. Ct. 1992). “” Under Massachusetts law the duty of maintaining public schools and providing public school education is placed with the cities and towns (municipalities).”

Salmon v. Lang (D. Mass. 2019). “1995); see also Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, § 31 (“The school committee shall consist of the mayor, who shall be the chairman, and six members elected at large.”

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