[Amended 5-9-1994 ATM, Art. 33; 10-28-2002 STM, Art. 4]
A. Number of Members. The Regional School District Committee, hereinafter
referred to as the Committee, beginning with the annual town elections
of 2003, shall consist of ten members, four from the Town of Brewster,
three from Orleans, two from Eastham and one from Wellfleet. To achieve
proportional representation on the Committee, effective following
the annual elections of 2003, the members from Brewster, Eastham and
Wellfleet shall have one vote per member, and the members from Orleans
.8 (8/10) votes per member. All ten members shall be elected by their
individual towns, as prescribed in Paragraph B. below.
B. Election of Members. The Nauset Regional School District shall consist
of four member towns, each of which shall elect representatives to
serve for three-year terms as described above; provided, however,
that any member elected prior to 2001 shall serve for a three-year
term.
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At the annual town elections in 2002, Brewster and Orleans shall
elect one member each for terms of three years. At the 2003 elections,
Brewster, Eastham, and Orleans shall elect one member each, for terms
of three years. At the 2004 elections, Brewster shall elect two members,
and Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet one member each, for terms of three
years. The terms of all such elected members shall commence on the
day following their election and continue for the terms for which
they are elected and thereafter until their successors are elected
and qualified. Thereafter, at every succeeding annual and special
town election when a member town is required to elect a member, each
town shall elect such member to serve on the Committee for a term
of three years commencing on the day following such elections.
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C. Holding office/vacancies. Each member shall hold office during this
term and thereafter until the appointment, or election and qualifications
of his successor. If a vacancy exists, the Selectmen of the member
town or towns of the district involved shall appoint a member to serve
until the next annual or special election and at such election, a
successor to serve for the unexpired term, if any, shall be elected.
D. Officers of the Committee. Annually upon the election or appointment
and qualification of its members, the Committee shall organize and
choose by ballot a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from its own membership.
At the same meeting or at any other meeting, the Committee shall appoint
a Treasurer and Secretary who may be the same person but who need
not be members of the Committee, choose such other officers as it
deems advisable, determine the terms of office of its officers (except
the Chairman and Vice Chairman, who shall be elected annually as provided
above) and prescribe the powers and duties of any of its officers,
fix the time and place for its regular meetings and provide for the
calling of special meetings.
The regional district schools shall consist of facilities to
serve the needs of grades six (6) through twelve (12).
The Committee is hereby authorized to establish and maintain
state-aided vocational education, acting as trustees therefor, in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74 of the General Laws and
Acts amendatory thereto or dependent thereon, if the Committee deems
it desirable.
The regional district schools shall be located within the district
and within a five-mile radius from the intersection of Mid Cape Highway
(Route 6) and Samoset Road (in Eastham).
Transportation of all pupils to and from the regional district
schools shall be furnished by the regional school district and the
cost thereof shall be apportioned among the member towns as an operating
expense.
By an amendment of this agreement adopted under and in accordance
with Section VIII below, any other town or towns may be admitted to
the regional school district upon adoption as herein provided of such
amendment and upon acceptance by the town or towns seeking admission
of the agreement as so amended and also upon compliance with such
provisions of law as may be applicable and such terms as may be set
forth in such amendment.
This agreement may be amended from time to time in the manner
hereinafter provided, but no such amendment shall be made which shall
substantially impair the rights of the holders of any bonds or notes
or other indebtedness of the district then outstanding, or the rights
of the district to procure the means for payment thereof, provided
that nothing in this section shall prevent the admission of a new
town or towns to the district and the reapportionment accordingly
of capital costs of the district then outstanding and of interest
thereon. A proposal for amendment may be initiated by a signed petition
bearing the signatures of ten percent (10%) of the registered voters
of any one (1) of the member towns or by a majority of all the members
of the regional district school committee. Any such proposal for amendment
shall be presented to the Secretary of the Committee, who shall mail
or deliver a notice, in writing, to the Board of Selectmen of each
of the member towns that a proposal to amend this agreement has been
received and shall enclose a copy of such proposal (without the signatures
in the case of a proposal by petition). The Selectmen in each member
town shall include in the warrant for the next Annual or a Special
Town Meeting called for the purpose, an article stating the proposal
or the substance thereof. Such amendment shall take effect upon its
acceptance by each member town, in the manner hereinabove provided.
The Committee shall determine the amounts necessary
to be raised to maintain and operate the regional schools during the
ensuing fiscal year and the amount required for payment of debt and
interest incurred by the District, which will be due in said year,
and shall adopt an annual maintenance and operating budget for said
year. The Committee shall then submit copies to the Finance or Advisory
Committee of each member town or, if there is no Finance or Advisory
Committee in a member town, to the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen
of such town, for their consideration at least forty-five (45) days
prior to the earliest business session of any member's Annual
Town Meeting. The Committee shall apportion the annual budget in accordance
with the provisions of Section IV. The amount so apportioned for each
town shall be certified in accordance with M.G.L. c. 71, § 16B
by the District Treasurer to the Treasurers of the member towns, and
each town shall appropriate the amounts so certified.
The Committee may accept for enrollment in the regional district
school pupils from towns other than the member towns on a tuition
basis and on such terms as it may determine.