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The Massachusetts State Student Advisory Council (SAC) is a democratic student organization, whose statewide Chairperson serves as a voting member on the Massachusetts Board of Education. The Council has three main objectives: #To consider all matters that its membership deem appropriate concerning education at the local, state and national levels; to make proposals and recommendations to the Massachusetts Board of Education concerning such matters; and to suggest guidelines and legislation to improve the quality of education throughout the Commonwealth. #To encourage, support and work with the Regional Student Advisory Councils, interested student organizations, and interested individuals on matters of common concern; and to maintain close liaisons with the appropriate organizations in the educational, legal and social communities. #To pursue the above objectives through the following general activities: researching, introducing, supporting and aiding in the implementation of state and national legislation of interest to the Council; maintaining and strengthening existing avenues of communication and establishing new ones among agencies concerned with or involved in the administration of education throughout the Commonwealth and the nation; endorsing or conducting conferences dealing with important student issues; providing the State Board of Education with opinions, ideas, proposals, suggested guidelines, and other information of concern to students throughout the Commonwealth, and assisting the student Board member who is acting as representative of the Council. == Organization == For the 2015-2016 year, the State SAC Officers are Donald Willyard, Chairman (Greater Boston), who is now serving a second term after being re-elected in June 2015; Sean Hu, Vice Chair (Central); and Jenna Margarites, Communications Coordinator (Western MA). The tasks of the office are distributed amongst the officers based on specific criteria. The SSAC Chairperson is an SSAC Delegate elected by his/her peers to represent SSAC as a full-voting member on the Massachusetts Board of Elementary & Secondary Education. In addition to the responsibilities of an SSAC member (as above), the SSAC Chairperson is required to attend all Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meetings and to then solicit feedback from SSAC regarding matters before the Board. The chairperson is also tasked with preparing written Board Briefing for dissemination to SSAC and RSAC members as well as to coordinate communication between SSAC's various boards and committees. The SSAC Vice Chairperson is an SSAC Delegate elected by his/her peers. In addition to the responsibilities of an SSAC member, the SSAC Vice-Chairperson's roles and responsibilities also include the facilitation of SSAC meetings including arrangement of the agenda, collaboration with the SSAC chairperson, coordination of regional issues with the appropriate counterparts, and to perform the duties of Recorder for SSAC. The SSAC Communications Coordinator (Formerly Recorder) is an SSAC Delegate elected by his/her peers. In addition to the responsibilities of a regular SSAC member, the SSAC Communication Coordinator's roles and responsibilities also include the task of secretary at all meetings and to organize and file information on the activities and progress of SSAC's various workgroups and councils. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Massachusetts State Student Advisory Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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