Expand Capacity

 

$14+ Million dollars In School-Based Medicaid Reimbursement Claims has been reimbursed to districts and towns through Collaborative support each year

Bringing Expertise to Expand Capacity

The 24 public Educational Collaboratives throughout Massachusetts offer a host of services to expand capacity of its combined membership of approximately 300 public school districts. Services range from student services to a variety of business and other services for our districts that allow for increased efficiency and effectiveness.

In 2022 the Collaboratives served over 35,000 students in a variety of ways:

  • provide special education programs to over 5,253 students
  • provide special education services to over 4,089 students
  • provide general education services to over 5,042 students
  • provide special education transportation to over 1,979 students
  • provide general education transportation to over 18,689 students

The Profile of Programs and Services represent offerings by collaboratives to member and non-member districts across the Commonwealth. We hope they will be useful to district leaders when seeking support.

Profile of Programs and Services

Operations & Cost Savings

  • Cooperative purchasing
  • Transportation services

  • Technology support 

  • Medicaid reimbursement 

  • Communications support 

  • Research and evaluation

Bringing People Together

  • Innovation
  • Emerging practices
  • Problem solving
  • Advocacy
  • Coalitions for wrap-around services

Partnerships for Change

MOEC is the Commonwealth’s primary advocate for collaboratives and the critical role they play in the Massachusetts educational system.

Leading Statewide Initiatives

MOEC and its members have a history of working with districts, often in partnership with DESE, to support statewide initiatives. 

Massachusetts Collaboratives

Massachusetts collaboratives bring school districts together to form partnerships to create regional educational capacity and resources.

Serving Students with Specialized Needs

Collaborative programs are designed to provide high quality, personalized education for students with special needs.

Bringing Expertise to Expand Capacity

Collaboratives support business needs, offer significant cost savings, and bring partnerships and expertise which expand district capacity.

Professional Development

Each year, collaboratives offer well over 300 training and networking sessions and 50 different professional learning communities, sharing exemplary educational practices.

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