2025 Massachusetts Student Government Day Registration

Registration

This year's Student Government Day will be held in person at the Massachusetts State House on Friday, April 4, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

One elected student and one student alternate can attend per school. One faculty advisor or other approved adult per school can attend with the elected student. While we welcome both students' attendance, we cannot guarantee that alternates will have role assignments that involve active participation in debate unless they are filling in for the elected student.

Important details regarding this year's event can be found on this website: Student Government Day

Registration: This year registration will occur on a rolling basis:

February 15, 2025 is the registration deadline for students to be assigned a guaranteed role and be eligible to participate in the speech competition for electing the student governor and lieutenant governor
March 7, 2025 is the final registration deadline/close of online registration. Please note students who are registered between 2/15 and 3/7 will be guaranteed a role assignment prior to the event.
April 4, 2025, any changes (e.g. alternate in place of delegate) after 3/7 can be made on site.

Student Government Day: During Student Government Day, students will replicate activities of the General Court (Massachusetts state legislature) by debating and voting on legislation. The elected students, and alternates where possible, will be assigned a role prior to the event. All students will hear from legislative leaders and have the opportunity to give testimony on two current bills. Depending on their assigned roles, students will then continue debating legislation or observe state government from the perspective of a Supreme Court justice or constitutional officer.

Faculty advisors (to be identified in this form) will be sent each student's role and are responsible for keeping students informed, including the two bills up for debate, and the Student Government Day Handbook. Each school's elected student will also have the opportunity to participate in a speech competition to determine the student governor and lieutenant for Student Government Day.

Student Elections: We encourage schools to elect one student and one alternate to attend the event. While the method of electing student designees and student alternates may vary from school to school, we suggest following some standard procedures:

Elections should be school-wide, with candidates limited to juniors and seniors.
Elections should be open to all juniors and seniors, regardless of academic performance or placement in advanced government classes.
To allow more students the opportunity to participate, no student who has been the school's elected student designee or student alternate should run for re-election.
Elections should be conducted in the spirit of M.G.L. Chapter 6, Section 12M, which states, "Such elections shall be conducted under the supervision of the principals…and insofar as possible, shall be conducted as are elections of members of the General Court."

IMPORTANT - In order to submit the registration form for Student Government Day, the school must assure that the selected student(s) are over the age of 14 and that they have read and signed the consent forms for Student Government Day Activities. The school further assures that it will keep the original signed consent form on file and that, upon request, it will provide the consent form to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The consent forms are available on the Student Government Day website.

ELECTED Student for Massachusetts Student Government Day. Please enter student information below. *This question is required.

First Name
Last Name
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City/Town
State
Zip Code

We are asking for students' State Assigned Student Identifier (SASID) in order to evaluate whether Student Government Day is accessible to students from diverse backgrounds. This identifier will be only shared with DESE for internal data collection and monitoring. Students' SASIDs can typically be found in your district's Student Information System; if you are unable to find this information, DESE can use students' names and birth dates to look it up internally.

Are you able to access SASIDs for your students?

ELECTED student's State Assigned Student Identifier (SASID) *This question is required.

ELECTED student's birth date *This question is required. This question requires a valid date format of MM/DD/YYYY.

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ELECTED student's current elected STATE senator in the Massachusetts GENERAL COURT (Massachusetts state legislature) *This question is required. INSTRUCTIONS: The following information is required and must be accurate in order to register for Student Government Day. Please select your current elected STATE senator (not UNITED STATES senator) in the Massachusetts General Court (Massachusetts state legislature) from the dropdown list below. This information, based on the student's own home address (not his or her school address or any other address), can be obtained at the following website:

https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator

ELECTED student's current elected STATE representative in the Massachusetts GENERAL COURT (Massachusetts state legislature) *This question is required. INSTRUCTIONS: The following information is required and must be accurate in order to register for Student Government Day. Please select your current elected STATE representative (not UNITED STATES representative) in the Massachusetts General Court (Massachusetts state legislature) from the drop down box below. This information, based on the student's own home address (not his or her school address or any other address), can be obtained at the following website:

https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator

Student ALTERNATE for Massachusetts Student Government Day *This question is required.

First Name
Last Name
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City/Town
State
Zip Code

Student ALTERNATE's State Assigned Student Identifier (SASID) *This question is required.

Student ALTERNATE's birth date *This question is required. This question requires a valid date format of MM/DD/YYYY.

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Student ALTERNATE'S current elected STATE senator in the Massachusetts GENERAL COURT (Massachusetts state legislature) *This question is required. INSTRUCTIONS: The following information is required and must be accurate in order to register for Student Government Day. Please select your current elected STATE senator (not UNITED STATES senator) in the Massachusetts General Court (Massachusetts state legislature) from the dropdown list below. This information, based on the student's own home address (not his or her school address or any other address), can be obtained at the following website:

https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator

Student ALTERNATE'S current elected STATE representative in the Massachusetts GENERAL COURT (Massachusetts state legislature) *This question is required. INSTRUCTIONS: The following information is required and must be accurate in order to register for Student Government Day. Please select your current elected STATE representative (not UNITED STATES representative) in the Massachusetts General Court (Massachusetts state legislature) from the dropdown list below. This information, based on the student's own home address (not his or her school address or any other address), can be obtained at the following website:

https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator

School that the ELECTED student and student ALTERNATE for Student Government Day attend. *This question is required.

School Name (Please provide full name; no abbreviations)
School District (Please provide full name; no abbreviations)
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City/Town
Zip Code

Name of one Faculty Advisor for the ELECTED student and ALTERNATE for Student Government Day. (Note: This does not have to be the same as the adult acting as chaperone on the day of the event). *This question is required.

Faculty Advisor's Email Address (NOTE: All communication and reminders about the event will be sent to this address. It is the responsibility of the Faculty Advisor to share this information with the students.)

*This question is required. Please check your spelling, since your email address will be our primary means of communication.

Please indicate the adult chaperone who will be attending Student Government Day with the ELECTED student and student ALTERNATE.

This year we will be offering two programming opportunities for the advisor or other adult chaporone attending with your students. Both opportunities would fall during the program time for students. Please let us know if you would be interested in either or both opportunities, and we will follow up with more details. Check all that apply.

Please note: Space on the tour of the Supreme Judicial Court is limited to thirty participants and will be allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

10:30 - 11:30 Guided Tour of the Supreme Judicial Court
12:30 - 1:30 Guided Tour of the State House

Will any person in your group require a reasonable accommodation to participate in Student Government Day? If so, we will contact you. *This question is required.

If you have answered YES to the previous question, please indicate the type of accommodation that is required.

We will be providing lunch this year as part of the program. Please list any dietary restrictions that any members of your group have below.

We ask that all elected students commit to attending the full event. Given the limited number or role assignments, we will be unable to assign roles such as Supreme Court justice, constituional officer, governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, or senate president without this confirmation. Have you confirmed with your elected student they are able and committed to staying through the conclusion of the event (2 p.m.)? *This question is required.

IMPORTANT
By submitting this form, the school assures that the student(s) whose names are listed on the form are over the age of 14 and that they have read and signed the Consent Form for Student Government Day Activities. The school further assures that it will keep the original signed consent form on file and that, upon request, it will provide the consent form to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.