Guidelines for Community Leader for Public Education Award: The Community Leader for Public Education Award recognizes an individual community leader who has demonstrated outstanding support for the public schools either a single district or regional district, or public schools at large. Recipients may not be currently seated school committee mem- bers. (School committee members may be recognized as All-State School Committee members or for Lifetime Achievement or Life Membership). Recipients may not be members of the state legislature. (Legislators may be recognized separately as Legislator of the Year). Recipients may not be employees of MASC.