Chap. 798. 795 Each educational collaborative board shall establish and manage a trust fund, to be known as an educational collaborative fund, and each such fund shall likewise be designated by an appropriate name. All monies contributed by the member municipalities, and all grants or gifts from the federal government, state government, charitable foundations, private corporations, or any other source, shall be paid to the educational collaborative board and deposited in the aforesaid fund. The treasurer of the member city or town which has the largest population according to the latest federal census of the cities and towns forming each educational collaborative board shall serve as treasurer of such educational collaborative board without compensation. Said treasurer shall receive and disburse any monies of the trust fund of the educational collaborative board he serves without further appropriation. Upon the recommendation of the department of education, the state treasurer shall annually disburse to certain educational collaborative boards a monetary grant, pursuant to regulations adopted by the board of education. Said grant shall be subject to appropriation and shall not exceed a total sum of ten thousand dollars per individual city, town and regional school district which becomes a party to each such educational collaborative program or service as provided under the written terms of a specific agreement. Approved August 12, 1974. Chap. 798. AN ACT FURTHER DEFINING PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND FOR REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND DIRECTORS UNDER THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND RETARDATION SERVICES PROGRAM. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section 4 of chapter 19 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the last two sentences and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:— Such assistant commissioner shall have an earned doctoral degree or master's degree from an accredited college or university in a discipline appropriate to the care, treatment or education of the mentally ill or mentally retarded, and shall have had at least four years of administrative or clinical experience in mental health services or equivalent experience as determined by the commissioner. SECTION 2. Section 5 of said chapter 19 is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence, as amended by section 2 of chapter 689 of the acts of 1968, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:— Such assistant commissioners shall have an earned doctoral degree or master's degree from an accredited college or university in a discipline appropriate to the care, treatment or education of the mentally retarded and shall have had at least four 796 Acts, 1974. — Chap. 798. years of experience in a professional capacity in the field of mental retardation or equivalent experience as determined by the commissioner. SECTION 3. Section 8 of said chapter 19 is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence, as most recently amended by section 3 of chapter 689 of the acts of 1968, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:— Such assistant commissioner shall have an earned doctoral degree or master's degree from an accredited college or university in a discipline appropriate to the care, treatment or education of the mentally ill and shall have had at least four years of experience in a professional position in the field of mental health services for children or equivalent experience as determined by the commissioner. SECTION 4. Section 8A of said chapter 19 is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 889 of the acts of 1969, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:— Such assistant commissioner shall have had administrative or managerial experience in the field of drug dependency, and shall have an earned doctoral degree or master's degree from an accredited college or university in a discipline appropriate to the care, treatment and education of drug dependent persons. SECTION 5. The first paragraph of section 19 of said chapter 19 is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence, as amended by section 4 of chapter 689 of the acts of 1968, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:—He shall have an earned doctoral degree or master's degree from an accredited college or university in a discipline appropriate to the care, treatment or education of the mentally ill, and shall have had at least four years of experience in a professional position in mental health services or equivalent experience as determined by the commissioner. SECTION 6. The second paragraph of said section 19 of said chapter 19 is hereby amended by striking out the last two sentences, as amended by section 5 of said chapter 689, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:— He shall have an earned doctoral degree or master's degree from an accredited college or university in a discipline appropriate to the care, treatment or education of the mentally retarded, and shall have had at least four years of experience in a professional position in mental retardation services or equivalent experience as determined by the commissioner. SECTION 7. Said section 19 of said chapter 19 is hereby further amended by striking out the fourth paragraph, as amended by section 6 of said chapter 689, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: — Such regional director shall have an earned doctoral degree or master's degree from an accredited college or university in the behavioral sciences and shall have had at least four years of experience in court work, legal medicine, correction or work with offenders or delinquents or equivalent experience as determined by the commissioner. • Approved August 12, 1974.