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Section 1 - Policy and Goals - Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy...
Section 3a - Statewide Educational Technology Plan; Goals; Development and Implementation - Section 3A. A statewide educational technology plan, to be known...
Section 4 - Board of Higher Education; Membership - Section 4. (a) The board of higher education, hereinafter referred...
Section 5 - Public Institutions of Higher Education System - Section 5. There shall be, for the purposes of this...
Section 5a - Governor Foster Furcolo Community Colleges - Section 5A. For the purposes of this chapter, those community...
Section 6 - Department of Higher Education; Commissioner; Other Employees; Appointments; Salaries; Powers and Duties - Section 6. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION; COMMISSIONER; OTHER EMPLOYEES; APPOINTMENT;...
Section 7 - Mission Statements; Development, Approval and Adoption - Section 7. With regard to the overall system of public...
Section 7a - Board of Higher Education; Performance Measurement System - Section 7A. (a) In order to promote accountability for effective...
Section 9 - Powers and Duties of Council - Section 9. The council shall have the following duties and...
Section 9a - American Sign Language - Section 9A. American Sign Language is hereby recognized as a...
Section 9b - Needs-Based Financial Assistance Program; Scholarships; Guidelines - Section 9B. There shall be a program, subject to appropriation,...
Section 10 - Definitions - Section 10. As used in this chapter, the following words...
Section 11 - Council Actions Permitted to Aid and Contribute to Performances of Educational and Other Purposes of Community Colleges - Section 11. The council may, in the name and on...
Section 12 - Council Actions Permitted to Provide for Hefa Expenses and for Payments of Indebtedness Incurred on Behalf of Community Colleges or Affiliates - Section 12. To provide for the expenses of HEFA and...
Section 13 - Hefa; Sale or Lease of Buildings, Lands or Other Property; Proceeds - Section 13. HEFA may sell the buildings or other structures...
Section 14 - Powers Under Secs. 11 and 12 Exercised on Behalf of University of Massachusetts and Affiliates - Section 14. Upon application by the trustees of the University...
Section 15 - Estimate of Ordinary Maintenance and Revenues; Capital Outlay Requests; Allocation of Appropriations - Section 15. In accordance with the funding formulas referenced in...
Section 15b - Budget Cycle; Preparation and Submission of Budget Requests; Comments and Recommendations - Section 15B. There shall be established a two year budget...
Section 15c - Expenditures and Revenues; Management and Accounting Reporting System - Section 15C. The public institutions of higher education shall report...
Section 15d - Personnel Administrative Reporting and Information System - Section 15D. The public institutions of higher education shall report...
Section 15e - Public Higher Education Endowment Incentive and Capital Outlay Contribution Program; Matching Formula; Termination of Program - Section 15E. It is hereby declared to be the policy...
Section 15f - Community College Workforce Training Incentive Program - Section 15F. It is hereby declared to be the policy...
Section 15g - Stackable Credentials - Section 15G. (a) The department of higher education shall assess...
Section 16 - Scholarship Programs; Guidelines - Section 16. There shall be a general scholarship program administered...
Section 17 - Teaching Learning Corps Program - Section 17. The council, subject to appropriation, shall establish a...
Section 18 - Qualifying Student Health Insurance Programs; Participation; Compliance Procedures Report; Penalties for Noncompliance - Section 18. Every full-time and part-time student enrolled in a...
Section 19 - Tuition and Fee Waiver Program; Guidelines; Annual Report - Section 19. There shall be a single tuition and fee...
Section 191/2 - Tuition, Fees and Room and Board Waiver for Surviving Child of Parent Who Died as a Result of Injuries Sustained During Active and Full-Time Military Service While Outside the United States - Section 191/2. Each surviving child of a parent who died...
Section 19a - Student Loan Repayment Program; Guidelines; Expenses for Administration - Section 19A. There shall be a student loan repayment program...
Section 19b - Teacher Signing Bonus Program; Regulations - Section 19B. There shall be an incoming teacher signing bonus...
Section 19c - Master Teacher Corps Program; Regulations - Section 19C. There shall be Massachusetts master teacher corps program...
Section 19d - Scholarship Program Known as Tomorrow's Teachers Program; Guidelines - Section 19D. There shall be a scholarship program to be...
Section 19e - Principal and Superintendent Recruitment Program - Section 19E. There shall be a principal and superintendent recruitment...
Section 20 - Educational Opportunities Information Center - Section 20. There shall be an educational opportunities information center...
Section 21 - Board of Trustees for Sec. 5 Institutions; Membership; Qualifications; Tenure; Vacancies - Section 21. There shall be a board of trustees consisting...
Section 22 - Board of Trustees of Community Colleges or State Universities; Powers and Duties - Section 22. Each board of trustees of a community college...
Section 22a - Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center; Establishment; Powers and Duties of Board - Section 22A. (a) For purposes of this section, the following...
Section 23 - Board of Trustees; Estimate for Institution's Ordinary Maintenance and Revenues - Section 23. Each board of trustees shall periodically prepare and...
Section 24 - Board of Trustees; Authorized Purchases - Section 24. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...
Section 24a - Cooperative Purchasing; Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium - Section 24A. With respect to purchases by a board of...
Section 25 - Refusal to Elect and Contract With Blind Teaching Candidates - Section 25. The council or a board of trustees shall...
Section 26 - Summer Sessions; Evening Classes - Section 26. Each public institution of higher education may conduct...
Section 27 - Dormitories; Nonsmoking Rooms; Rules and Regulations - Section 27. Each public institution of higher education which provides...
Section 28 - Establishment and Maintenance of Bank Branch on Grounds of Public Higher Education Institutions - Section 28. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, the board...
Section 29 - Definitions; Use of Student Fee Funds for Legislative Agents' Costs - Section 29. (a) As used in this chapter and in...
Section 31 - Administrative Expenses; Determination of Qualifying Expenditures - Section 31. The council shall define which of those expenses...
Section 32 - Student Assessment System - Section 32. The council shall prepare a system of student...
Section 33 - Report Assessing Overall Faculty Productivity and Teacher Effectiveness - Section 33. The council shall publish a report, on or...
Section 34 - Benchmark Study of Public Higher Education System - Section 34. It is hereby declared the policy of the...
Section 35 - Professional Development Schools Grant Program - Section 35. There is hereby established a professional development schools...
Section 36 - Public Schools' Eligibility for Funds Through Professional Development Schools Grant Program - Section 36. No public school shall receive funds through the...
Section 37 - Foundations Created for Public Institutions of Higher Education; Governing Boards; Annual Reports; Audits - Section 37. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 38 - Military Recruiters; On-Campus Recruiting - Section 38. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...
Section 39 - Secondary Education Students Qualified to Enroll in Higher Education Institutions - Section 39. A qualified student enrolled in a public secondary...
Section 40 - Optional Retirement System; Providers; Regulations; Participation; Funds - Section 40. (1)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter thirty-two of...
Section 41 - Fees for Approval of Articles or Certificates; Revenue - Section 41. The board of higher education may establish fees...
Section 42 - Award of Academic Credit for Student's Military Occupation, Training, Coursework and Experience; Educational Credit for Exams Funded Through Department of Defense - [Text of section added by 2012, 108, Sec. 5. See...
Section 43 - Immunity From Academic or Financial Penalties for Postsecondary Students Performing Military Service on Behalf of the United States - Section 43. (a) No student at a postsecondary institution shall...
Section 44 - Readmission Protections, Privileges and Immunities for Members of Armed Forces Attending Educational Institutions Within the Commonwealth; Calculation of Cumulative Length of Absence; Exemption From Academic or Financial Penalty - Section 44. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 45 - Establishment and Implementation of Comprehensive Training Program - Section 45. (a) The board shall establish and implement a...