Massachusetts General Laws
Title XII - Education
Chapter 71b - Children With Special Needs

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter...

Section 2 - Regulations; Special Education Programs; Pre-School Level Admission to Programs; Assignment of Child - Section 2. The board shall promulgate, jointly with the departments...

Section 2a - Bureau of Special Education Appeals; Duties; Director; Supervision; Standards for Dispute Resolution; Confidentiality; Hearing Officers; Memorandum of Understanding; Bureau of Special Education Appeals Advisory Council - Section 2A. (a) There shall be a bureau of special...

Section 3 - Identification of School Age Children With a Disability; Diagnosis of Disability; Proposal of Program; Evaluations and Assessments of Child and Program - Section 3. In accordance with the regulations, guidelines and directives...

Section 3a - Administrator of Special Education; Duties; Joint Appointment - Section 3A. (a) A school committee with four thousand or...

Section 4 - Agreements Between School Committees or With Public or Private Schools - Section 4. The school committee of any city, town or...

Section 5 - Costs or Obligations; Payment; Budget - Section 5. Any school committee which provides or arranges for...

Section 5a - Special Education Reimbursement Program - Section 5A. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 5b - Pooled Risk Program for Extraordinary and Unanticipated Special Education Costs - Section 5B. (a) There is hereby established a pooled risk...

Section 5c - Zero Interest Loan Program for Extraordinary and Unanticipated Special Education Costs - Section 5C. (a) There is hereby established a zero interest...

Section 6 - Assignment of Children to Classes; Annual Report; Equal Educational Opportunities; Prima Facie Denial; Hearings; Injunctive or Other Relief - Section 6. School committees shall annually report to the department,...

Section 7 - Tests for Selection of Children for Referral, Diagnosis, or Evaluation - Section 7. No results of standardized or local tests of...

Section 8 - Transportation to and From School; Reimbursement to Parents - Section 8. If a school age child with a disability...

Section 9 - Department to Define Circumstances Requiring Special Education Programs and to Provide Standards - Section 9. The department, after consultation with the departments of...

Section 9a - Workshop Curriculum; Parent Advisory Committee - Section 9A. The department of education shall provide a workshop...

Section 10 - Referral of Children to Institutions Within or Without the Commonwealth on Annual Renewal Basis Upon Request; Requisites; Expenses and Cost - Section 10. The department may, on an annual renewal basis,...

Section 11a - Incarcerated Children With a Disability; Special Education - Section 11A. The department of education shall provide special education...

Section 12 - School Departments; Establishment; Administration; Staff; Operation; Expenditures; Costs of Education - Section 12. The department shall establish and maintain a school...

Section 12a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 12a to 12c - Section 12A. For the purposes of sections twelve A to...

Section 12b - Bureau of Transitional Planning; Transitional Advisory Committee; Establishment - Section 12B. There shall be within the executive office of...

Section 12c - Continuing Habilitative Services; Eligibility; Transitional Plan; Rules and Regulations - Section 12C. A disabled person who has been receiving special...

Section 16 - Students With Disabilities; Participation in High School Graduation Ceremonies and Activities Without Award of High School Diploma - Section 16. A school age child with a disability, in...