Massachusetts General Laws
Title XII - Education
Chapter 76 - School Attendance

Section 1 - Requirements and Exceptions - Section 1. Every child between the minimum and maximum ages...

Section 1a - Pupil Absence Notification Programs - Section 1A. Upon the acceptance of this section by the...

Section 1b - Pupil Absence Notification Program - Section 1B. The school committee of each city, town or...

Section 2 - Duties of Parents; Penalty - Section 2. Every person in control of a child described...

Section 2a - Attendance of Deaf Children; Penalty - Section 2A. Every person in control of a deaf child...

Section 3 - Attendance of Illiterate Minors; Penalties - Section 3. Every minor between sixteen and eighteen who does...

Section 4 - Inducing Absences; Penalty - Section 4. Whoever induces or attempts to induce a minor...

Section 5 - Place of Attendance; Violations; Discrimination - Section 5. Every person shall have a right to attend...

Section 6 - Payment of Tuition for Non-Resident Children - Section 6. If a child resides temporarily in a town...

Section 7 - Tuition; Children Under Control of Department of Children and Families; Foster Care; Reimbursement - Section 7. For the tuition in the public schools of...

Section 9 - High School Tuition of Children Under Control of Department of Public Welfare, Etc. - Section 9. If a city or town where a school...

Section 10 - Settlements of Accounts Between Towns and Department of Public Welfare, Etc. - Section 10. Settlements of the accounts of the several towns...

Section 11 - Tuition of Children in Institutions - Section 11. Any city, town or regional school district which...

Section 12 - Attendance Outside Place of Residence - Section 12. Any child, with the consent of the school...

Section 12a - Plan for Attendance in Public School to Eliminate Racial Imbalance; Adoption; Financial and Technical Assistance - Section 12A. The school committee of any city or town...

Section 12b - Definitions; Attendance of School Other Than in City or Town of Residence of Child; Reports; Tuition; Parent Information System; Transportation Reimbursement Program; Funding - Section 12B. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 12c - School Choice Tuition Trust Fund - Section 12C. There shall be established upon the books of...

Section 13 - Transfer Cards - Section 13. When any child described in section one leaves...

Section 14 - Island Children; Transportation - Section 14. The department of education may provide transportation to...

Section 15 - Vaccination and Immunization - Section 15. No child shall, except as hereinafter provided, be...

Section 15a - Sickle Cell Anemia; Blood Tests - Section 15A. Every child, which the commissioner of public health,...

Section 15b - Screening Programs, Testing, Treatment, Etc. for Sickle Cell Anemia and Related Genetically-Linked Diseases; Rules and Regulations; Records and Information, Disclosure Restricted - Section 15B. The department of public health shall furnish necessary...

Section 15c - Immunization of College Health Science Students - Section 15C. No full-time student under thirty years of age...

Section 15d - Meningococcal Disease; College Students Immunization - Section 15D. No newly enrolled full-time student attending a college,...

Section 16 - Children Excluded From School; Remedies - Section 16. Any pupil who has attained age eighteen, or...

Section 17 - Hearing Prerequisite to Exclusion - Section 17. A school committee shall not permanently exclude a...

Section 18 - Notice to Parent or Guardian and Meeting With School Committee Prerequisite to Student Permanently Leaving School; Annual Report; Application of Section - Section 18. No student who has not graduated from high...

Section 19 - Supervisors of Attendance; Employment - Section 19. Every school committee shall appoint, make regulations governing...

Section 20 - Powers and Duties of Supervisors of Attendance - Section 20. Supervisors of attendance shall inquire into all cases...

Section 21 - Opportunity for Academic Progress for Suspended Students; Education Service Plans; Alternative Educational Services - Section 21. Principals and headmasters shall ensure that students who...