Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XII - Education

Section 1a - Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Commissioner; Duties - Section 1A. DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; COMMISSIONER; DUTIES...

Section 1b - Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; Duties - Section 1B. BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; DUTIES The...

Section 1c - Minimum Nutritional Standards for School Food Services; Regulations; Breakfast Programs; Guidelines for Reimbursement of Costs; Hepatitis B Immunization - Section 1C. (a) The board shall establish minimum nutritional standards...

Section 1d - Statewide Educational Goals; Academic Standards; Vocational Training; Grant Program - [Section impacted by 2020, 56, Sec. 6 effective April 10,...

Section 1e - Curriculum Frameworks - Section 1E. The board shall direct the commissioner to institute...

Section 1f - Vocational-Technical Education and School-to-Work Transition Programs; Standards; Grants - Section 1F. The board shall set standards for vocational-technical education...

Section 1g - Minimum Length of School Day and School Year - Section 1G. The board shall establish the minimum length for...

Section 1h - Adult Basic Education and Literacy Services System; Grants; Objectives - Section 1H. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 1i - Performances of Public School Districts and Individual Public Schools; Evaluation System; Assessment Instruments; Reports - [ Section impacted by 2020, 56, Sec. 7 effective April...

Section 1j - Underperforming or Chronically Underperforming Schools; Creation and Submission of Turnaround Plan; Appointment of Receiver; Annual Review - Section 1J. (a) The commissioner of elementary and secondary education...

Section 1k - Determination of District's Chronic Under-Performance; Designation of Receiver; Creation of Turnaround Plan; Annual Review; Failure of Municipality to Fulfill Fiscal Responsibilities - Section 1K. (a) A district shall be deemed eligible for...

Section 1l - Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Health Education and Human Service Discretionary Grant Program; Proposals; Rejection; Funds - Section 1L. Subject to appropriation, the board shall establish a...

Section 1m - Discretionary Grant Program - Section 1M. The board shall establish a discretionary grant program...

Section 1n - Alternative Education Grant Program - Section 1N. (a) The department of education, hereinafter referred to...

Section 1o - Truancy Prevention Program Certification Process - Section 1O. The department of elementary and secondary education shall...

Section 1p - Safe and Supportive Schools Framework - Section 1P. (a) As used in this section the term...

Section 1q - State Seal of Biliteracy; Award; Criteria - [ Section impacted by 2021, 29, Sec. 58 as amended...

Section 1r - Financial Literacy Standards; Establishment and Implementation - Section 1R. (a) Financial literacy standards established pursuant to section...

Section 1s - Statewide Targets for Addressing Persistent Disparities in Student Achievement; Submission of 3-Year Plan by Districts; Reporting - [Section impacted by 2020, 56, Sec. 9 effective April 10,...

Section 1t - Student Preparedness for Workforce and Post-Graduate Success; Collection and Disbursement of Data - Section 1T. (a) The secretary of education, in consultation with...

Section 2 - Statement of Amounts Spent for Vocational Schools; Annual Report - Section 2. On or before the first Wednesday of January...

Section 4 - Compilation of Statistics as to Certain Institutions - Section 4. The department, through its division of research and...

Section 6 - Teachers; Applications for Positions; Qualifications - Section 6. The department shall receive applications for the position...

Section 8 - Use of School Buildings - Section 8. For the purposes of such courses, the department...

Section 8a - Medical Emergency Response Plans; Model Plan - Section 8A. (a) Each school committee and commonwealth charter school...

Section 9 - Classes for Illiterates and Foreigners - Section 9. The department, with the cooperation of any town...

Section 9a - Establishment of Class - Section 9A. Upon application of twenty or more residents of...

Section 10 - Reimbursement for Expenditures - Section 10. Expenditures for courses maintained under sections nine and...

Section 10a - Education for American Citizenship; Director - Section 10A. The department is charged with responsibility for leadership...

Section 11 - Powers and Duties of the Division of Immigration and Americanization - Section 11. The division of immigration and Americanization shall employ...

Section 30 - Approval of Organization Certificate or Charter Amendments; Periodic Inspections - Section 30. The state secretary, before approving a certificate of...

Section 30a - Standards for Educational Institutions; Establishment; Revocation of Powers to Grant Degrees - Section 30A. The board of higher education shall establish standards...

Section 31 - Prerequisites to Approval of Organization Certificate or Charter Amendments - Section 31. Said board of higher education, in acting upon...

Section 31a - Awarding of Degrees and Courses Leading to Award of Degrees; Necessity of Authorization - Section 31A. An educational institution chartered, located, offering courses or...

Section 31b - Annual Assessment of Institution's Financial Risk of Imminent Closure; Definitions; Determination of Imminent Closure; Imposition of Fine for Failure to Comply With Section Requirements; Records Exempted From Disclosure; Training in Hig... - Section 31B. (a) As used in this section the following...

Section 31c - Notification of Accreditation of Institution to Applicant for Admission Upon Acceptance Required - Section 31C. Any college, university, community college, junior college and...

Section 36 - Use of Cultural Organizations by Schools and Community Organizations; Grants - Section 36. As used in this section the following words...

Chapter 70 - School Funds and State Aid for Public Schools

Section 1 - Legislative Intent - Section 1. It is the intention of the general court,...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. (a) As used in this chapter and in...

Section 3 - Foundation Budget; Regulations; Calculation of Budget - Section 3. (a) There shall be a foundation budget for...

Section 3a - Data Necessary to Generate Required Minimum Local Contribution and State Aid Components; House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means - Section 3A. The secretary of administration and finance in cooperation...

Section 4 - Foundation Budget Review Commission; Membership; Recommendations - Section 4. Upon action of the general court, there shall...

Section 6 - Contributions by Municipalities for Support of Local Schools and School District - Section 6. In addition to the amounts appropriated for long-term...

Section 6a - Recalculation of Annual Minimum Required Local Contribution; Appeal for Adjustment; Reduction; Guidelines for Implementation - Section 6A. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to...

Section 8 - Districts' Methods for Allocating Appropriated Funds; Under-Performing Districts; Restrictions - Section 8. Except as required by General Law, each school...

Section 9 - Reports on Expenditures and Staffing for Foundation Categories - Section 9. Each school district shall report district and school...

Section 10 - Aid Paid to Municipalities and Districts; Amounts - Section 10. Subject to appropriation, each municipality, regional school district,...

Section 11 - Excess Funds; Application to Following Fiscal Year - Section 11. If in any fiscal year a district's actual...

Section 13 - Allocation of Funds - Section 13. If the amount appropriated for chapter 70 school...

Section 14 - Exemption of Certain Districts From Chapter - Section 14. For any district in which fewer than twenty...

Section 15 - Applicability of Chapter - Section 15. This chapter shall apply to all cities, towns,...

Section 16 - Twenty-First Century Education Program; Persistent Disparities in Student Achievement; Advisory Council; Competitive Grant Program; Evaluation of Effectiveness and Reporting - Section 16. (a) There shall be a Twenty-First Century Education...

Section 17 - Data Advisory Commission; Duties; Membership; Reporting - Section 17. (a) There shall be a data advisory commission...

Chapter 70a - Equal Educational Opportunity Grants - [Repealed, 1993, 71, Sec. 33.]

Chapter 70b - School Building Assistance Program

Section 1 - School Building Assistance Program; Establishment - Section 1. Whereas the school building assistance program is the...

Section 1a - School Building Authority - Section 1A. (a) There is hereby created a body politic...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. For the purposes of this chapter, the following...

Section 3 - Purpose of Program; Board of Education; General Policy and Review Standards; Specific Powers of Board - Section 3. There is hereby established a school building assistance...

Section 3a - School Building Advisory Board; Establishment; Members - Section 3A. There shall be a school building advisory board...

Section 3b - Bonds - Section 3B. (a) The authority may provide by resolution for...

Section 3c - School Building Authority; Termination; Projects to Conform to Federal Statutory Mandates - Section 3C. The authority and its existence shall continue until...

Section 3d - Accounts; Annual Report - Section 3D. The authority, in cooperation with the state treasurer,...

Section 3e - Municipality Indebted to Authority; Offset of Deficiency by State Treasurer's Disbursement of Funds Payable to Indebted Municipality - Section 3E. In addition to other remedies of the authority...

Section 4 - Reimbursement for Incidental Educational, Engineering and Architectural Services; Application and Documentation - Section 4. Any eligible applicant may apply to the board...

Section 5 - School Facilities Grant Applications - Section 5. An eligible applicant may submit to the authority...

Section 6 - Examination of Application by Board of Education; Notice of Approval or Rejection - Section 6. (a) Upon receipt of an application under section...

Section 7 - Limit on Estimated Amount of Grants Approved by Authority - Section 7. There shall be a limit on the estimated...

Section 8 - Order of Priorities for Approval of School Projects and Reimbursements; Deferral of Approval or Disapproval of Project Applications - Section 8. The authority shall approve school projects and reimbursements...

Section 9 - Cost Effective Production of Efficient and Creative School Projects; Standards and Procedures; Regulations - Section 9. (a) In order to maximize the cost effective...

Section 10 - Facilities Grants for Approved Projects; Formula - Section 10. The grant percentage for approved school projects shall...

Section 11 - Disbursement Schedule - Section 11. Grants for approved school projects shall be paid...

Section 14 - Approved Alternative Projects; Allowable Costs - Section 14. For approved projects that are an alternative to...

Section 15 - Sale or Lease of School Buildings for Which School Facilities Project Applicant Receives Grant Payments - Section 15. (a) In the event that an eligible applicant...

Section 16 - Maintenance Assessment Program for School Buildings - Section 16. The authority shall create a maintenance assessment program...

Section 17 - Annual Report; Anticipated Needs for School Facilities Projects - Section 17. (a) On or before June 30 of each...

Section 19 - Notification of Actual Interest Rate for Bond Issuance - Section 19. Municipalities and school districts shall notify the authority...

Section 20 - Submission of Plans or Blueprints Associated With Construction, Renovation or Reconstruction of School Building to Police and Fire Departments and Emergency Management Agency - Section 20. The authority shall, in cooperation with a school...

Chapter 71 - Public Schools

Section 1 - Maintenance; Double Sessions; Subjects; Twelve-Month School Year - Section 1. Every town shall maintain, for at least the...

Section 11/2 - Definitions; Applicability of Sec. 2 of Chapter 70 - Section 11/2. The definitions in section 2 of chapter 70...

Section 1a - Period of Silence - Section 1A. At the commencement of the first class of...

Section 1b - Voluntary Prayer - Section 1B. The school committee of any city or town...

Section 1c - Workshops on Rights of Students and Their Parents Under Special Education Laws of the Commonwealth and the Federal Government - Section 1C. Each school district shall conduct, in cooperation with...

Section 2 - Teaching of History and Social Science; Professional Development; Student-Led Civic Projects; Commonwealth Civics Challenge - Section 2. (a) In all public schools, history of the...

Section 2a - Use of Tobacco Products Within School Buildings or Facilities or on School Grounds - Section 2A. No person shall use a tobacco product, as...

Section 2b - Courses in American Sign Language - Section 2B. In all public elementary and secondary schools, American...

Section 2c - Implementation of Policy and Discipline Code Addressing Teen Dating Violence in Public Schools - Section 2C. Each school district in the commonwealth, subject to...

Section 3 - Physical Education - Section 3. Physical education shall be taught as a required...

Section 4 - High Schools; Maintenance; Diplomas Awarded to Veterans - Section 4. Every town containing, according to the latest federal...

Section 4a - Failure to Keep Schools Open for Required Period; Penalty - Section 4A. Every town which, without having received a specific...

Section 6 - Education in Out-of-Town High Schools - Section 6. If a town of less than five hundred...

Section 6a - Admission of Students From Outside Commonwealth - Section 6A. Any city, town, or regional school district, acting...

Section 7a - Transportation of Pupils; Payment of Costs; Limitations - Section 7A. The state treasurer shall annually, on or before...

Section 7b - Transportation of Pupils; Reimbursement of Costs; Determination of Amount; Use of Funds - Section 7B. To provide for the reimbursement of part of...

Section 7c - Bus Transportation Programs; Financial Assistance - Section 7C. No financial assistance shall be provided by the...

Section 10 - Expenses of Physically Disabled Children - Section 10. If the school committee of a town of...

Section 11 - High School; Definition - Section 11. For the purposes of the six preceding sections,...

Section 13 - Requested Courses; School Committee Approval - Section 13. In every public school having not less than...

Section 13d - High Schools; Required Subjects; Driver Training - Section 13D. Motor vehicle driving education may be incorporated as...

Section 13f - Broadcast and Television Facilities; Cost of Program; Executive Committee for Educational Television - Section 13F. The course of study in elementary and high...

Section 13g - Executive Committee for Educational Television; Rules and Regulations; Personnel - Section 13G. Subject to the approval of the board of...

Section 13h - Educational Television Program Fund; Accounts and Reports - Section 13H. The committee may establish and manage under such...

Section 13i - Executive Committee for Educational Television; Powers and Duties - Section 13I. In order to carry out its duties, said...

Section 14 - Regional School District Planning Committee; Creation; Membership - Section 14. Any town, either by a majority vote of...

Section 14a - Duties of Planning Board - Section 14A. It shall be the duty of the regional...

Section 14b - Regional School Districts; Formation; Procedure - Section 14B. The said regional district planning board may recommend...

Section 14c - Lease or Sale of Property to Regional School Districts - Section 14C. The agreement made under section fourteen B, or...

Section 14d - Regional School District Planning Board; Agreement; Approval of Indebtedness - Section 14D. The agreement made under section fourteen B, or...

Section 14e - Regional School District Committee Membership Options - Section 14E. A regional school district may, by amendment to...

Section 15 - Acceptance of Organization Provisions by Electorate - Section 15. The selectmen or council of each of the...

Section 16 - Regional School Districts; Status; Powers and Duties - Section 16. A regional school district established under the provisions...

Section 16a - Regional District School Committee; Selection, Powers and Duties of Officers; Signing of Payroll and Accounts Payable Warrants; Audits - Section 16A. The powers, duties and liabilities of a regional...

Section 16b - Budgets; Apportionment of Expenses - [Section impacted by 2020, 56, Sec. 8 effective April 10,...

Section 16b1/2 - Excess and Deficiency Fund; Surplus Funds Used to Reduce Assessments - Section 16B1/2. If the unencumbered amount in the excess and...

Section 16c - Regional School Districts; School Transportation - Section 16C. The regional school district shall be subject to...

Section 16d - Aid From State - Section 16D. (a) A regional school district shall be entitled...

Section 16d1/2 - Monies Received as Nonresident Tuition or Reimbursements From Commonwealth for Foster Care Children - Section 16D1/2. All monies received by a regional district school...

Section 16e - Regional School Districts; Audits; Payment of Costs - Section 16E. A regional school district shall be considered a...

Section 16f - Retirement System - Section 16F. The regional school district shall maintain a contributory...

Section 16g - Liability of Towns for Expenses of District - Section 16G. No town in a regional school district shall...

Section 16g1/2 - Stabilization Fund - Section 16G1/2. A regional school district may, upon a majority...

Section 16i - Severability of Sections Relating to Regional School Districts - Section 16I. If any provision of said sections, or the...

Section 17a - Culinary Arts Program; Special Fund - Section 17A. In any city or town which accepts the...

Section 18 - Evening Schools - Section 18. Any town may, and every town in which...

Section 19 - Evening Classes in High Schools - Section 19. Every city of fifty thousand inhabitants shall maintain...

Section 20 - Notice of Evening Schools; Publication; Fees for Instruction - Section 20. The school committee shall, two weeks next before...

Section 20a - Instructional Materials Trust Fund - Section 20A. Any city, town or regional school district, located...

Section 21 - Continuation Schools; Establishment; Conditions - Section 21. Every town which has accepted chapter three hundred...

Section 22 - Attendance - Section 22. Every minor described in the preceding section shall,...

Section 23 - Use of Existing Educational Facilities - Section 23. In the establishment and conduct of said schools...

Section 24 - Cost of Maintenance; Source of Funds - Section 24. The town of residence of a person who...

Section 25 - Unemployed Minors; Attendance Requirements - Section 25. Any minor under sixteen who has been regularly...

Section 26 - Penalty for Failure to Establish or Maintain School - Section 26. A town required by section twenty-one to establish...

Section 26a - Extended School Services for Children; Establishment; Conditions - Section 26A. If the school committee of a city, town...

Section 26b - Extended School Services for Children; Organization and Operation of Plan - Section 26B. If said school committee, upon determination by it...

Section 26c - Extended School Services for Children; Contributions and Federal Funds; Use - Section 26C. The commonwealth and the school committee may accept...

Section 26d - Borrowing in Anticipation of Federal Funds - Section 26D. If a town shall have a written contract...

Section 27 - Lectures - Section 27. The school committee may employ competent persons to...

Section 28 - Summer Schools - Section 28. The school committee may establish and maintain schools...

Section 30 - Moral Education - Section 30. The president, professors and tutors of the university...

Section 31 - Bible Reading - Section 31. A portion of the Bible shall be read...

Section 31a - Guidelines for Celebration of Holidays Authorized - Section 31A. The school committee may set appropriate guidelines for...

Section 32 - Observance of Memorial Day - Section 32. In all the public schools the last regular...

Section 32a - Sex Education; Policy Regarding Notice to Parents, Exception - Section 32A. Every city, town, regional school district or vocational...

Section 34 - Support of Schools; Appropriations; Recommendations - Section 34. Every city and town shall annually provide an...

Section 34a - Transcript of Student's Record; Availability - Section 34A. Any person operating or maintaining an educational institution...

Section 34b - Remedy for Failure to Furnish Transcript of Student's Record - Section 34B. In case any person subject to section thirty-four...

Section 34d - Student Records; Maintenance, Storage, Destruction, etc.; Inspection by Parent or Guardian - Section 34D. The board of education shall adopt regulations relative...

Section 34e - Inspection of Student Records; Persons Authorized - Section 34E. Each school committee shall, at the request of...

Section 34g - Private Schools; Transfer of Transcripts Upon Ceasing Operation - Section 34G. In the event that any private educational institution...

Section 34h - Noncustodial Parents; Receipt of Information for Child Enrolled in Public Elementary or Secondary Schools; Notice to Custodial Parent - Section 34H. (a) Each public elementary and secondary school shall...

Section 35 - Beginning of Term - Section 35. In cities where no other provision is made...

Section 36 - Secretary; Appointment; Duties - Section 36. The school committee shall appoint a secretary who...

Section 36a - Orientation for School Committee Members - Section 36A. School committee members, within 1 year after their...

Section 37 - Powers and Duties; Superintendent Serving Joint Districts - Section 37. The school committee in each city and town...

Section 37a - Grants; Acceptance and Disbursement - Section 37A. School committees of cities and towns and regional...

Section 37b - Purchase of or Making Payments to Annuities or Investments - Section 37B. A school committee or a board of trustees...

Section 37c - Promotion of Racial Balance - Section 37C. It is hereby declared to be the policy...

Section 37d - Racial Imbalance; Definitions; Statistics; Transfers; Priorities; Plans for Elimination; Public Hearings; Regulations; Jurisdiction; Costs; Attorney's Fees - Section 37D. As used in this section, sections thirty-seven C,...

Section 37e - Legal Counsel for Collective Bargaining - Section 37E. The school committee of a city or town...

Section 37f - Legal Counsel for General Purposes - Section 37F. The school committee of a city or town...

Section 37g - Corporal Punishment of Pupils Prohibited; Use of Physical Restraint; Regulations - Section 37G. (a) The power of the school committee or...

Section 37h - Policies Relative to Conduct of Teachers or Students; Student Handbooks - Section 37H. The superintendent of every school district shall publish...

Section 37h1/2 - Felony Complaint or Conviction of Student; Suspension; Expulsion; Right to Appeal - Section 37H1/2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty-four and sections...

Section 37h3/4 - Suspension or Expulsion on Grounds Other Than Those Set Forth in Secs. 37h or 37h1/2 - Section 37H3/4. (a) This section shall govern the suspension and...

Section 37i - Magnet School Facilities; Grants; Application; Approval; Agreements; Eligible Costs; Regulations - Section 37I. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, including, but...

Section 37j - Magnet Educational Programs; Reimbursement for Cost; Definition; Contracts; Joining Programs - Section 37J. The board of education may, subject to appropriation,...

Section 37k - Business Demonstration Projects; Disposition of Proceeds - Section 37K. Each school committee may authorize business demonstration projects...

Section 37l - Notification to School Personnel of Reporting Requirements for Child Abuse and Neglect and Fires; Reports of Students Possessing or Using Dangerous Weapons on School Premises; Transferred Students' School Records - Section 37L. The school committee of each city, town or...

Section 37m - Consolidation of Administrative Functions With City or Town - Section 37M. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter forty-one or...

Section 37n - Policy for School-Sponsored Student Travel - Section 37N. Each school committee shall establish a policy concerning...

Section 37o - School Bullying Prohibited; Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plans; Reporting of Bullying Incident Date - Section 37O. (a) As used in this section the following...

Section 37p - School Resource Officers; Model School Resource Officer Memorandum of Understanding; Review Commission; Assignment of Officers - Section 37P. (a) As used in this section the following...

Section 37q - Mental Health Support Plans - Section 37Q. (a) As used in this section the following...

Section 37r - Possession and Access to Two-Way Communication Device for Communicating With Police and Fire Departments During Emergency Situation - Section 37R. (a) As used in this section the following...

Section 38 - Employment of Teachers, Aides, Principals, etc.; Designation of Horace Mann Teachers; Performance Evaluations; Performance Standards - Section 38. No school district shall require that an individual...

Section 38a - Duties; Appointment of Director of Occupational Guidance, Duties of Director - Section 38A. The school committee of a town not in...

Section 38c - Status of Director of Occupational Guidance - Section 38C. Every such director of occupational guidance and placement...

Section 38d - District Directors of Occupational Guidance; Appointment - Section 38D. Two or more towns may, by vote of...

Section 38f - Fees for Services of Directors of Occupational Guidance; Prohibition; Penalty for Violation - Section 38F. A director of occupational guidance and placement who...

Section 38g - Certification for Certain Teaching and Administrative Positions; Provisional and Standard Certificates; Policies and Guidelines Regarding Requirements and Qualifications; Applications; Recommendations; Review; Continuing Education; Rene... - [Section impacted by 2020, 92, Secs. 14, 16 and 17,...

Section 38g1/2 - Specialist Teacher Endorsement in Transition Services; Transition of Students With Disabilities to Post-School Activities - Section 38G1/2. As used in this section, the following words...

Section 38h - School Librarian and School Library Supervisor or Co-Ordinator; Tenure - Section 38H. Every school librarian and school library supervisor or...

Section 38i - Reimbursement of Teachers for Tuitions and Fees - Section 38I. The school committee of any city or town...

Section 38k - Public Relations Bureau in School Departments; Establishment - Section 38K. In cities having a population of over one...

Section 38m - Student Advisory Committees - Section 38M. School committees of cities, towns and regional school...

Section 38n - Proposed Annual Budgets; Public Hearings Required; Quorum - Section 38N. The school committee of each city, town or...

Section 38o - Sex Education Advisory Committees - Section 38O. In any city, town or regional school district...

Section 38p - School Psychologists; Tenure - Section 38P. Every school psychologist and supervisor of school psychologists...

Section 38q - Professional Development Plans; Statewide Assistance Plan - Section 38Q. Every school district in the commonwealth shall adopt...

Section 38q1/2 - Curriculum Accommodation Plan - Section 38Q1/2. A school district shall adopt and implement a...

Section 38r - Criminal Background Check of Current or Prospective School Employee, Volunteer, or Other Persons Having Direct and Unmonitored Contact With Children; Criminal Offender Record Information; State and National Fingerprint-Based Criminal Ba... - Section 38R. In a manner prescribed by the board of...

Section 39 - Teacher's Application Forms; Questions Concerning Religion or Politics - Section 39. No public school committee or official shall inquire...

Section 40 - Compensation of Teachers; Deferred Payment - Section 40. The compensation of each teacher, except a person...

Section 41 - Tenure of Teachers and Superintendents; Persons Entitled to Professional Teacher Status; Dismissal; Review - Section 41. For the purposes of this section, a teacher,...

Section 41a - Leaves of Absence of Professional Staff - Section 41A. The school superintendent may grant a leave of...

Section 41b - Leaves of Absence; Peace Corps - Section 41B. A school superintendent shall grant to a teacher...

Section 42 - Dismissal or Demotion of Teachers or Other Employees of School or School District; Arbitration - Section 42. A principal may dismiss or demote any teacher...

Section 42b - Rights of School Employees in Regional Districts - Section 42B. The provisions of this chapter relating to school...

Section 42c - Records of Teachers; Inspection - Section 42C. School officials of cities and towns keeping records...

Section 42d - Suspension of District Employees - Section 42D. The superintendent may suspend any employee of the...

Section 43 - Reduction of Salaries; Conditions - Section 43. The salary of no teacher employed with professional...

Section 44 - Restrictions on Teachers' Political Rights; Prohibition - Section 44. No committee shall by rule, regulation, or otherwise,...

Section 45 - Procurement of Teaching Positions; Regulation of Fees; Penalty for Violation - Section 45. No person shall demand or accept from any...

Section 47 - Athletic Programs; School Organizations; Student Activity Accounts - Section 47. The committee may supervise and control all athletic...

Section 47a - Athletic Coaches; Employment - Section 47A. The superintendent may contract to employ athletic coaches...

Section 48 - Textbooks and School Supplies - Section 48. The principal at each school, subject to the...

Section 48a - School Safety Patrols; Functions, Limitations; Liability - Section 48A. School committees shall have authority to organize school...

Section 48b - Uniforms of School Employees - Section 48B. The school committee may make expenditures for the...

Section 49 - Purchase of Textbooks by Pupils - Section 49. Pupils in the public schools may, if the...

Section 49a - Orders for Materials and Equipment; Contracts for Services - Section 49A. At any time after the annual appropriations for...

Section 50 - Change of School Books - Section 50. A change may be made in the school...

Section 51 - Exhibition of School Work at Expositions - Section 51. The school committee may, at any national, state,...

Section 52 - Compensation of School Committee Members - Section 52. The school committee shall serve without compensation, except...

Section 53 - School Physicians and Nurses - Section 53. The school committee shall appoint one or more...

Section 53a - Employment of Medical Personnel by Superintendency District or Union; Compensation; Removal - Section 53A. A superintendency district formed and conducted under the...

Section 53b - Towns Within a Superintendency District or Union; Exemption From Appointment Requirement - Section 53B. The towns comprised in a superintendency district or...

Section 54 - Examination of Children and School Personnel - Section 54. Every school physician shall make a prompt examination...

Section 54a - Physician or Person Trained in Emergency Medical Care; Assignment to Interscholastic Football Games - Section 54A. A physician employed by a school committee or...

Section 54b - Administration of Medications in School Settings; Regulations - Section 54B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 54c - Automated External Defibrillators Required at School Facilities; Certified Aed Providers; Hardship Waivers; Personal Liability; Regulations - Section 54C. (a) Each school district, vocational district, charter school,...

Section 55 - Contagious Diseases; Regulations - Section 55. A child infected, or in a household where...

Section 55a - Sick, Injured or Incapacitated Pupils; Procedure for Handling; Emergency First Aid or Transportation; Exemption From Civil Liability - Section 55A. A child showing signs of ill health or...

Section 55c - Eye Protective Devices - Section 55C. Each teacher and pupil of any school, public...

Section 55d - Musical Wind Instruments; Notification of Sanitization and Option to Sterilize at Parental Expense - Section 55D. (a) Upon the issuance of a musical wind...

Section 56 - Sick Children; Notification of Parents - Section 56. If any child is found to be suffering...

Section 57 - Physical Examination of Pupils; Eye Examination, Written Report - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...

Section 57a - Students With Potential Indicators of a Neurological Learning Disability; Guidelines for Development of Screening Procedures - Section 57A. The department of elementary and secondary education, in...

Section 59 - Superintendent of Schools; Appointment; Compensation; Powers and Duties - Section 59. The school committee of a town not in...

Section 59a - Superintendents of Schools in Small Towns; Appointment; State Aid for Compensation - Section 59A. In any town, having a valuation of less...

Section 59b - Principals; Appointment; Compensation; Duties; Appointment of Other Personnel - Section 59B. The superintendent of a school district shall appoint...

Section 59c - School Councils; Members; Meetings; Duties - Section 59C. At each public elementary, secondary and independent vocational...

Section 59d - School-Community Partnerships; Grant Program - Section 59D. Superintendents and principals in every school district in...

Section 61 - Superintendent of Schools; Employment by a Town Union; Termination of Town Participation in a Union - Section 61. The school committees of two or more towns,...

Section 62 - Readjustment of Town Unions - Section 62. The department may form or readjust such unions...

Section 63 - School Committees as Joint Committee; Representation: Meetings; Employment of Superintendent, Removal - Section 63. The school committees of such towns shall, for...

Section 64 - Union Superintendent; Compensation - Section 64. The salary of the superintendent in such a...

Section 67 - Superintendents of Schools; Penalty for Accepting Fees for Obtaining Positions; Employment of Immediate Family of Certain Persons Prohibited - Section 67. A superintendent of schools who accepts any commission,...

Section 68 - Duties of Towns to Maintain Schools; Transportation of Children; School Building Committee Representation - Section 68. Every town shall provide and maintain a sufficient...

Section 69 - Display of National Flags; Pledge of Allegiance; Penalty for Violation - Section 69. The school committee shall provide for each schoolhouse...

Section 69a - Plaque Reading ''for God and Country''; Placement on Public School Buildings - Section 69A. On every public school building within the commonwealth...

Section 70 - Location of Schools - Section 70. A town may, at a town meeting, determine...

Section 71 - Use of School Property; Purposes - Section 71. For the purpose of promoting the usefulness of...

Section 71a - Highway Safety Stations; Designation, Discontinuance - Section 71A. A school committee may, subject, however, to all...

Section 71b - Adult Physical Fitness Programs - Section 71B. A school committee may offer adult physical fitness...

Section 71c - Community School Programs; Receipts; Deposit and Expenditure - Section 71C. All moneys received by the school committee in...

Section 71d - Prepayment of Tuition to Private Schools or Program Sources - Section 71D. A school committee of any city, town, or...

Section 71e - Appropriations for and Expenditure of Receipts From Adult Education and Continuing Education Programs - Section 71E. In any city, town or regional school district...

Section 71f - Nonresident or Foster Care Students; Deposit of Tuition Payments and State Reimbursements; Expenditures and Appropriations - Section 71F. In any city or town which accepts this...

Section 72 - Sale of Lunches - Section 72. The school committee may prepare and sell lunches...

Section 72a - Implementation the Federal Community Eligibility Provision; Waiver; Training; Certification of Students for Free School Meal Status - [ Text of section added by 2021, 62, Sec. 1...

Section 72b - Unpaid Student Meal Debt; Determination of Whether Student Is Categorically-Eligible for Free or Reduced-Price Meals - [ Text of section added by 2021, 62, Sec. 1...

Section 73 - Closing of School for Teachers' Meetings - Section 73. The superintendent of schools may, unless the committee...

Section 74 - Management of Schools Funds by Private Corporations - Section 74. This chapter shall not affect the right of...

Section 75 - Extended Courses of Instruction - Section 75. If the school committee of any city or...

Section 76 - Rules of Admission - Section 76. Any such school committee shall establish as one...

Section 77 - Joint Establishment of Extended Courses - Section 77. Two or more cities or towns in which...

Section 79 - Junior College Designation, Degrees - Section 79. Any city or town may use the designation...

Section 80 - Lunch Period for Teachers - Section 80. Every teacher employed in any public school whose...

Section 81 - Junior Colleges; Restriction on Establishment - Section 81. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections seventy-five to seventy-nine,...

Section 82 - Public Secondary Schools; Right of Students to Freedom of Expression; Limitations; Definitions - Section 82. The right of students to freedom of expression...

Section 83 - Dress and Appearance of Students Protected - Section 83. School officials shall not abridge the rights of...

Section 84 - Discipline of Students on Matters Unrelated to School-Sponsored Activities Prohibited - Section 84. No student shall be suspended, expelled, or otherwise...

Section 85 - Guidelines Implementing Secs. 82 to 84; Rules and Regulations; Adoption; Emergencies; Procedures - Section 85. The board of education may adopt guidelines to...

Section 86 - Application of Secs. 83 to 85 - Section 86. The provisions of sections eighty-three to eighty-five, inclusive,...

Section 87 - Intelligence Test Scores; Records - Section 87. The score of any group intelligence test administered...

Section 88 - Military Recruiters; On-Campus Recruiting Opportunities - Section 88. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 89 - Commonwealth Charter Schools; Horace Mann Charter Schools; Applications; Enrollment; Employees; Funding - [ Section impacted by 2021, 29, Sec. 59 effective July...

Section 90 - Classroom Placement of Twins or Higher Order Multiples - Section 90. A parent or guardian of twins or higher...

Section 91 - Recovery High School; Definition; Enrollment; Student Performance; Rules and Regulations; Deduction of Home School District Allotment for Failure to Transfer Funds as Required - Section 91. (a) The term ''Recovery High School'' shall mean...

Section 92 - Innovation Schools - Section 92. (a) An Innovation School shall be a public...

Section 93 - Policy Regarding Internet Safety Measures for Schools Providing Computer Access to Students - Section 93. Every public school providing computer access to students...

Section 94 - Commonwealth Virtual Schools - Section 94. (a) As used in this section the following...

Section 95 - Reimbursement Aid to Municipalities for Costs Incurred for Federal Military Reservation Students - [Text of section added by 2014, 173, Sec. 1. See...

Section 96 - Substance Use Prevention and Abuse Education Policies for Public Schools - Section 96. Each public school shall have a policy regarding...

Section 97 - Verbal Screening Tool for Substance Abuse Disorders - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...

Section 98 - Instruction on the History of Genocide - [ Text of section added by 2021, 98, Sec. 4...

Chapter 71a - English Language Education in Public Schools

Section 1 - Findings and Declarations - Section 1. Findings and Declarations The People of Massachusetts find...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. Definitions As used in this chapter, the following...

Section 3 - Census - Section 3. Census School districts shall annually ascertain, under regulations...

Section 4 - English Language Education - Section 4. English language education All children in Massachusetts public...

Section 5 - Parental Selection of English Learner Program Within District; Request for School Transfer - Section 5. (a) The parent or legal guardian of a...

Section 6 - Legal Standing and Parental Enforcement - Section 6. Legal standing and parental enforcement (a) As set...

Section 6a - English Learner Parent Advisory Council - Section 6A. A school district or charter school operating a...

Section 7 - Standardized Testing for Monitoring Education Progress - Section 7. Standardized testing for monitoring education programs Each English...

Section 7a - On-Site Evaluations of English Learners - Section 7A. The department shall conduct on-site visits to school...

Section 8 - Community-Based English Tutoring - Section 8. Community-based English tutoring In furtherance of its constitutional...

Section 10 - Qualifications and Endorsement of Teachers and Administrators Assigned to Language Acquisition Program - Section 10. Teachers and administrators assigned to a language acquisition...

Section 11 - Benchmarks, Guidelines and Learning Success Templates for English Learner Programs - Section 11. The department shall develop: (i) benchmarks for attaining...

Section 12 - Duty to Inform Parents or Legal Guardians of English Learners of Their Rights - Section 12. School districts shall, at least annually, inform the...

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...

Chapter 72 - School Registers and Returns

Section 1 - Distribution of Forms - Section 1. The commissioner of education shall prepare and send...

Section 2 - Registration of Children; Reports - Section 2. The school committee of each town shall ascertain...

Section 2a - Annual Reports of Superintendents of Schools; Contents - Section 2A. The superintendent of schools of each town shall...

Section 3 - School Returns; Contents - Section 3. The superintendent of schools shall annually on or...

Section 4 - Report of Condition of Schools - Section 4. The committee shall annually make a detailed report...

Section 5 - Procedure on Failure to File Reports or Returns; Irregular Returns - Section 5. If a superintendent of schools fails, within the...

Section 6 - Extension of Time to File Reports and Returns; Penalties for Failure to File - Section 6. A town may request and receive an extension...

Section 7 - Liability of School Committee for Failure to File Returns or Reports - Section 7. A town suffering such a forfeiture through the...

Section 8 - School Registers; Maintenance and Use - Section 8. The school committee shall cause the registers of...

Section 9 - Copies of Report to Be Filed With Chief Executive Officers of Cities or Towns - Section 9. A copy of each report filed with the...

Chapter 73 - State Colleges and Community Colleges

Section 1 - Management; Administration - Section 1. The state universities, as established by section 5...

Section 1a - Fees for Tuition, Room and Board - Section 1A. The board of trustees shall fix the amount...

Section 1b - Student Activity Fee - Section 1B. The board of trustees may fix the amount...

Section 1c - Meetings - Section 1C. The trustees shall determine the time and place...

Section 1e - Branch Banks on Grounds of Universities Authorized - Section 1E. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, the board...

Section 1f - Funds for Legislative Agents or Organizations Attempting to Influence Legislation - Section 1F. The board of trustees shall not allow any...

Section 2 - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Provision for Agricultural Education - Section 2. The department may provide for agricultural education in...

Section 2a - Required Subjects for Instruction - Section 2A. In all state universities the constitutions of the...

Section 3 - Agreement for Practice Teaching - Section 3. The city of Boston may, and the cities...

Section 4 - Bonds of University Presidents - Section 4. Presidents of state universities shall give bonds in...

Section 4a - Leaves of Absence - Section 4A. A faculty member in a state university who...

Section 4b - Teachers; Employment and Dismissal - Section 4B. The board of trustees, in electing a teacher...

Section 6 - Admission of Non-Resident Students - Section 6. Upon payment of tuition fees the trustees may...

Section 8 - Educational Program - Section 8. The trustees may provide for residents of the...

Section 10 - Audit - Section 10. All accounts of the state universities and community...

Section 11 - Budget - Section 11. The trustees shall prepare and submit a detailed...

Section 12 - Annual Appropriation - Section 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 13 - Financial Report; Accounting System - Section 13. A complete financial report covering all receipts and...

Section 14 - Special Trusts, etc.; Management - Section 14. The trustees shall administer property held in accordance...

Section 15 - Purchases - Section 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law of the...

Section 16 - Election, etc., of Officers; Employment, Status and Benefits of Personnel - Section 16. As used in this section the following words...

Section 17 - Travel Policy - Section 17. The trustees shall have complete authority in determining...

Section 18 - Control, Movement and Parking of Motor Vehicles - Section 18. The trustees shall make rules and regulations for...

Section 19 - Institutions of Higher Learning; Jurisdiction of Board - Section 19. The institutions of higher learning under the jurisdiction...

Section 20 - University Education for Police Officers and Firefighters - Section 20. A state university shall admit as a candidate...

Chapter 74 - Vocational Education

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

Section 2 - Commissioner of Education; Powers and Duties Regarding Vocational-Technical Education - Section 2. The commissioner, under the direction of the state...

Section 2a - Outside Work Projects of Students; Rules and Regulations - Section 2A. The commissioner shall establish rules and regulations to...

Section 2b - Construction Program Students; Low Income Housing - Section 2B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 3 - Establishment in Towns; Management - Section 3. Towns may, through school committees or boards of...

Section 4 - Establishment by Districts - Section 4. Independent vocational-technical schools may be established and maintained...

Section 5 - District Trustees; Powers and Duties - Section 5. District trustees under the preceding section shall adopt,...

Section 5a - Establishment of Vocational-Technical Schools by Regional School Districts - Section 5A. Independent vocational-technical schools may be established under sections...

Section 5b - Vocational-Technical Education Collaboratives - Section 5B. Regional school districts or cities and towns which...

Section 6 - Advisory Committees - Section 6. Each school district, county agricultural school, collaborative or...

Section 7 - Admission of Non-Resident Pupils - Section 7. Residents of towns in the commonwealth not maintaining...

Section 7a - Pupils Placed in Schools by Department of Children and Families; Tuition - Section 7A. For the tuition in an approved vocational-technical program...

Section 7b - Apprenticeship Program - Section 7B. An apprentice, as defined in section eleven H...

Section 7c - Persons Admitted to School in Town Other Than Resident Town; Payment of Tuition - Section 7C. Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-seven C of...

Section 8a - Transportation of Students - Section 8A. A municipality, wherein a person resides who is...

Section 13 - Time for Holding Classes; Required Age of Students - Section 13. Independent industrial, agricultural, vocational home economics and allied...

Section 14 - Practical Arts Classes; Required Age of Students - Section 14. Towns may, through school committees or trustees for...

Section 14a - Practical Art Classes; Receipt and Use of Federal Funds - Section 14A. The commissioner under the direction of the state...

Section 14b - Culinary Arts; Revolving Fund - Section 14B. In any city or town that accepts this...

Section 15 - Instructions in Agriculture and Horticulture; Establishment - Section 15. Cities may establish and maintain schools for instructing...

Section 16 - Establishment of Agricultural or Horticultural Classes; Advertising Requirement - Section 16. Before action taken under the preceding section, school...

Section 17 - Acquisition of Land for Use of Agricultural Classes - Section 17. Boards or officers having power to take land...

Section 18 - Competency-Based Vocational-Technical Teacher Training Standards - Section 18. The state board shall establish basic competency-based vocational-technical...

Section 20 - Custodian of Federal Funds - Section 20. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of...

Section 21 - Expenditure of Federal Funds - Section 21. Subject to section twenty, the funds received under...

Section 22 - Use of Federal Funds - Section 22. The state board may use the funds received...

Section 22d - Cooperation With Federal Authorities for Rehabilitation of Veterans - Section 22D. Said state board is hereby directed to cooperate...

Section 22e - Employment of Teachers; Conditions - Section 22E. Any school committee or board of trustees for...

Section 23 - Independent Industrial Shoemaking School of the City of Lynn - Section 23. The independent industrial shoemaking school of the city...

Section 24 - Smith Agricultural School; Maintenance; Superintendents - Section 24. Smith Agricultural School, established under chapter one hundred...

Section 24b - Public Secondary Vocational-Technical School Districts and Public Institutions of Higher Education; Coordination of Programs - Section 24B. The state board and the board of regents...

Section 25 - County Agricultural Schools; State Aid for Maintenance; Conditions - Section 25. The Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk...

Section 26 - Management; Appointment of Trustees - Section 26. There shall be a board of trustees for...

Section 27 - Compensation of Trustees - Section 27. The trustees provided for in the preceding section...

Section 28 - Duties of Trustees; Preparation of Budget - Section 28. On or before December fifteenth the trustees of...

Section 29 - Funds Raised by Taxation - Section 29. If any part of the amount estimated under...

Section 30 - Disposition of Income - Section 30. Miscellaneous income of the Bristol county agricultural school...

Section 31 - Receipt and Use of Gift - Section 31. The Bristol county agricultural school, the Essex agricultural...

Section 31a - Transportation of Pupils - Section 31A. The trustees of the Essex agricultural and technical...

Section 31b - Supervision of Athletic and Other Organizations - Section 31B. The boards of trustees of the Bristol county...

Section 32 - Admission of Non-Residents - Section 32. Any resident of the commonwealth over 14 years...

Section 33 - Tuition - Section 33. The Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk...

Section 34 - Bristol School; Special Courses of Instruction - Section 34. The trustees of the Bristol county agricultural school...

Section 35 - Courses of Instruction - Section 35. The Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk...

Section 36 - Short Unit Courses - Section 36. Short unit courses may be given at the...

Section 37 - Duties of School Staffs - Section 37. Members of the staffs of the Bristol county...

Section 37a - Technical Institutes - Section 37A. If a school committee or the board of...

Section 37b - Nondegree Granting Post-Secondary Vocational Education Programs - Section 37B. The commissioner under the direction of the state...

Section 37c - Admission of Nonresidents to Nondegree Granting Post-Secondary Vocational Education Programs - Section 37C. A student who resides in a city or...

Section 37f - Receipts From Tuition and Fees From Nondegree Granting Post-Secondary Vocational Education Programs Held in Separate Account - Section 37F. All receipts from tuition and other related fees...

Section 41 - Lease of State Facilities for Re-Education and Rehabilitation in Industry of Soldiers and Sailors - Section 41. The governor, with the advice and consent of...

Section 42a - Bradford Durfee College of Technology and New Bedford Institute of Technology; Honorary Master of Science Degree - Section 42A. The board of trustees of the Bradford Durfee...

Section 42b - Bradford Durfee College of Technology and New Bedford Institute of Technology; Honorary Doctorates - Section 42B. The board of trustees of the Bradford Durfee...

Section 42c - Professors and Teachers; Removal; Hearing - Section 42C. A professor or teacher in the Bradford Durfee...

Section 42d - Board of Trustees, Powers and Duties - Section 42D. The Bradford Durfee College of Technology and the...

Section 42e - Standards; Courses of Instructions; Powers of Trustees - Section 42E. The trustees shall maintain high educational standards at...

Section 42f - Rules and Regulations; Meetings of Trustees; Quorum - Section 42F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 42g - Delegation of Powers by Trustees - Section 42G. The trustees may, except as to duties imposed...

Section 42h - Audit of Accounts - Section 42H. All accounts of the college or institute, as...

Section 42i - Budget - Section 42I. The trustees shall prepare and submit a detailed...

Section 42j - Appropriations - Section 42J. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 42k - Receipts and Expenditures; Annual Report; Monthly Statements; Accounting System - Section 42K. A complete financial report covering all receipts and...

Section 42l - Special Trusts, etc.; Management - Section 42L. The trustees of the college and the trustees...

Section 42m - College and Institute Property; Management and Administration - Section 42M. The trustees shall, on behalf of the commonwealth,...

Section 42n - Purchases - Section 42N. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 42o - Election of Officers; Salaries of Officers and Professional Staff; Employment, Status and Benefits of Personnel - Section 42O. As used in this section the following words...

Section 42p - Travel Policy - Section 42P. The trustees shall have complete authority in determining...

Section 42q - Control, Movement and Parking of Motor Vehicles - Section 42Q. The trustees shall make rules and regulations for...

Section 43 - Acceptance of Gifts - Section 43. The board of trustees of said college and...

Section 44 - Reports - Section 44. The commissioner shall make an annual report as...

Section 45 - Insurance - Section 45. The board of trustees of said college and...

Section 46 - Tuition - Section 46. The yearly tuition at said college and at...

Section 46a - Functions; Testing of New and Useful Improvements in Textile Machinery and Apparatus - Section 46A. Said college and said institute may make, under...

Section 46b - Research Foundations; Patents - Section 46B. The Bradford Durfee College of Technology and the...

Section 52 - Nautical Schools - Section 52. A town may establish and maintain, upon shore...

Section 54 - Establishment and Maintenance of Schools for Institutional On-Farm Training for World War II and Korean Emergency Veterans - Section 54. The board of higher education may establish and...

Section 56 - Program for Expansion of Not-for-Credit Vocationally-Oriented Instruction - Section 56. The district trustees shall establish a program, in...

Section 57 - Program to Support Training and Education Programs That Address Workforce Shortages of Advanced Automotive and Diesel Technician Industry - Section 57. Subject to appropriation, the board of higher education...

Section 58 - Use of Tobacco Products Within School Buildings or Facilities or on School Grounds - Section 58. No person shall use a tobacco product, as...

Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts

Section 1 - Status; Governing Body - Section 1. There shall be a University of Massachusetts, consisting...

Section 1a - Board of Trustees; Membership; Qualifications; Tenure; Vacancies; Powers and Duties; Indemnification - Section 1A. There shall be a board of trustees for...

Section 1b - Student Charges for the University; Revolving Trust Fund; Tuition Credits; Annual Report - Section 1B. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 2 - Purpose; Courses of Instruction; Standards; Powers of Trustees - Section 2. (a) The major purpose of the university shall...

Section 2a - Branch Banks on University Grounds Authorized - Section 2A. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, the board...

Section 3 - Rules and Regulations - Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 3a - Delegation of Powers by Trustees - Section 3A. The trustees may, except as to duties imposed...

Section 4 - Meetings of Trustees; Quorum; Executive Sessions - Section 4. The trustees shall determine the time and place...

Section 5 - Seal - Section 5. The university may have a common seal, which...

Section 6 - Audit of Accounts - Section 6. All accounts of the university under the direction...

Section 7 - Budget - Section 7. The trustees shall prepare and submit a detailed...

Section 8 - Appropriations - Section 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 9 - Insurance - Section 9. The trustees may insure the memorial building and...

Section 10 - Receipts and Expenditures; Annual Report; Monthly Statements; Accounting System - Section 10. A complete financial report covering all receipts and...

Section 11 - Special Trusts, etc.; Management - Section 11. The trustees shall administer property held in accordance...

Section 11a - Funds for Legislative Agents or Organizations Attempting to Influence Legislation - Section 11A. The board of trustees shall not allow any...

Section 12 - University Property; Management and Administration - Section 12. The trustees shall, on behalf of the commonwealth,...

Section 13 - Purchases - Section 13. The board of trustees shall have the authority...

Section 14 - Election of Officers; Salary of President; Employment, Status and Benefits of Personnel - Section 14. As used in this section the following words...

Section 14a - Prescription and Enforcement of Regulations; Contracts - Section 14A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 14b - Campus Council - Section 14B. The trustees shall establish for each campus a...

Section 14c - University of Massachusetts Research Foundation; Powers; Regulations - Section 14C. The university may establish and manage, under such...

Section 14d - University of Massachusetts; Extension Board of Public Overseers - Section 14D. There shall be within the University of Massachusetts...

Section 15 - Reports and Bulletins - Section 15. The trustees shall annually as of the end...

Section 15a - Center for Adoption Research and Policy - Section 15A. There is hereby established the center for adoption...

Section 16 - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station - Section 16. The trustees shall maintain at the university an...

Section 16a - Diagnostic Laboratory - Section 16A. The trustees shall establish and maintain at said...

Section 17 - Experiments and Investigations; Nature and Scope - Section 17. The trustees shall cause experiments and investigations to...

Section 18 - Officers; Equipment - Section 18. The trustees shall appoint a director of said...

Section 19 - Reports on Results of Experiments; Distribution - Section 19. The trustees shall publish bulletins containing the results...

Section 21 - Fee for Testing Poultry - Section 21. A fee as determined annually by the commissioner...

Section 22 - University Farm - Section 22. The trustees shall maintain and manage an experimental...

Section 23 - Purposes - Section 23. The trustees shall maintain the experiment stations heretofore...

Section 24 - Status - Section 24. Employees of the university shall be exempt from...

Section 25 - Sale of Commonwealth Land to University Employees - Section 25. Subject to section twenty-seven the trustees may sell...

Section 26 - Leasing of Commonwealth Land to University Employees - Section 26. Subject to section twenty-seven the trustees may, in...

Section 27 - Approvals of Sales and Leases - Section 27. No sale or conveyance under section twenty-five shall...

Section 28 - Taxation of Leased Property - Section 28. The lessee and his assignees shall be liable...

Section 29 - Protection and Maintenance of Mount Toby State Demonstration Forest - Section 29. The trustees shall protect and maintain the land...

Section 30 - Use; Purposes - Section 30. The trustees shall use so much of such...

Section 32 - Travel Policy - Section 32. The trustees shall have complete authority in determining...

Section 32a - Control, Movement and Parking of Motor Vehicles; Appointment of Police Officers - Section 32A. The trustees shall make rules and regulations for...

Section 32b - David I. Walsh–leverett Saltonstall Visiting Lectureship Program - [Text of section added by 1972, 160, Sec. 1. See...

Section 33 - University Scholarships - Section 33. In addition to the commonwealth scholarships authorized under...

Section 33a - General Court Fellowship Program - Section 33A. The University of Massachusetts shall administer a program...

Section 34 - University of Massachusetts Medical School; Grants - Section 34. The trustees shall maintain a medical school to...

Section 34a - Tuition; Residents - Section 34A. If tuition for the medical school is set...

Section 35 - Dean and Other Officers and Members of Professional Staff - Section 35. The trustees shall elect the dean and such...

Section 36 - Annual Budget - Section 36. In order to provide for the maximum allowable...

Section 36a - Cremation and Disposal of Donated Bodies - Section 36A. The University of Massachusetts medical school in Worcester...

Section 36b - Analysis of Drugs, Medicine, Chemicals, etc.; Law Enforcement; Report - Section 36B. The University of Massachusetts medical school shall make...

Section 36c - Acquisition of or Affiliation With Certain Health Care Programs or Facilities by Trustees; Approval of Proposed Transactions; Procedures - Section 36C. (a) The trustees are hereby authorized to acquire...

Section 36d - Payback Provisions in Learning Contracts; Interest Accrual; Annual Report - Section 36D. The board of trustees of the university of...

Section 37 - Establishment; Purpose; Contracts - Section 37. The trustees are hereby authorized and directed to...

Section 38 - National Environmental Technology Institute - Section 38. (a) There shall be a National Environmental Technology...

Section 39 - Environmental Technology Testing Facility and Environmental Business Center - Section 39. (a) There shall be an environmental technology testing...

Section 40 - Marine Technology, Environmental, and Engineering Programs - Section 40. (a) Marine technology, environmental, and engineering programs shall...

Section 41 - Center for Materials Reuse - Section 41. (a) The Chelsea center for materials reuse, administered...

Section 42 - Funding for Environmental Programs; Administration - Section 42. No start-up or maintenance and operation funds for...

Section 43 - Biologic Laboratories; Advisory Board; Insurance; Agreements With Private Parties; Yearly Reports; Accounts - Section 43. (a) There is hereby established the University of...

Section 44 - Appointment of Trustees to Corporation Receiving Assets From Clinical Operations of Worcester Campus; Student Representative - Section 44. If the chancellor of the Worcester campus becomes...

Section 45 - Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center - [ Text of section effective until December 13, 2021. For...

Section 45a - Application of Other Laws to the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center - [ Section effective until December 13, 2021. Repealed by 2021,...

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Massachusetts General Laws Part I - Administration of the Government Title XII - Education

Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XII - Education