Section 11. Any city, town or regional school district which provides instruction to any child who is a resident of an institution and who was not theretofore a resident of such city, town or regional school district may recover from the commonwealth the school expense incurred by reason of the school attendance of such child to be determined jointly by the school committee of such city, town or regional school district and the department of education or, in case of their disagreement, by the probate court. The amount recoverable by a city, town or regional school district under this section shall be limited to the annual per pupil cost of education as determined under section seven; provided, however, that any amount expended in excess of said annual per pupil expenditure in said city, town or regional school district shall be recoverable under the provisions of sections two and three of chapter seventy.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 76 - School Attendance
Section 1 - Requirements and Exceptions
Section 1a - Pupil Absence Notification Programs
Section 1b - Pupil Absence Notification Program
Section 2 - Duties of Parents; Penalty
Section 2a - Attendance of Deaf Children; Penalty
Section 3 - Attendance of Illiterate Minors; Penalties
Section 4 - Inducing Absences; Penalty
Section 5 - Place of Attendance; Violations; Discrimination
Section 6 - Payment of Tuition for Non-Resident Children
Section 9 - High School Tuition of Children Under Control of Department of Public Welfare, Etc.
Section 10 - Settlements of Accounts Between Towns and Department of Public Welfare, Etc.
Section 11 - Tuition of Children in Institutions
Section 12 - Attendance Outside Place of Residence
Section 12c - School Choice Tuition Trust Fund
Section 14 - Island Children; Transportation
Section 15 - Vaccination and Immunization
Section 15a - Sickle Cell Anemia; Blood Tests
Section 15c - Immunization of College Health Science Students
Section 15d - Meningococcal Disease; College Students Immunization
Section 16 - Children Excluded From School; Remedies
Section 17 - Hearing Prerequisite to Exclusion
Section 19 - Supervisors of Attendance; Employment