Section 16. Any pupil who has attained age eighteen, or the parent, guardian or custodian of a pupil who has not attained said age of eighteen, who has been refused admission to or excluded from the public schools or from the advantages, privileges and courses of study of such public schools shall on application be furnished by the school committee with a written statement of the reasons therefor, and thereafter, if the refusal to admit or exclusion was unlawful, such pupil may recover from the town or, in the case of such refusal or exclusion by a regional school district from the district, in tort and may examine any member of the school committee or any other officer of the town or regional school district upon interrogatories.
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