Section 4. The school committee of any city, town or school district may, to meet its obligations under section three, with the approval of the department enter into an agreement with any other school committee to jointly provide special education or, subject to the consent of the parent or guardian affected thereby and subject to constitutional limitations, may enter into an agreement with any public or private school, agency, or institution to provide the necessary special education within the city, town or school district; provided, however, that every school committee, where feasible, shall be associated with an educational collaborative providing services to children with a disability which disability occurs in a low incidence in the population of children requiring special education.
In the case of an agreement between school committees to jointly provide special education, said agreement shall designate one city, town or school district as the operating agent. Funds received by such operating agent from other cities, towns or school districts or appropriated by such operating agent for the purposes of such agreement, in addition to gifts and grants shall be deposited with and held as a separate account by its treasurer. The school committee may apply said funds to the costs of programs operated pursuant to the agreement without further appropriation.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 71b - Children With Special Needs
Section 3a - Administrator of Special Education; Duties; Joint Appointment
Section 4 - Agreements Between School Committees or With Public or Private Schools
Section 5 - Costs or Obligations; Payment; Budget
Section 5a - Special Education Reimbursement Program
Section 5b - Pooled Risk Program for Extraordinary and Unanticipated Special Education Costs
Section 5c - Zero Interest Loan Program for Extraordinary and Unanticipated Special Education Costs
Section 7 - Tests for Selection of Children for Referral, Diagnosis, or Evaluation
Section 8 - Transportation to and From School; Reimbursement to Parents
Section 9a - Workshop Curriculum; Parent Advisory Committee
Section 11a - Incarcerated Children With a Disability; Special Education
Section 12a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 12a to 12c
Section 12b - Bureau of Transitional Planning; Transitional Advisory Committee; Establishment