Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 76 - School Attendance
Section 4 - Inducing Absences; Penalty

Section 4. Whoever induces or attempts to induce a minor to absent himself unlawfully from school, or unlawfully employs him or harbors a minor who, while school is in session, is absent unlawfully therefrom, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XII - Education

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 7 - Tuition; Children Under Control of Department of Children and Families; Foster Care; Reimbursement

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 12a - Plan for Attendance in Public School to Eliminate Racial Imbalance; Adoption; Financial and Technical Assistance

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 12c - School Choice Tuition Trust Fund

Section 13 - Transfer Cards

Section 14 - Island Children; Transportation

Section 15 - Vaccination and Immunization

Section 15a - Sickle Cell Anemia; Blood Tests

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 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 18 - Notice to Parent or Guardian and Meeting With School Committee Prerequisite to Student Permanently Leaving School; Annual Report; Application of Section

Section 19 - Supervisors of Attendance; Employment

Section 20 - Powers and Duties of Supervisors of Attendance

Section 21 - Opportunity for Academic Progress for Suspended Students; Education Service Plans; Alternative Educational Services