Section 5. If a superintendent of schools fails, within the prescribed time, to make both the returns and the report required by law, the commissioner shall forthwith notify the chairman of the school committee thereof, and he shall immediately transmit the same to him. If a return is found to be irregular or incorrect, the commissioner shall forthwith return it for correction, with a statement of all deficiencies therein, to the committee or its agent, who shall promptly correct and return it.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 72 - School Registers and Returns
Section 1 - Distribution of Forms
Section 2 - Registration of Children; Reports
Section 2a - Annual Reports of Superintendents of Schools; Contents
Section 3 - School Returns; Contents
Section 4 - Report of Condition of Schools
Section 5 - Procedure on Failure to File Reports or Returns; Irregular Returns
Section 6 - Extension of Time to File Reports and Returns; Penalties for Failure to File
Section 7 - Liability of School Committee for Failure to File Returns or Reports
Section 8 - School Registers; Maintenance and Use
Section 9 - Copies of Report to Be Filed With Chief Executive Officers of Cities or Towns