Section 57. The board shall establish an instructional materials grant program to provide financial assistance to school districts for the purchase of textbooks, workbooks, audio-visual materials, library books and materials, laboratory kits, and other instructional materials. Grants shall be awarded to those districts in need of assistance as determined by the board following inventories of such materials conducted by the board from time to time. In awarding grants under this section, the board shall give priority to school districts receiving equal educational opportunity grants pursuant to chapter seventy A.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 15 - Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Section 1 - Department; Supervision of Commissioner
Section 11/2 - Applicability of Sec. 2 of Chapter 70 to This Chapter
Section 1f - Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education; Appointment; Duties; Salary
Section 1g - Advisory Councils to Board; Membership; Duties
Section 1j - Judicial Review of Board's Recommendations or Revised Plans; Jurisdiction
Section 1r - School Library and Nonprint Media Services; Funding
Section 15b - Library Center for Visually-Handicapped Children
Section 16 - Teachers' Retirement Board; Establishment; Duties; Membership
Section 17 - Member's Reimbursement for Expenses
Section 18 - Executive Director; Salary; Additional Employees
Section 18a - Purchase of Annuities or Other Investments
Section 55a - Office of School and District Accountability
Section 57 - Instructional Materials Grant Program
Section 58 - Leadership Academy; Training for School Principals and Supervisory Personnel
Section 60 - Reimbursement of Costs to Cities and Towns
Section 63 - Carnegie School Grant Program; Establishment
Section 64 - Carnegie School Grant Program; Definitions
Section 65 - Carnegie School Grant Awards; Application; Approval; Deposit of Funds