Section 9. The department, with the cooperation of any town applying therefor, may provide for such instruction in the use of English for persons eighteen years of age or over unable to speak, read or write the same, and in the fundamental principles of government and other subjects adapted to fit for American citizenship, as shall jointly be approved by the local school committee and the department. Schools and classes established therefor may be held in public school buildings, in industrial establishments or in such other places as may be approved in like manner. Teachers and supervisors employed therein by a town shall be chosen and their compensation fixed by the school committee, subject to the approval of the department.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 69 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Section 1.5 - Applicability of Sec. 2 of Chapter 70 to This Chapter
Section 1a - Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Commissioner; Duties
Section 1b - Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; Duties
Section 1d - Statewide Educational Goals; Academic Standards; Vocational Training; Grant Program
Section 1e - Curriculum Frameworks
Section 1g - Minimum Length of School Day and School Year
Section 1h - Adult Basic Education and Literacy Services System; Grants; Objectives
Section 1m - Discretionary Grant Program
Section 1n - Alternative Education Grant Program
Section 1o - Truancy Prevention Program Certification Process
Section 1p - Safe and Supportive Schools Framework
Section 1q - State Seal of Biliteracy; Award; Criteria
Section 1r - Financial Literacy Standards; Establishment and Implementation
Section 2 - Statement of Amounts Spent for Vocational Schools; Annual Report
Section 4 - Compilation of Statistics as to Certain Institutions
Section 6 - Teachers; Applications for Positions; Qualifications
Section 8 - Use of School Buildings
Section 8a - Medical Emergency Response Plans; Model Plan
Section 9 - Classes for Illiterates and Foreigners
Section 9a - Establishment of Class
Section 10 - Reimbursement for Expenditures
Section 10a - Education for American Citizenship; Director
Section 11 - Powers and Duties of the Division of Immigration and Americanization
Section 30 - Approval of Organization Certificate or Charter Amendments; Periodic Inspections
Section 31 - Prerequisites to Approval of Organization Certificate or Charter Amendments
Section 36 - Use of Cultural Organizations by Schools and Community Organizations; Grants