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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 55A · Sick, injured or incapacitated pupils; procedure for handling; emergency first aid or transportation; exemption from civil liability
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 55B · Repealed, 2003, 46, Sec. 81
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 55C · Eye protective devices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 55D · Musical wind instruments; notification of sanitization and option to sterilize at parental expense
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 56 · Sick children; notification of parents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 57 · Physical examination of pupils; eye examination, written report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 57A · Students with potential indicators of a neurological learning disability; guidelines for development of screening procedures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 58 · Repealed, 1945, 543, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 59 · Superintendent of schools; appointment; compensation; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 59A · Superintendents of schools in small towns; appointment; state aid for compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 59B · Principals; appointment; compensation; duties; appointment of other personnel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 59C · School councils; members; meetings; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 59D · School-community partnerships; grant program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 60 · Repealed, 1969, 254, Sec. 6
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 61 · Superintendent of schools; employment by a town union; termination of town participation in a union
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 62 · Readjustment of town unions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 63 · School committees as joint committee; representation: meetings; employment of superintendent, removal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 64 · Union superintendent; compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 65 · Repealed, 1978, 367, Sec. 70E
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 66 · Repealed, 1958, 241
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 67 · Superintendents of schools; penalty for accepting fees for obtaining positions; employment of immediate family of certain persons prohibited
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 68 · Duties of towns to maintain schools; transportation of children; school building committee representation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 69 · Display of national flags; pledge of allegiance; penalty for violation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 69A · Plaque reading ''For God and Country''; placement on public school buildings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 70 · Location of schools
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 71 · Use of school property; purposes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 71A · Highway safety stations; designation, discontinuance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 71B · Adult physical fitness programs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 71C · Community school programs; receipts; deposit and expenditure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 71D · Prepayment of tuition to private schools or program sources
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 71E · Appropriations for and expenditure of receipts from adult education and continuing education programs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 71F · Nonresident or foster care students; deposit of tuition payments and state reimbursements; expenditures and appropriations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 72 · Sale of lunches
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 72A · Implementation the federal community eligibility provision; waiver; training; certification of students for free school meal status
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 72B · Repealed, 2023, 28, Sec. 37, eff. July 1, 2023.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 73 · Closing of school for teachers' meetings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 74 · Management of schools funds by private corporations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 75 · Extended courses of instruction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 76 · Rules of admission
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 77 · Joint establishment of extended courses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 78 · Repealed, 1978, 367, Sec. 70E
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 79 · Junior College designation, degrees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 80 · Lunch period for teachers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 81 · Junior colleges; restriction on establishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 82 · Public secondary schools; right of students to freedom of expression; limitations; definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 83 · Dress and appearance of students protected
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 84 · Discipline of students on matters unrelated to school-sponsored activities prohibited
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 85 · Guidelines implementing Secs. 82 to 84; rules and regulations; adoption; emergencies; procedures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 86 · Application of Secs. 83 to 85
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 87 · Intelligence test scores; records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 88 · Military recruiters; on-campus recruiting opportunities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 89 · Commonwealth charter schools; Horace Mann charter schools; applications; enrollment; employees; funding
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 90 · Classroom placement of twins or higher order multiples
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 91 · Recovery High School; definition; enrollment; student performance; rules and regulations; deduction of home school district allotment for failure to transfer funds as required
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 92 · Innovation Schools
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 93 · Policy regarding internet safety measures for schools providing computer access to students
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 94 · Commonwealth virtual schools
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 95 · Reimbursement aid to municipalities for costs incurred for federal military reservation students
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 96 · Substance use prevention and abuse education policies for public schools
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 97 · Verbal screening tool for substance abuse disorders
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 98 · Instruction on the history of genocide
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 98A · Provision of resources relative to antisemitism and societal bias
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 99 · Purple Star Campuses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 100 · Age-appropriate media literacy skills instruction in schools; use of content from educational diversion program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 101 · Diversity, equity and inclusion officer or diversity team
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 1 · Findings and declarations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 2 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 3 · Census
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 4 · English language education
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 5 · Parental selection of English learner program within district; request for school transfer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 6 · Legal standing and parental enforcement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 6A · English learner parent advisory council
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 7 · Standardized testing for monitoring education progress
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 7A · On-site evaluations of English learners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 8 · Community-based English tutoring
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 9 · Repealed, 2002, 386, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 10 · Qualifications and endorsement of teachers and administrators assigned to language acquisition program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 11 · Benchmarks, guidelines and learning success templates for English learner programs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, § 12 · Duty to inform parents or legal guardians of English learners of their rights
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 2 · Regulations; special education programs; pre-school level admission to programs; assignment of child; institutions of higher education
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 2A · Bureau of special education appeals; duties; director; supervision; standards for dispute resolution; confidentiality; hearing officers; memorandum of understanding; bureau of special education appeals advisory council
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 3 · Identification of school age children with a disability; diagnosis of disability; proposal of program; evaluations and assessments of child and program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 3A · Administrator of special education; duties; joint appointment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 4 · Agreements between school committees or with public or private schools
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 5 · Costs or obligations; payment; budget
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 5A · Special education reimbursement program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 5B · Pooled risk program for extraordinary and unanticipated special education costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 5C · Zero interest loan program for extraordinary and unanticipated special education costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 6 · Assignment of children to classes; annual report; equal educational opportunities; prima facie denial; hearings; injunctive or other relief
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 7 · Tests for selection of children for referral, diagnosis, or evaluation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 8 · Transportation to and from school; reimbursement to parents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 9 · Department to define circumstances requiring special education programs and to provide standards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 9A · Workshop curriculum; parent advisory committee
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 10 · Referral of children to institutions within or without the commonwealth on annual renewal basis upon request; requisites; expenses and cost
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 11 · Repealed, 1991, 138, Sec. 144
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 11A · Incarcerated children with a disability; special education; sharing of personal data
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 12 · School departments; establishment; administration; staff; operation; expenditures; costs of education
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 12A · Definitions applicable to Secs. 12A to 12C
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 12B · Bureau of transitional planning; transitional advisory committee; establishment