{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-71-6b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 6B","heading":"A military-connected student school enrollment","body":"Section 6B. (a) As used in this section, ''military-connected student'' shall mean a student who is an unemancipated person whose parent or guardian: (i) is in the active military service of the United States; or (ii) is full-time status during active service with the National Guard of any state.\n(b) A military-connected student whose parent or guardian is being relocated to the commonwealth under military orders and is transferred to, or is pending transfer to, a military installation within the commonwealth shall be deemed a resident pupil of the applicable school district for the purposes of enrollment. A school district shall permit a military-connected student to enroll preliminarily by remote registration without charge and shall not require a parent or guardian of the military-connected student or the military-connected student to physically appear at a location within the district to register the student; provided, however, that a parent or guardian of a military-connected student shall present evidence of military orders that the parent or guardian will be stationed in the commonwealth during the current or following school year. To enroll a student, the parent or guardian shall use an address that: (i) is within the school district where the military-connected student is to be enrolled; and (ii) is either: (A) a temporary on-base billeting facility; (B) a purchased or leased home or apartment; or (C) federal government or public-private venture off-base military housing. Proof of residency shall not be required at the time of the remote registration but shall be required not later than 10 days of the military-connected student's attendance in the school district.","path":["Part I","Title XII","Chapter 71"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXII/Chapter71/Section6B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:19Z","sha256":"153f947b37d4d6e40ddb108367ed47c3bbbcf862db6589fe61eacdf4248de941","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-71-6a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-71-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}