{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-74-2","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, § 2","heading":"Commissioner of education; powers and duties regarding vocational-technical education","body":"Section 2. The commissioner, under the direction of the state board, shall investigate and promote vocational-technical schools, and initiate and superintend the establishment of schools for the aforesaid form of education and shall supervise and approve such schools as provided in sections one to thirty-seven, inclusive.\nThe commissioner, under the direction of the state board, shall approve or disapprove vocational-technical programs in accordance with regulations published by the board; provided, however, that said regulations shall more heavily favor an outcome-oriented approach for approval of such programs over a quantitative approach which solely measures time spent on lab instruction; provided, further, that said regulations shall consider a program's intention to integrate vocational and academic instruction and to train students in all aspects of a chosen industry.","path":["Part I","Title XII","Chapter 74"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXII/Chapter74/Section2","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:25Z","sha256":"06f4e84aaee036d53a34cc4b94d3e0cc07c91492a144c7d8f72433f3b58da3a7","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-74-1","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-74-2a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}