Chapter 71 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Section 71:1 - Public schools; maintenance; double sessions; subjects of instruction; twelve-month school year; rules and regulations; violence prevention
Section 71:1 1/2 - Definitions
Section 71:1A - Period of silence
Section 71:1B - Voluntary prayer
Section 71:1C - Workshops on rights of students and their parents under special education laws of commonwealth and the federal government
Section 71:1D - Prohibition of student hairstyles historically associated with race not allowed
Section 71:2 - Subjects of instruction; history, social science and civics
Section 71:2A - Use of tobacco products within school buildings or facilities, in school buses or at school-sponsored events prohibited
Section 71:2B - Courses in American sign language
Section 71:2C - Implementation of policy and discipline code addressing teen dating violence in public schools
Section 71:3 - Physical education
Section 71:4 - High schools; maintenance
Section 71:4A - Failure to keep schools open for required period; penalty
Section 71:6 - Education in out-of-town high schools
Section 71:6A - Admission of students from outside commonwealth
Section 71:6B - Military-connected students
Section 71:7A - Transportation of pupils; payment of costs; limitations
Section 71:7B - Transportation of pupils; reimbursement of costs; determination of amount; use of funds
Section 71:7C - Bus transportation programs; financial assistance
Section 71:10 - Expenses of physically disabled children
Section 71:11 - High school, defined
Section 71:13 - Requested courses; school committee approval
Section 71:13D - High schools; required subjects; driver training
Section 71:13F - Broadcast and television facilities; cost of program; executive committee for educational television
Section 71:13G - Executive committee for educational television; rules and regulations; personnel
Section 71:13H - Educational television program fund; accounts and reports
Section 71:13I - Executive committee for educational television; powers and duties
Section 71:14 - Regional school district planning committee; creation; membership
Section 71:14A - Duties of board
Section 71:14B - Regional school districts; formation; procedure
Section 71:14C - Lease or sale of property to regional school districts
Section 71:14D - Agreements; approval of indebtedness
Section 71:14E - Regional school district committee membership options
Section 71:15 - Regional school districts; acceptance of organization provisions by electorate
Section 71:16 - Status; powers and duties
Section 71:16A - Regional district school committee; selection, powers and duties of officers; subcommittees
Section 71:16B - Budgets; apportionment of expenses
Section 71:16B 1/2 - Excess and deficiency fund; surplus funds used to reduce assessments
Section 71:16C - School transportation
Section 71:16D - Aid from state
Section 71:16D 1/2 - Monies received as nonresident tuition or reimbursements from commonwealth for foster care children
Section 71:16E - Audits; payment of costs
Section 71:16F - Retirement system
Section 71:16G - Liability of towns for expenses of district
Section 71:16G 1/2 - Stabilization fund
Section 71:16H - [Repealed]
Section 71:16I - Severability of sections relating to regional school districts
Section 71:17A - Culinary arts program; special fund
Section 71:18 - Evening schools
Section 71:19 - Evening classes in high schools
Section 71:20 - Notice of evening schools; publication; fees for instruction
Section 71:20A - Instructional materials trust fund; board of trustees
Section 71:21 - Continuation schools, etc.; establishment; conditions
Section 71:22 - Attendance
Section 71:23 - Use of existing educational facilities
Section 71:24 - Cost of maintenance; source of funds
Section 71:25 - Unemployed minors; attendance requirements
Section 71:26 - Penalty for failure to establish or maintain school
Section 71:26A - Extended school services; establishment
Section 71:26B - Organization and operation of plan
Section 71:26C - Contributions and federal funds; use
Section 71:26D - Borrowing in anticipation of federal funds
Section 71:27 - Lectures
Section 71:28 - Summer schools
Section 71:30 - Moral education
Section 71:31 - Bible reading
Section 71:31A - Guidelines for celebration of holidays authorized
Section 71:32 - Observance of Memorial Day
Section 71:32A - Sex education; policy regarding notice to parents, exemption
Section 71:34 - Support of schools; appropriations; recommendations
Section 71:34A - Transcript of student's record; availability
Section 71:34B - Remedy for failure to furnish transcript of student's record
Section 71:34D - Student records; maintenance, storage, destruction, etc.; inspection by parent or guardian
Section 71:34E - Inspection of student records; persons authorized
Section 71:34G - Private schools; transfer of transcripts upon ceasing operation
Section 71:34H - Noncustodial parents; receipt of information for children enrolled in public elementary or secondary schools; notice to custodial parent
Section 71:35 - Beginning of school committee term of office
Section 71:36 - Secretary; appointment; duties
Section 71:36A - Orientation for school committee members
Section 71:37 - Powers and duties
Section 71:37A - Grants; acceptance and disbursement
Section 71:37B - Purchase of or making payments to annuities or investments
Section 71:37C - Promotion of racial balance
Section 71:37D - Racial imbalance; definitions; statistics; transfers; priorities; plans for elimination; public hearings; regulations; jurisdiction; costs; attorney's fees
Section 71:37E - Legal counsel for collective bargaining
Section 71:37F - Legal counsel for general purposes
Section 71:37G - Corporal punishment of pupils prohibited
Section 71:37H - Policies relative to conduct of teachers or students; student handbooks
Section 71:37H 1/2 - Delinquency complaint against student; suspension; hearing; expulsion upon conviction; appeal
Section 71:37H 3/4 - Suspension and expulsion on grounds other than those set forth in secs. 71:37H or 71:37H 1/2
Section 71:37I - Magnet school facilities; grants; application; approval; agreements; eligible costs; regulations
Section 71:37J - Magnet educational programs; reimbursement for cost; definition; contracts; joining programs
Section 71:37K - Business demonstration projects; disposition of proceeds
Section 71:37L - Notification to school personnel of reporting requirements for child abuse and neglect; reports of students possessing or using dangerous weapons on school premises; transferred students' school records
Section 71:37M - Consolidation of administrative functions with city or town
Section 71:37N - Student travel policy
Section 71:37O - Bullying in schools prohibited; bullying prevention and intervention plans; report of bullying
Section 71:37P - School resource officers; model school resource officer memorandum of understanding review commission
Section 71:37Q - Mental health support of students
Section 71:37R - Two-way communication devices for communicating with police and fire departments during emergency
Section 71:38 - Employment of teachers, aides, principals, etc.; designation of Horace Mann teachers; performance evaluations; performance standards
Section 71:38A - Duties; appointment of director of occupational guidance, duties of director
Section 71:38C - Status of director of occupational guidance
Section 71:38D - District directors of occupational guidance; appointment
Section 71:38F - Fees for services of directors of occupational guidance; prohibition; penalty for violation
Section 71:38G - Certification for certain teaching and administrative positions; provisional and standard certificates; policies and guidelines regarding requirements and qualifications; applications; recommendations; review; continuing education; certificate renewal
Section 71:38G 1/2 - Specialist teacher endorsement in transition services; transition of students with disabilities to post-school activities
Section 71:38G 3/4 - Guidelines for plans to increase diversity among teaching, administration and staff positions of districts
Section 71:38H - School librarian and school library supervisor or co-ordinator; tenure
Section 71:38I - Reimbursement of teachers for tuitions and fees
Section 71:38K - Public relations bureau in school departments; establishment
Section 71:38M - Student advisory committees; student outreach coordinator
Section 71:38N - Proposed annual budgets; public hearings required; quorum
Section 71:38O - Sex education advisory committees
Section 71:38P - School psychologists; tenure
Section 71:38Q - Professional development plans; statewide assistance plan
Section 71:38Q 1/2 - Curriculum accommodation plan
Section 71:38R - Criminal background check of current or prospective school employees, volunteers, or those having direct and unmonitored contact with children; access to criminal offender records; fingerprint-based criminal background checks
Section 71:39 - Teacher's application forms; questions concerning religion or politics
Section 71:40 - Compensation of teachers; deferred payment
Section 71:41 - Tenure of teachers and superintendents; persons entitled to professional teacher status; dismissal; review
Section 71:41A - Leaves of absence of professional staff
Section 71:41B - Peace corps volunteers; leaves of absence
Section 71:42 - Dismissal or demotion of teachers or other employees of school or school district; arbitration
Section 71:42B - Rights of school employees in regional districts
Section 71:42C - Records of teachers; inspection
Section 71:42D - Suspension of district employees
Section 71:43 - Reduction of salaries; conditions
Section 71:44 - Restrictions on teachers' political rights; prohibition
Section 71:45 - Procurement of teaching positions; regulation of fees; penalty for violation
Section 71:47 - Athletic programs; school organizations; regulations
Section 71:47A - Athletic coaches; employment; current certification in CPR required
Section 71:48 - Textbooks and school supplies
Section 71:48A - School safety patrol; establishment
Section 71:48B - Uniforms of school employees
Section 71:49 - Purchase of textbooks by pupils
Section 71:49A - Orders for materials and equipment; contracts for services
Section 71:50 - Change of school books
Section 71:51 - Exhibition of school work at expositions
Section 71:52 - Compensation
Section 71:53 - School physicians and nurses
Section 71:53A - Employment of medical personnel by superintendency district or union; compensation; removal
Section 71:53B - Towns within a superintendency district or union; liability for appointing physicians and nurses
Section 71:54 - Physical examination of school personnel
Section 71:54A - Physician or person trained in emergency medical care; assignment to interscholastic football games
Section 71:54B - Administration of medications in school settings; regulations
Section 71:54C - Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools
Section 71:55 - Contagious diseases; regulations
Section 71:55A - Sick, injured or incapacitated pupils; procedure for handling; emergency first aid or transportation; teachers, et al. exempted from civil liability
Section 71:55B - [Repealed]
Section 71:55C - Eye protection devices
Section 71:55D - Notification to parents of sanitization of borrowed musical wind instruments; sterilization
Section 71:56 - Sick children; notification to parents
Section 71:57 - Physical examination of pupils
Section 71:57A - Students with potential indicators of neurological learning disabilities; guidelines for development of screening procedures
Section 71:59 - Superintendent of schools; appointment; compensation; powers and duties
Section 71:59A - Superintendents of schools in small towns; appointment; state aid for compensation
Section 71:59B - Principals; appointment; compensation; duties; appointment of other personnel
Section 71:59C - School councils; members; meetings; duties
Section 71:59D - School-community partnerships; grant program
Section 71:61 - Superintendent of schools; employment by a town union
Section 71:62 - Readjustment of town unions; addition or subtraction of towns
Section 71:63 - School committees forming union to employ superintendent; powers and duties; removal of union superintendent of schools
Section 71:64 - Union superintendent; compensation
Section 71:67 - Superintendents of schools; penalty for accepting fees for obtaining positions; employment of immediate family of certain persons prohibited
Section 71:68 - Duties of towns to maintain schools; transportation of children; school building committee representation
Section 71:69 - Display of national flags; pledge of allegiance; penalty for violation
Section 71:69A - Plaque reading "For God and Country"; placing on public school buildings
Section 71:70 - Location of schools
Section 71:71 - Use of school property; purposes
Section 71:71A - Highway safety stations; designation
Section 71:71B - Adult physical fitness programs
Section 71:71C - Community school programs; receipts; deposit and expenditure
Section 71:71D - Prepayment of tuition to private schools or program sources
Section 71:71E - Appropriations for and expenditure of receipts from adult education and continuing education programs
Section 71:71F - Nonresident or foster care students; deposit of tuition payments and state reimbursements; expenditures and appropriations
Section 71:72 - Sale of lunches
Section 71:72A - School lunch programs
Section 71:72B - [Repealed]
Section 71:73 - Closing of school for teachers' meetings
Section 71:74 - Management of schools funds by private corporations
Section 71:75 - Extended courses of instruction
Section 71:76 - Extended courses of instruction; rules of admission
Section 71:77 - Extended courses of instruction; establishment by two or more towns
Section 71:79 - Extended courses of instruction; issuance of degrees
Section 71:80 - Lunch period for teachers
Section 71:81 - Junior colleges; restriction on establishment
Section 71:82 - Public secondary schools; right of students to freedom of expression; limitations; definitions
Section 71:83 - Dress and appearance of students protected
Section 71:84 - Discipline of students on matters unrelated to school-sponsored activities prohibited
Section 71:85 - Guidelines implementing secs. 82 to 84; rules and regulations; adoption; emergencies; procedures
Section 71:86 - Application of secs. 83 to 85
Section 71:87 - Intelligence test scores; records
Section 71:88 - Military recruiters; on-campus recruiting opportunities
Section 71:89 - Charter schools; Horace Mann charter schools; applications; enrollment; funding
Section 71:90 - Classroom placement of twins or higher order multiples
Section 71:91 - Recovery high schools
Section 71:92 - Innovation schools
Section 71:93 - Internet safety measures in public schools
Section 71:94 - Commonwealth virtual schools
Section 71:95 - [See also Version 2 as added by a different 2014 act] Reimbursement aid to qualifying municipalities for costs incurred for federal military reservation students
Section 71:95 - [See also Version 1 as added by a different 2014 act] Suicide awareness and prevention training
Section 71:96 - Substance abuse prevention policies in public schools; filing of policies with department
Section 71:97 - Utilization of verbal screening tool for substance use disorders
Section 71:98 - Instruction on the history of genocide for middle and high school students
Section 71:98A - Resources relative to antisemitism and societal bias
Section 71:99 - [Multiple Versions] Purple Star Campuses
Section 71:99 - [Multiple Versions] School Transportation Reimbursement Fund
Section 71:100 - Instruction in age-appropriate media literacy skills
Section 71:101 - Diversity, equity and inclusion officer; diversity team