Massachusetts Chapter 15A — Public Education

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 1— Policy and goals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 2— Repealed, 2008, 27, Sec. 11
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 3— Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec. 9
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 3A— Statewide educational technology plan; goals; development and implementation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 4— Board of higher education; membership
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 4A— Repealed, 2014, 165, Sec. 29
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 5— Public institutions of higher education system
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 5A— Governor Foster Furcolo Community Colleges
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 5B— No cost community college program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 6— Department of higher education; Commissioner; other employees; appointments; salaries; powers and duties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 7— Mission statements; development, approval and adoption
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 7A— Board of higher education; performance measurement system
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 8— Inoperative. See 1991, 142, Sec. 49
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 9— Powers and duties of council
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 9A— American Sign Language
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 9B— Needs-based financial assistance program; scholarships; guidelines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 10— Definitions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 11— Council actions permitted to aid and contribute to performances of educational and other purposes of community colleges
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 12— Council actions permitted to provide for HEFA expenses and for payments of indebtedness incurred on behalf of community colleges or affiliates
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 13— HEFA; sale or lease of buildings, lands or other property; proceeds
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 14— Powers under Secs. 11 and 12 exercised on behalf of University of Massachusetts and affiliates
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 15— Estimate of ordinary maintenance and revenues; capital outlay requests; allocation of appropriations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 15A— [There is no 15A:15A.]
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 15B— Budget cycle; preparation and submission of budget requests; comments and recommendations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 15C— Expenditures and revenues; management and accounting reporting system
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 15D— Personnel administrative reporting and information system
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 15E— Public higher education endowment incentive and capital outlay contribution program; matching formula; termination of program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 15F— Community college workforce training incentive program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 15G— Stackable credentials
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 16— Scholarship programs; guidelines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 16A— High demand targeted scholarship program; eligibility; duties and responsibilities of the board and Massachusetts state scholarship office; annual report
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 17— Teaching learning corps program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 18— Qualifying student health insurance programs; participation; compliance procedures report; penalties for noncompliance; compliance with the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 19— Tuition and fee waiver program; guidelines; annual report
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 19A— Student loan repayment program; guidelines; expenses for administration
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 19B— Teacher signing bonus program; regulations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 19C— Master teacher corps program; regulations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 19D— Scholarship program known as tomorrow's educators program; guidelines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 19E— Principal and superintendent recruitment program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 19F— Early education and care educator scholarship program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 19G— Early education and care educator loan forgiveness program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 20— Educational opportunities information center
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 21— Board of trustees for Sec. 5 institutions; membership; qualifications; tenure; vacancies
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 22— Board of trustees of community colleges or state universities; powers and duties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 22A— Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center; establishment; powers and duties of board
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 23— Board of trustees; estimate for institution's ordinary maintenance and revenues
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 24— Board of trustees; authorized purchases
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 24A— Cooperative purchasing; Massachusetts higher education consortium
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 25— Refusal to elect and contract with blind teaching candidates
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 26— Summer sessions; evening classes
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 27— Dormitories; nonsmoking rooms; rules and regulations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 28— Establishment and maintenance of bank branch on grounds of public higher education institutions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 29— Definitions; use of student fee funds for legislative agents' costs
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 30— Developmentally disabled residents; waiver of standardized college entrance aptitude tests
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 30A— Developmentally disabled residents; waiver of requirements; guidelines to select students to participate in higher education; associated costs; behavioral policies; liability; duty of care; annual report
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 31— Administrative expenses; determination of qualifying expenditures
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 32— Student assessment system
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 33— Report assessing overall faculty productivity and teacher effectiveness
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 34— Benchmark study of public higher education system
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 35— Professional development schools grant program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 36— Public schools' eligibility for funds through professional development schools grant program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 37— Foundations created for public institutions of higher education; governing boards; annual reports; audits
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 38— Military recruiters; on-campus recruiting
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 39— Secondary education students qualified to enroll in higher education institutions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 40— Optional retirement system; providers; regulations; participation; funds
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 41— Fees for approval of articles or certificates; revenue
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 42— Award of academic credit for student's military occupation, training, coursework and experience; educational credit for exams funded through Department of Defense
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 43— Immunity from academic or financial penalties for postsecondary students performing military service on behalf of the United States
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 44— Readmission protections, privileges and immunities for members of armed forces attending educational institutions within the commonwealth; calculation of cumulative length of absence; exemption from academic or financial penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 45— Establishment and implementation of comprehensive training program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 46— Medication abortion readiness plans; amendment or revision; determination of adequacy of plan
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 47— Public University Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 48— Transfer of credits; MassTransfer program; MassTransfer Steering Committee
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 49— Transfer of credits; common course numbering system