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DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 1— Purpose
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 1A— Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 2— Early education and care department; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 3— Board of early education and care; duties; membership; appointments; length of term; purpose
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 3A— State advisory council on early education and care; membership; reimbursement of expenses; terms; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 4— Commissioner; appointment; removal; qualifications; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 4A— Sub-state regions for licensure of child care centers and family child care homes; community plans; region-wide improvement plans; state-wide coordination of services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 5— Workforce development system; implementation plan
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 6— License required for operation of child care programs; maintaining child in family foster care; placement; approval of foster homes; advertisement or notice for placement of child under 16 years of age
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 7— Issuance of license or approval to persons or department, agency and institution meeting applicable standards and requirements; provisional license or approval
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 7A— Application of sections 6 and 7 to child care on military installations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 8— Adoption of regulations by board; classifications for licensure or approval; medical treatment exemptions; fines; consultation; report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 9— Inspection of facilities; investigation and evaluation of notices of abuse or neglect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 10— Suspension, revocation, etc. of license or approval; annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 11— Program quality standards and requirements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 12— Measurement of performance and effectiveness of programs providing early education and care and services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 12A— Standards for the prohibiting or limiting use of suspension and expulsion
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 12B— Data advisory commission; composition; report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 13— Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 13A— Child care financial assistance program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 14— Background information on prospective adoptive families; registration of placement agency with adoptive resource exchange
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 15— Penalties for violations of Sec. 6
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 16— Entry and inspection of facilities; court order
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 17— Provisions in which family child care providers considered public or state employees; prohibitions regarding work stoppages; limitations regarding bargaining; representatives
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 18— Grants for development of eligible facilities for licensed early care and education and out of school time programs; Early Education and Out of School Time Capital Fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 19— Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 20— Operational grant program for early education and care providers; eligible uses for operational grants; formula for distributing operational grants; conditions for receiving grant; compliance standards; reporting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 21— Early education and care career ladder
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, § 22— Imagination Library of Massachusetts program