Massachusetts Chapter 71B — Children With Special Needs
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 1— Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 2— Regulations; special education programs; pre-school level admission to programs; assignment of child; institutions of higher education
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 2A— Bureau of special education appeals; duties; director; supervision; standards for dispute resolution; confidentiality; hearing officers; memorandum of understanding; bureau of special education appeals advisory council
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 3— Identification of school age children with a disability; diagnosis of disability; proposal of program; evaluations and assessments of child and program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 3A— Administrator of special education; duties; joint appointment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 4— Agreements between school committees or with public or private schools
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 5— Costs or obligations; payment; budget
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 5A— Special education reimbursement program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 5B— Pooled risk program for extraordinary and unanticipated special education costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 5C— Zero interest loan program for extraordinary and unanticipated special education costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 6— Assignment of children to classes; annual report; equal educational opportunities; prima facie denial; hearings; injunctive or other relief
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 7— Tests for selection of children for referral, diagnosis, or evaluation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 8— Transportation to and from school; reimbursement to parents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 9— Department to define circumstances requiring special education programs and to provide standards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 9A— Workshop curriculum; parent advisory committee
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 10— Referral of children to institutions within or without the commonwealth on annual renewal basis upon request; requisites; expenses and cost
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 11— Repealed, 1991, 138, Sec. 144
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 11A— Incarcerated children with a disability; special education; sharing of personal data
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 12— School departments; establishment; administration; staff; operation; expenditures; costs of education
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 12A— Definitions applicable to Secs. 12A to 12C
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 12B— Bureau of transitional planning; transitional advisory committee; establishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 12C— Continuing habilitative services; eligibility; transitional plan; rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 13— Repealed, 1986, 599, Sec. 27
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 13A— Repealed, 1978, 367, Sec. 70J
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 14— Repealed, 2019, 132, Sec. 20
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 15— Repealed, 1983, 688, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 16— Students with disabilities; participation in high school graduation ceremonies and activities without award of high school diploma
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, § 17— Department of higher education discretionary grant program for inclusive concurrent enrollment options; beneficiaries; purpose; establishment of inclusive concurrent enrollment advisory board; annual report