§ 1 Policy and goals
§ 3A Statewide educational technology plan; goals; development and implementation
§ 4 Board of higher education; membership
§ 5 Public institutions of higher education system
§ 5A Governor Foster Furcolo Community Colleges
§ 6 Department of higher education; Commissioner; other employees; appointments; salaries; powers and duties
§ 7 Mission statements; development, approval and adoption
§ 7A Board of higher education; performance measurement system
§ 8 Inoperative. See 1991, 142, Sec. 49
§ 9 Powers and duties of council
§ 9A American Sign Language
§ 9B Needs-based financial assistance program; scholarships; guidelines
§ 10 Definitions
§ 11 Council actions permitted to aid and contribute to performances of educational and other purposes of community colleges
§ 12 Council actions permitted to provide for HEFA expenses and for payments of indebtedness incurred on behalf of community colleges or affiliates
§ 13 HEFA; sale or lease of buildings, lands or other property; proceeds
§ 14 Powers under Secs. 11 and 12 exercised on behalf of University of Massachusetts and affiliates
§ 15 Estimate of ordinary maintenance and revenues; capital outlay requests; allocation of appropriations
§ 15B Budget cycle; preparation and submission of budget requests; comments and recommendations
§ 15C Expenditures and revenues; management and accounting reporting system
§ 15D Personnel administrative reporting and information system
§ 15E Public higher education endowment incentive and capital outlay contribution program; matching formula; termination of program
§ 15F Community college workforce training incentive program
§ 15G Stackable credentials
§ 16 Scholarship programs; guidelines
§ 16A High demand targeted scholarship program; eligibility; duties and responsibilities of the board and Massachusetts state scholarship office; annual report
§ 17 Teaching learning corps program
§ 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
§ 19 Tuition and fee waiver program; guidelines; annual report
§ 19A Student loan repayment program; guidelines; expenses for administration
§ 19B Teacher signing bonus program; regulations
§ 19C Master teacher corps program; regulations
§ 19D Scholarship program known as tomorrow’s educators program; guidelines
§ 19E Principal and superintendent recruitment program
§ 20 Educational opportunities information center
§ 21 Board of trustees for Sec. 5 institutions; membership; qualifications; tenure; vacancies
§ 22 Board of trustees of community colleges or state universities; powers and duties
§ 22A Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center; establishment; powers and duties of board
§ 23 Board of trustees; estimate for institution’s ordinary maintenance and revenues
§ 24 Board of trustees; authorized purchases
§ 24A Cooperative purchasing; Massachusetts higher education consortium
§ 25 Refusal to elect and contract with blind teaching candidates
§ 26 Summer sessions; evening classes
§ 27 Dormitories; nonsmoking rooms; rules and regulations
§ 28 Establishment and maintenance of bank branch on grounds of public higher education institutions
§ 29 Definitions; use of student fee funds for legislative agents’ costs
§ 30 Developmentally disabled residents; waiver of standardized college entrance aptitude tests
§ 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
§ 31 Administrative expenses; determination of qualifying expenditures
§ 32 Student assessment system
§ 33 Report assessing overall faculty productivity and teacher effectiveness
§ 34 Benchmark study of public higher education system
§ 35 Professional development schools grant program
§ 36 Public schools’ eligibility for funds through professional development schools grant program
§ 37 Foundations created for public institutions of higher education; governing boards; annual reports; audits
§ 38 Military recruiters; on-campus recruiting
§ 39 Secondary education students qualified to enroll in higher education institutions
§ 40 Optional retirement system; providers; regulations; participation; funds
§ 41 Fees for approval of articles or certificates; revenue
§ 42 Award of academic credit for student’s military occupation, training, coursework and experience; educational credit for exams funded through Department of Defense
§ 43 Immunity from academic or financial penalties for postsecondary students performing military service on behalf of the United States
§ 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
§ 45 Establishment and implementation of comprehensive training program
§ 46 Medication abortion readiness plans; amendment or revision; determination of adequacy of plan
§ 47 Public University Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund
§ 191/2 Tuition, fees and room and board waiver for surviving child of parent who died as a result of injuries sustained during active and full-time military service while outside the United States
§ 193/4 Armed forces in-state student classification; member; spouse; unemancipated person whose parent or guardian is a member of the armed forces
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 15A - Public Education

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Other entity: includes a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.