SECTION 1. Maintenance; double sessions; subjects; twelve-month school year

SECTION 1A. Period of silence

SECTION 1B. Voluntary prayer

SECTION 1C. Workshops on rights of students and their parents under special education laws of the commonwealth and the federal government

SECTION 2. Teaching of history and social science; professional development; student-led civic projects; commonwealth civics challenge

SECTION 2A. Use of tobacco products within school buildings or facilities or on school grounds

SECTION 2B. Courses in American sign language

SECTION 2C. Implementation of policy and discipline code addressing teen dating violence in public schools

SECTION 3. Physical education

SECTION 4. High schools; maintenance; diplomas awarded to veterans

SECTION 4A. Failure to keep schools open for required period; penalty

SECTION 5. Repealed, 1948, 643, Sec. 2

SECTION 6. Education in out-of-town high schools

SECTION 6A. Admission of students from outside Commonwealth

SECTION 7. Repealed, 1947, 679, Sec. 5

SECTION 7A. Transportation of pupils; payment of costs; limitations

SECTION 7B. Transportation of pupils; reimbursement of costs; determination of amount; use of funds

SECTION 7C. Bus transportation programs; financial assistance

SECTION 8, 9. Repealed, 1948, 643, Sec. 2

SECTION 10. Expenses of physically disabled children

SECTION 11. High school; definition

SECTION 12. Repealed, 1969, 254, Sec. 6

SECTION 13. Requested courses; school committee approval

SECTION 13A to 13C. Repealed, 1972, 215, Sec. 2

SECTION 13D. High schools; required subjects; driver training

SECTION 13E. Repealed, 1972, 215, Sec. 2

SECTION 13F. Broadcast and television facilities; cost of program; executive committee for educational television

SECTION 13G. Executive committee for educational television; rules and regulations; personnel

SECTION 13H. Educational television program fund; accounts and reports

SECTION 13I. Executive committee for educational television; powers and duties

SECTION 14. Regional school district planning committee; creation; membership

SECTION 14A. Duties of planning board

SECTION 14B. Regional school districts; formation; procedure

SECTION 14C. Lease or sale of property to regional school districts

SECTION 14D. Regional school district planning board; agreement; approval of indebtedness

SECTION 14E. Regional school district committee membership options

SECTION 15. Acceptance of organization provisions by electorate

SECTION 16. Regional school districts; status; powers and duties

SECTION 16A. Regional district school committee; selection, powers and duties of officers; signing of payroll and accounts payable warrants; audits

SECTION 16B. Budgets; apportionment of expenses

SECTION 16B1/2. Excess and deficiency fund; surplus funds used to reduce assessments

SECTION 16C. Regional school districts; school transportation

SECTION 16D. Aid from state

SECTION 16D1/2. Monies received as nonresident tuition or reimbursements from commonwealth for foster care children

SECTION 16E. Regional school districts; audits; payment of costs

SECTION 16F. Retirement system

SECTION 16G. Liability of towns for expenses of district

SECTION 16G1/2. Stabilization fund

SECTION 16H. Repealed, 2003, 46, Sec. 80

SECTION 16I. Severability of sections relating to regional school districts

SECTION 17. Repealed, 1991, 138, Sec. 336

SECTION 17A. Culinary arts program; special fund

SECTION 18. Evening schools

SECTION 19. Evening classes in high schools

SECTION 20. Notice of evening schools; publication; fees for instruction

SECTION 20A. Instructional Materials Trust Fund

SECTION 21. Continuation schools; establishment; conditions

SECTION 22. Attendance

SECTION 23. Use of existing educational facilities

SECTION 24. Cost of maintenance; source of funds

SECTION 25. Unemployed minors; attendance requirements

SECTION 26. Penalty for failure to establish or maintain school

SECTION 26A. Extended school services for children; establishment; conditions

SECTION 26B. Extended school services for children; organization and operation of plan

SECTION 26C. Extended school services for children; contributions and federal funds; use

SECTION 26D. Borrowing in anticipation of federal funds

SECTION 26E. Repealed, 1978, 367, Sec. 70E

SECTION 26F. Repealed, 1966, 14, Sec. 52

SECTION 27. Lectures

SECTION 28. Summer schools

SECTION 29. Repealed, 1979, 717, Sec. 3

SECTION 30. Moral education

SECTION 30A. Repealed, 1986, 195

SECTION 31. Bible reading

SECTION 31A. Guidelines for celebration of holidays authorized

SECTION 32. Observance of Memorial Day

SECTION 32A. Sex education; policy regarding notice to parents, exception

SECTION 33. Repealed, 1979, 439, Sec. 1

SECTION 34. Support of schools; appropriations; recommendations

SECTION 34A. Transcript of student's record; availability

SECTION 34B. Remedy for failure to furnish transcript of student's record

SECTION 34C. Repealed, 1965, 43

SECTION 34D. Student records; maintenance, storage, destruction, etc.; inspection by parent or guardian

SECTION 34E. Inspection of student records; persons authorized

SECTION 34F. Repealed, 1976, 50, Sec. 2

SECTION 34G. Private schools; transfer of transcripts upon ceasing operation

SECTION 34H. Noncustodial parents; receipt of information for child enrolled in public elementary or secondary schools; notice to custodial parent

SECTION 35. Beginning of term

SECTION 36. Secretary; appointment; duties

SECTION 36A. Orientation for school committee members

SECTION 37. Powers and duties; superintendent serving joint districts

SECTION 37A. Grants; acceptance and disbursement

SECTION 37B. Purchase of or making payments to annuities or investments

SECTION 37C. Promotion of racial balance

SECTION 37D. Racial imbalance; definitions; statistics; transfers; priorities; plans for elimination; public hearings; regulations; jurisdiction; costs; attorney's fees

SECTION 37E. Legal counsel for collective bargaining

SECTION 37F. Legal counsel for general purposes

SECTION 37G. Corporal punishment of pupils prohibited; use of physical restraint; regulations

SECTION 37H. Policies relative to conduct of teachers or students; student handbooks

SECTION 37H1/2. Felony complaint or conviction of student; suspension; expulsion; right to appeal

SECTION 37H3/4. Suspension or expulsion on grounds other than those set forth in Secs. 37H or 37H1/2

SECTION 37I. Magnet school facilities; grants; application; approval; agreements; eligible costs; regulations

SECTION 37J. Magnet educational programs; reimbursement for cost; definition; contracts; joining programs

SECTION 37K. Business demonstration projects; disposition of proceeds

SECTION 37L. Notification to school personnel of reporting requirements for child abuse and neglect and fires; reports of students possessing or using dangerous weapons on school premises; transferred students' school records

SECTION 37M. Consolidation of administrative functions with city or town

SECTION 37N. Policy for school-sponsored student travel

SECTION 37O. School bullying prohibited; bullying prevention and intervention plans; reporting of bullying incident date

SECTION 37P. School resource officers

SECTION 37Q. Mental health support plans

SECTION 37R. Possession and access to two-way communication device for communicating with police and fire departments during emergency situation

SECTION 38. Employment of teachers, aides, principals, etc.; designation of Horace Mann teachers; performance evaluations; performance standards

SECTION 38A. Duties; appointment of director of occupational guidance, duties of director

SECTION 38B. Repealed, 1978, 367, Sec. 70E

SECTION 38C. Status of director of occupational guidance

SECTION 38D. District directors of occupational guidance; appointment

SECTION 38E. Repealed, 1978, 367, Sec. 70E

SECTION 38F. Fees for services of directors of occupational guidance; prohibition; penalty for violation

SECTION 38G. Certification for certain teaching and administrative positions; provisional and standard certificates; policies and guidelines regarding requirements and qualifications; applications; recommendations; review; continuing education; renewal of certificate

SECTION 38G1/2. Specialist teacher endorsement in transition services; transition of students with disabilities to post-school activities

SECTION 38H. School librarian and school library supervisor or co-ordinator; tenure

SECTION 38I. Reimbursement of teachers for tuitions and fees

SECTION 38J. Repealed, 1995, 209, Sec. 2

SECTION 38K. Public relations bureau in school departments; establishment

SECTION 38L. Repealed, 1978, 512, Sec. 12

SECTION 38M. Student advisory committees

SECTION 38N. Proposed annual budgets; public hearings required; quorum

SECTION 38O. Sex education advisory committees

SECTION 38P. School psychologists; tenure

SECTION 38Q. Professional development plans; statewide assistance plan

SECTION 38Q1/2. Curriculum accommodation plan

SECTION 38R. Criminal background check of current or prospective school employee, volunteer, or other persons having direct and unmonitored contact with children; criminal offender record information; state and national fingerprint-based criminal background checks

SECTION 39. Teacher's application forms; questions concerning religion or politics

SECTION 40. Compensation of teachers; deferred payment

SECTION 41. Tenure of teachers and superintendents; persons entitled to professional teacher status; dismissal; review

SECTION 41A. Leaves of absence of professional staff

SECTION 41B. Leaves of absence; Peace Corps

SECTION 42. Dismissal or demotion of teachers or other employees of school or school district; arbitration

SECTION 42A. Repealed, 1993, 71, Sec. 45

SECTION 42B. Rights of school employees in regional districts

SECTION 42C. Records of teachers; inspection

SECTION 42D. Suspension of district employees

SECTION 43. Reduction of salaries; conditions

SECTION 43A, 43B. Repealed, 1993, 71, Sec. 49

SECTION 44. Restrictions on teachers' political rights; prohibition

SECTION 45. Procurement of teaching positions; regulation of fees; penalty for violation

SECTION 46 to 46B. Repealed, 1972, 766, Sec. 10

SECTION 46C. Repealed, 1968, 352, Sec. 2

SECTION 46D to 46F. Repealed, 1972, 766, Sec. 10

SECTION 46G. Repealed, 1995, 209, Sec. 4

SECTION 46H to 46M. Repealed, 1972, 766, Sec. 10

SECTION 47. Athletic programs; school organizations; student activity accounts

SECTION 47A. Athletic coaches; employment

SECTION 48. Textbooks and school supplies

SECTION 48A. School safety patrols; functions, limitations; liability

SECTION 48B. Uniforms of school employees

SECTION 49. Purchase of textbooks by pupils

SECTION 49A. Orders for materials and equipment; contracts for services

SECTION 50. Change of school books

SECTION 51. Exhibition of school work at expositions

SECTION 52. Compensation of school committee members

SECTION 53. School physicians and nurses

SECTION 53A. Employment of medical personnel by superintendency district or union; compensation; removal

SECTION 53B. Towns within a superintendency district or union; exemption from appointment requirement

SECTION 54. Examination of children and school personnel

SECTION 54A. Physician or person trained in emergency medical care; assignment to interscholastic football games

SECTION 54B. Administration of medications in school settings; regulations

SECTION 54C. Automated external defibrillators required at school facilities; certified AED providers; hardship waivers; personal liability; regulations

SECTION 55. Contagious diseases; regulations

SECTION 55A. Sick, injured or incapacitated pupils; procedure for handling; emergency first aid or transportation; exemption from civil liability

SECTION 55B. Repealed, 2003, 46, Sec. 81

SECTION 55C. Eye protective devices

SECTION 55D. Musical wind instruments; notification of sanitization and option to sterilize at parental expense

SECTION 56. Sick children; notification of parents

SECTION 57. Physical examination of pupils; eye examination, written report

SECTION 57A. Students with potential indicators of a neurological learning disability; guidelines for development of screening procedures

SECTION 58. Repealed, 1945, 543, Sec. 1

SECTION 59. Superintendent of schools; appointment; compensation; powers and duties

SECTION 59A. Superintendents of schools in small towns; appointment; state aid for compensation

SECTION 59B. Principals; appointment; compensation; duties; appointment of other personnel

SECTION 59C. School councils; members; meetings; duties

SECTION 59D. School-community partnerships; grant program

SECTION 60. Repealed, 1969, 254, Sec. 6

SECTION 61. Superintendent of schools; employment by a town union; termination of town participation in a union

SECTION 62. Readjustment of town unions

SECTION 63. School committees as joint committee; representation: meetings; employment of superintendent, removal

SECTION 64. Union superintendent; compensation

SECTION 65. Repealed, 1978, 367, Sec. 70E

SECTION 66. Repealed, 1958, 241

SECTION 67. Superintendents of schools; penalty for accepting fees for obtaining positions; employment of immediate family of certain persons prohibited

SECTION 68. Duties of towns to maintain schools; transportation of children; school building committee representation

SECTION 69. Display of national flags; pledge of allegiance; penalty for violation

SECTION 69A. Plaque reading ''For God and Country''; placement on public school buildings

SECTION 70. Location of schools

SECTION 71. Use of school property; purposes

SECTION 71A. Highway safety stations; designation, discontinuance

SECTION 71B. Adult physical fitness programs

SECTION 71C. Community school programs; receipts; deposit and expenditure

SECTION 71D. Prepayment of tuition to private schools or program sources

SECTION 71E. Appropriations for and expenditure of receipts from adult education and continuing education programs

SECTION 71F. Nonresident or foster care students; deposit of tuition payments and state reimbursements; expenditures and appropriations

SECTION 72. Sale of lunches

SECTION 73. Closing of school for teachers' meetings

SECTION 74. Management of schools funds by private corporations

SECTION 75. Extended courses of instruction

SECTION 76. Rules of admission

SECTION 77. Joint establishment of extended courses

SECTION 78. Repealed, 1978, 367, Sec. 70E

SECTION 79. Junior College designation, degrees

SECTION 80. Lunch period for teachers

SECTION 81. Junior colleges; restriction on establishment

SECTION 82. Public secondary schools; right of students to freedom of expression; limitations; definitions

SECTION 83. Dress and appearance of students protected

SECTION 84. Discipline of students on matters unrelated to school-sponsored activities prohibited

SECTION 85. Guidelines implementing Secs. 82 to 84; rules and regulations; adoption; emergencies; procedures

SECTION 86. Application of Secs. 83 to 85

SECTION 87. Intelligence test scores; records

SECTION 88. Military recruiters; on-campus recruiting opportunities

SECTION 89. Commonwealth charter schools; Horace Mann charter schools; applications; enrollment; employees; funding

SECTION 90. Classroom placement of twins or higher order multiples

SECTION 91. Recovery High School; definition; enrollment; student performance; rules and regulations; deduction of home school district allotment for failure to transfer funds as required

SECTION 92. Innovation Schools

SECTION 93. Policy regarding internet safety measures for schools providing computer access to students

SECTION 94. Commonwealth virtual schools

SECTION 95. Reimbursement aid to municipalities for costs incurred for federal military reservation students

SECTION 96. Substance use prevention and abuse education policies for public schools

SECTION 97. Verbal screening tool for substance abuse disorders