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Massachusetts General Laws > Part I > Title XII > Chapter 76 - School Attendance

Massachusetts General Laws > Part I > Title XII > Chapter 76 - School Attendance


Current as of: 2009
§ 1School attendance; requirements and exceptions
§ 1APupil absence notification programs
§ 2Duties of parents; penalty
§ 2AAttendance of deaf children; penalty
§ 3Attendance of illiterate minors; penalties
§ 4Inducing absences; penalty
§ 5Place of attendance; discrimination
§ 6Payment of tuition for non-resident children
§ 7Tuition; children under control of department of social services; foster care; reimbursement
§ 9High school tuition of children under control of department of public welfare, etc
§ 10Settlements of accounts between towns and department of public welfare, etc
§ 11Tuition of children in institutions
§ 12Attendance outside place of residence
§ 12APlan for attendance in public school to eliminate racial imbalance; adoption; financial and technical assistance
§ 12BDefinitions; attendance of school other than in city or town of residence of child; reports; tuition; parent information system; transportation reimbursement program; funding
§ 12CSchool Choice Tuition Trust Fund
§ 13Transfer cards
§ 14Island children; transportation
§ 15Vaccination and immunization
§ 15ASickle cell anemia; blood tests
§ 15BScreening programs, testing, treatment, etc. for sickle cell anemia and related genetically-linked diseases; rules and regulations; records and information, disclosure restricted
§ 15CImmunization of college health science students
§ 16Children excluded from school; remedies
§ 17Hearing prerequisite to exclusion
§ 18Notice to parent or guardian and meeting with school committee prerequisite to student permanently leaving school; annual report; application of section
§ 19Supervisors of attendance; employment
§ 20Powers and duties of supervisors of attendance
 
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Compulsory Attendance -- Age Beyond Which Attendance Not Required
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 Children must attend school to age 16
 
 Children must attend school to age 17
 
 Children must attend school to age 18
 
 No compulsory attendance law
 
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