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

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§ 1	School attendance; requirements and exceptions
§ 1A	Pupil absence notification programs
§ 2	Duties of parents; penalty
§ 2A	Attendance of deaf children; penalty
§ 3	Attendance of illiterate minors; penalties
§ 4	Inducing absences; penalty
§ 5	Place of attendance; discrimination
§ 6	Payment of tuition for non-resident children
§ 7	Tuition; children under control of department of social services; foster care; reimbursement
§ 9	High school tuition of children under control of department of public welfare, etc
§ 10	Settlements of accounts between towns and department of public welfare, etc
§ 11	Tuition of children in institutions
§ 12	Attendance outside place of residence
§ 12A	Plan for attendance in public school to eliminate racial imbalance; adoption; financial and technical assistance
§ 12B	Definitions; attendance of school other than in city or town of residence of child; reports; tuition; parent information system; transportation reimbursement program; funding
§ 12C	School Choice Tuition Trust Fund
§ 13	Transfer cards
§ 14	Island children; transportation
§ 15	Vaccination and immunization
§ 15A	Sickle cell anemia; blood tests
§ 15B	Screening programs, testing, treatment, etc. for sickle cell anemia and related genetically-linked diseases; rules and regulations; records and information, disclosure restricted
§ 15C	Immunization of college health science students
§ 16	Children excluded from school; remedies
§ 17	Hearing prerequisite to exclusion
§ 18	Notice to parent or guardian and meeting with school committee prerequisite to student permanently leaving school; annual report; application of section
§ 19	Supervisors of attendance; employment
§ 20	Powers and duties of supervisors of attendance

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