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MA Gen L ch 74 § 42e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42e - Standards; Courses of Instructions; Powers of Trustees

Section 42E. The trustees shall maintain high educational standards at the college and the institute and shall have complete authority to establish, support, consolidate or abolish classes, courses and curricula whenever and wherever required in meeting the needs of the college and institute and the citizens of the commonwealth. The trustees shall establish appropriate qualifications and standards for admission, promotion and graduation.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42f - Rules and Regulations; Meetings of Trustees; Quorum

Section 42F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except as herein provided, the trustees may adopt, amend or repeal such rules and regulations for the government of the college or institute, for the management, control and administration of its affairs, for its faculty, students and employees, and for the regulation of their own body, as they may deem necessary, and may impose reasonable penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations. The trustees shall publish such rules and regulations and shall file copies thereof with the governor, the commission on administration and finance, and the joint committee on ways and means. The trustees shall determine the time and place of their meetings and the manner of giving notice thereof. Nine members shall constitute a quorum.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42g - Delegation of Powers by Trustees

Section 42G. The trustees may, except as to duties imposed or powers granted under sections forty-two E and forty-two F, delegate their authority or any portion thereof to the president or any other officer of the college and of the institute whenever in their judgment such delegation may be necessary or desirable.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42h - Audit of Accounts

Section 42H. All accounts of the college or institute, as the case may be, under the direction of the board of trustees, including the accounts of all property or funds received, held or disbursed by the trustees under any provision of section forty-two L, shall be audited by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42i - Budget

Section 42I. The trustees shall prepare and submit a detailed budget in such form and manner as the governor and general court may direct.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42j - Appropriations

Section 42J. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the general court shall annually appropriate such sums as it deems necessary for the maintenance, operation and support of the college and the institute, and such appropriations shall be made available by the appropriate state officials for expenditure through allotment, transfer within and among subsidiary accounts, advances from the state treasury in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter twenty-nine, or for disbursement on certification to the state comptroller in accordance with the provisions of section eighteen of said chapter twenty-nine, as may from time to time be directed by the trustees or an officer of the college or institute designated by the trustees.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42k - Receipts and Expenditures; Annual Report; Monthly Statements; Accounting System

Section 42K. A complete financial report covering all receipts and expenditures shall be made annually to the governor and the general court. Monthly statements of receipts and expenditures shall be made to the state comptroller. The trustees shall see that there is maintained an accounting system as required by the state comptroller and the trustees may maintain such additional accounts as they deem necessary for the management of the college and the institute.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42l - Special Trusts, etc.; Management

Section 42L. The trustees of the college and the trustees of the institute shall administer property held in accordance with special trusts, and shall also administer grants or devises of land and gifts or bequests of personal property made to the commonwealth for the use of said college or institute, and execute said trusts, investing the proceeds thereof in notes or bonds secured by sufficient mortgages or other securities. The trustees shall have the authority to assent to federal laws designed to benefit said college or institute and to enter into agreements or contracts with the federal government or agencies thereof, as well as into agreements or contracts with agencies of other governments, other colleges and universities, foundations, corporations, interstate compact agencies and individuals where such agreements or contracts, in the judgment of the trustees, will promote the objectives of the college and the institute.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42m - College and Institute Property; Management and Administration

Section 42M. The trustees shall, on behalf of the commonwealth, manage and administer the college and the institute, and all property, real and personal, belonging to the commonwealth and occupied or used by said college or institute, and shall keep in repair houses, buildings and equipment so used or occupied.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42n - Purchases

Section 42N. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the trustees of the college or an officer of the college designated by them and the trustees of the institute or an officer of the institute designated by them shall have the authority to make any purchase or purchases in the amount of five hundred dollars or less, and to purchase without limitation of amount library books and periodicals, educational and scientific supplies and equipment, printing and binding, emergency repairs and replacement parts, and perishable items, without recourse to any other state board, bureau, department or commission; provided, that in so doing the college or institute shall follow modern methods of purchasing and shall, wherever practicable, invite competitive bids. Except as herein provided, the state purchasing agent shall on the certification of availability of funds purchase all items specified on requisitions submitted to him by the college and by the institute; provided, that the college and the institute shall have the right to review all bids received on college or institute requisitions and to make binding recommendation on the award of the contract based on the judgment of the college or institute as to which of the bids best meet the specification of the college or institute on which the bids were received.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42p (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42p - Travel Policy

Section 42P. The trustees shall have complete authority in determining the travel policy of the college and the institute. They shall determine which of the college personnel and which of the institute personnel may travel within and without the commonwealth at state expense and where such personnel may travel.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42q (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42q - Control, Movement and Parking of Motor Vehicles

Section 42Q. The trustees shall make rules and regulations for the control, movement and parking of vehicles on the campus of the college and the institute, and may provide reasonable penalties for the violation of said rules and regulations. The trustees may appoint as police officers persons in the employ of the college and the institute who in the enforcement of said rules and regulations and throughout the college and the institute property shall have the powers of police officers, except as to service of civil process. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fines and penalties recovered for violation of rules and regulations made under authority of this section shall be accounted for by the clerk of the court and forwarded to the trustees of the college or to the trustees of the institute, as the case may be, to be deposited in the scholarship trust fund of said college or institute for scholarship purposes.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 43 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 43 - Acceptance of Gifts

Section 43. The board of trustees of said college and of said institute shall be a corporation for the purpose of taking by gift, bequest or devise any real or personal property.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 44 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 44 - Reports

Section 44. The commissioner shall make an annual report as to said college, and said institute, containing a concise statement as to its buildings, equipment, and resources, its courses and methods of instruction, the number of teachers and students during the preceding school year and the number of graduates.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 45 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 45 - Insurance

Section 45. The board of trustees of said college and of said institute may insure the buildings of said institutes and their contents in such amount as it deems sufficient.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 46 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 46 - Tuition

Section 46. The yearly tuition at said college and at said institute for day students who are non-residents of the commonwealth shall not be less than one hundred and fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 46a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 46a - Functions; Testing of New and Useful Improvements in Textile Machinery and Apparatus

Section 46A. Said college and said institute may make, under such regulations as their respective boards of trustees may from time to time prescribe, tests, comparative or otherwise, of new and useful improvements in textile machinery or of apparatus, dyes, compounds, processes, methods or means, directly or indirectly relating to the manufacture of textiles or to the machinery, tools, appliances and materials used in connection therewith. The person for whom any such test is made shall pay therefor on account of the commonwealth a sum not less than the actual cost thereof, including a reasonable amount for overhead expense. No such test shall be undertaken by said college or said institute which in the opinion of the trustees will be likely to interfere with the regular, efficient and proper exercise of school functions. In the making of such tests preference shall be given to citizens of, and to corporations organized under the laws of, the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 52 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 52 - Nautical Schools

Section 52. A town may establish and maintain, upon shore or upon vessels at the election of the school committee, one or more schools for training young persons in nautical duties. School committees may excuse persons attending such schools from attendance at other schools.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 54 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 54 - Establishment and Maintenance of Schools for Institutional On-Farm Training for World War II and Korean Emergency Veterans

Section 54. The board of higher education may establish and maintain, in cooperation with local public or vocational school authorities, one or more schools for institutional on-farm training for veterans of World War II and for veterans of the Korean emergency. Said board may contract or agree with said local school authorities, in such centers as may be selected, for the establishment of such schools, for the use of quarters therefor, for the payment of the cost of operation thereof and equipment therefor, and for local supervision and administration of the training program.  Said board shall appoint, and may remove, the teaching personnel of such schools, shall determine the rates of salary for said personnel, shall pay the costs of instructional and supervisory travel of such personnel, and shall purchase, or provide for the purchase of, approved texts for trainees at said schools. Said board shall employ such additional supervisory and clerical personnel as may be needed by it in the carrying out of the training programs under this section. Said board may contract with the Veterans' Administration for the purpose of procuring reimbursement to the commonwealth for approvable costs of conducting and administering said training courses for veterans of World War II. Said board may contract with and collect from veterans of the Korean emergency tuition for said training.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 56 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 56 - Program for Expansion of Not-for-Credit Vocationally-Oriented Instruction

Section 56. The district trustees shall establish a program, in collaboration with the advisory committee, the director of the department of career services and a representative of the local workforce investment board, to expand not-for-credit vocationally-oriented instruction provided through contracts with commonwealth employers. The program shall allow interested business partners to sponsor a prospective or current employee for training provided by the vocational school at the expense of the employer. Each vocational school shall report not later than December 31 annually to the commissioner of education on the level of not-for-credit vocationally-oriented instruction provided in the preceding fiscal year and the anticipated level of such instruction in the current fiscal year. The report shall detail enrollment levels, revenues received, sources of revenues, recruitment tools, the number of service contracts established with commonwealth employers and such other information as the commissioner may require. The commissioner shall prepare a comprehensive report of the information and present copies of the report to the board of higher education and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on labor and workforce development not later than March 31 annually.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 58 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 58 - Use of Tobacco Products Within School Buildings or Facilities or on School Grounds

Section 58. No person shall use a tobacco product, as defined in section 6 of chapter 270, within the school buildings or facilities or on the grounds or school buses of a public or private vocational school or at a vocational school-sponsored event.  Each school committee or board of trustees shall establish a policy regarding violations of this section. The policy may include, but shall not be limited to, mandatory education classes on the hazards of using tobacco products.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 1 - Status; Governing Body

Section 1. There shall be a University of Massachusetts, consisting of campuses to be maintained at Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and Worcester, which shall continue as a public institution of higher learning within the system of public higher education and shall be governed by the board of trustees established herein. In addition to the authority, responsibility, powers and duties specifically conferred by this chapter, the board of trustees shall have all authority, responsibility, rights, privileges, powers and duties customarily and traditionally exercised by governing boards of institutions of higher learning. In exercising such authority, responsibility, powers and duties said board shall not in the management of the affairs of the university be subject to, or superseded by, any other state agency, board, bureau, commission, department or officer, except as provided in section 14A of chapter 6A, sections 44 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 7C, chapter fifteen, chapter fifteen A or in this chapter. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 2a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 2a - Branch Banks on University Grounds Authorized

Section 2A. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, the board of bank incorporation or the commissioner of banks is hereby authorized to allow a bank, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven, to establish and maintain a branch on the grounds of the university, all branches individually, provided that the board of trustees of said university shall determine the method and terms of the lease if applicable or rental thereof.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 3 - Rules and Regulations

Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except as herein provided, the trustees may adopt, amend or repeal such rules and regulations for the government of the university, for the management, control and administration of its affairs, for its faculty, students and employees, and for the regulation of their own body, as they may deem necessary, provided that such rules and regulations shall be subject to the provisions of sections eleven A and eleven A.5 of chapter thirty A.  The trustees shall publish such rules and regulations and shall file copies thereof with the clerk of the senate who shall forward said copies to the governor, the commissioner of administration and finance, and the joint committee on ways and means.  The trustees may impose reasonable penalties for the violation of the rules and regulations provided for in this section.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 3a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 3a - Delegation of Powers by Trustees

Section 3A. The trustees may, except as to duties imposed or powers granted under sections two, three, four and five, delegate their authority or any portion thereof to the president or other officers of the university whenever in their judgment such delegation may be necessary or desirable.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 4 - Meetings of Trustees; Quorum; Executive Sessions

Section 4. The trustees shall determine the time and place of their meeting. Nine members shall constitute a quorum. Meetings of the board of trustees shall be subject to the provisions of said sections eleven A and eleven A.5 of said chapter thirty A; provided, that in addition to the purposes enumerated in said section eleven A.5, the trustees may hold an executive session for the following purposes:—  (1) to consider the award of honorary degrees;  (2) to consider the award of tenure to a member of the faculty.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 5 - Seal

Section 5. The university may have a common seal, which may be altered by the trustees.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 6 - Audit of Accounts

Section 6. All accounts of the university under the direction of the trustees, including the accounts of all property or funds received, held or disbursed by the trustees under any provision of section eleven, shall be audited by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 7 - Budget

Section 7. The trustees shall prepare and submit a detailed budget in such form and manner as the governor, secretary and general court may direct.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 8 - Appropriations

Section 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the general court shall annually appropriate such sums as it deems necessary for the maintenance, operation and support of the university; and such appropriations shall be made available by the appropriate state officials for expenditure through allotment, transfer within and among subsidiary accounts, advances from the state treasury in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter twenty-nine, or for disbursement on certification to the state comptroller in accordance with the provisions of section eighteen of said chapter twenty-nine, as may from time to time be directed by the trustees or an officer of the university designated by the trustees.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 9 - Insurance

Section 9. The trustees may insure the memorial building and its contents in such amount as they deem sufficient.
MA Gen L ch 75 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts|Section 10 - Receipts and Expenditures; Annual Report; Monthly Statements; Accounting System

Section 10. A complete financial report covering all receipts and expenditures shall be made annually to the governor and the general court. Monthly statements of receipts and expenditures shall be made to the state comptroller. The trustees shall see that there is maintained an accounting system as required by the state comptroller and the trustees may maintain such additional accounts as they deem necessary for the management of the university.