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MA Gen L ch 74 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 2 - Commissioner of Education; Powers and Duties Regarding Vocational-Technical Education

Section 2. The commissioner, under the direction of the state board, shall investigate and promote vocational-technical schools, and initiate and superintend the establishment of schools for the aforesaid form of education and shall supervise and approve such schools as provided in sections one to thirty-seven, inclusive.  The commissioner, under the direction of the state board, shall approve or disapprove vocational-technical programs in accordance with regulations published by the board; provided, however, that said regulations shall more heavily favor an outcome-oriented approach for approval of such programs over a quantitative approach which solely measures time spent on lab instruction; provided, further, that said regulations shall consider a program's intention to integrate vocational and academic instruction and to train students in all aspects of a chosen industry.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 2a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 2a - Outside Work Projects of Students; Rules and Regulations

Section 2A. The commissioner shall establish rules and regulations to promote the employment of vocational-technical students during their studies by the city or town in which said students attend school, or in the case of a regional or county agricultural school district, the cities and towns comprising said district. Students shall not be permitted to perform work on projects which are outside such city or town unless said projects have exceptional value as determined by the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 2b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 2b - Construction Program Students; Low Income Housing

Section 2B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a city or town may provide for the construction of one and two family dwellings for persons of low income, by students in vocational-technical schools enrolled in construction programs.  No such construction shall be undertaken without the prior approval of the division of occupational education and in a city with the prior approval of the mayor and council or in a town with the prior approval of the town council, or if there is no town council, with the approval of the town meeting and board of selectmen.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 3 - Establishment in Towns; Management

Section 3. Towns may, through school committees or boards of trustees elected for not more than five years, and known as local trustees for vocational-technical education, establish and maintain independent or vocational-technical schools.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 4 - Establishment by Districts

Section 4. Independent vocational-technical schools may be established and maintained by districts composed of two or more towns, through boards to be known as district trustees for vocational-technical education, consisting either of the chairman and two other members of the school committees of each town, to be appointed by such committees, or of three residents of each, to be elected by the town. Pursuant to section 21 of chapter 15A, 1 member of said board shall be designated by the district trustees to serve as a non-voting member of the board of trustees for any community college that shares the same geographic region as the independent vocational-technical school. The designated member shall serve as a liaison between the 2 boards for the purposes of sharing information and developing policies that will promote greater interaction between the vocational-technical school and the community college while maximizing the educational resources available to individuals seeking to learn a trade or develop targeted employment skills.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 5 - District Trustees; Powers and Duties

Section 5. District trustees under the preceding section shall adopt, for one year or more, plans or organization, administration and support of such schools, which shall be binding on the towns made parties thereto, and shall not be altered or annulled except by two-thirds votes of such trustees, with the consent of the commissioner under the direction of the state board.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 5a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 5a - Establishment of Vocational-Technical Schools by Regional School Districts

Section 5A. Independent vocational-technical schools may be established under sections fourteen and fifteen of chapter seventy-one, if the agreement for the establishment of the regional school district, either as originally adopted or as subsequently amended, so provides, and for that purpose the regional district school committee shall have the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed by law upon local trustees for vocational-technical education, and may be known as a board of regional school district trustees for vocational-technical education.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 5b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 5b - Vocational-Technical Education Collaboratives

Section 5B. Regional school districts or cities and towns which are not members of vocational-technical regional school districts, may through educational collaboratives formed under the provisions of section four E of chapter forty, conduct vocational-technical education programs approved under the provision of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 6 - Advisory Committees

Section 6. Each school district, county agricultural school, collaborative or municipality operating an approved vocational-technical program shall, under a plan approved by the commissioner under the direction of the state board, appoint advisory committees composed of representatives of local business and industry related to the program, organized labor, parents and students, which shall consult with and advise the trustees and other school officials managing and supervising such schools.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 7 - Admission of Non-Resident Pupils

Section 7. Residents of towns in the commonwealth not maintaining approved independent distributive occupations, industrial, agricultural, vocational home economics and allied health occupations training schools offering the type of education desired, or children placed in such a town by the commissioner of children and families or by the trustees of the Massachusetts training schools, may, upon the approval of the commissioner under the direction of the state board, be admitted to a school in another town. In making his decision, the commissioner under the direction of the state board shall take into consideration the opportunities for free vocational training where the applicant resides, the financial status of such place, the age, preparation, aptitude and previous record of the applicant, and other relevant circumstances.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 7a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 7a - Pupils Placed in Schools by Department of Children and Families; Tuition

Section 7A. For the tuition in an approved vocational-technical program of any regional or county agricultural school district, city, town, independent school or collaborative of any pupil placed in such school by the department of children and families, the commonwealth or the city of Boston, as the case may be, shall pay to said school the tuition fee established by the commissioner under the direction of the state board.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 7b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 7b - Apprenticeship Program

Section 7B. An apprentice, as defined in section eleven H of chapter twenty-three shall, upon the concurrence of the commissioner of labor and industries, be approved by the commissioner under the direction of the state board for related vocational-technical training in any city, town, regional district or independent school, regardless of residential qualification. Related classes for an approved apprenticeship program shall be conducted in a single school system, unless the commissioner, in agreement with the commissioner of labor and industries, determines that it would be in the best interest of said program to conduct such classes in more than one such school system.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 7c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 7c - Persons Admitted to School in Town Other Than Resident Town; Payment of Tuition

Section 7C. Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-seven C of chapter twenty-nine, or of any other general or special law to the contrary, a town where a person resides who is admitted to the school of another town under section seven shall pay a tuition fee to be fixed by the commissioner under the direction of the state board, and in default of payment shall be liable therefor in contract to such other town. If an approved vocational school established by a regional school district or a public independent vocational school accepts a student who resides in a town, other than a member town of said district, which does not maintain such a vocational school, the town in which such student resides shall pay a tuition fee to be fixed by the regional district school committee or by the board of trustees of a public independent vocational school and approved by the commissioner under the direction of the state board; provided, however, that a town shall not be required to pay any portion of the tuition of any student residing therein who is enrolled in a post-secondary vocational program.  Tuition shall be paid in two equal installments in each school year of attendance, one in January and one in June, or on a pro-rated monthly basis if a nonresident student fails to apply for his first year of admission on or before April first of the preceding school year. The commissioner may direct that the resident community's tuition payment for said first year be paid in full in July of the fiscal year after the student completes his first year of nonresident attendance including the penalties that the commissioner may determine.  No tuition shall be payable under this section with respect to a student who has satisfactorily complete the twelfth grade or courses equivalent thereto and whose personal income exceeds eighteen thousand dollars, said amount to be adjusted periodically as recommended by the commissioner of education.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 8a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 8a - Transportation of Students

Section 8A. A municipality, wherein a person resides who is admitted to a day school in another municipality under section 7, shall, through its school committee, when necessary, provide for the transportation of such person, and shall, subject to appropriation, be entitled to state reimbursement to the full extent of the amount so expended; provided, that such a municipality wherein a person is placed by the department of children and families or the trustees of the Massachusetts training schools who is admitted as aforesaid to a day school in another municipality shall similarly provide for the transportation of such pupil to such school and shall, subject to appropriation, be entitled to state reimbursement to the full extent of the amounts so expended; provided further, that no transportation shall be provided for, or reimbursement made on account of, any pupil who resides less than 1 .5 miles from the school which he attends. A municipality shall not be required under the provisions of this section to provide for the transportation of a person who has completed the twelfth grade of school or the equivalent thereto.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 13 - Time for Holding Classes; Required Age of Students

Section 13. Independent industrial, agricultural, vocational home economics and allied health occupations schools may offer instruction in day, part time and evening classes. Independent distributive occupations schools may offer instruction in part time and evening classes only. Attendance upon such day or part time classes shall be restricted to those over fourteen years of age; and upon such evening classes, to those over sixteen years of age.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 14 - Practical Arts Classes; Required Age of Students

Section 14. Towns may, through school committees or trustees for vocational education, establish and maintain practical art classes. Such classes shall be open to persons over sixteen years of age, and may be established and maintained as approved state aided practical art classes under sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, so far as not inconsistent therewith.  Regional school districts established under sections fourteen and fifteen of chapter seventy-one, if the agreement for the establishment of the district, either as originally adopted or as subsequently amended, so provides, may through the regional district school committee establish and maintain such practical art classes.  School committees or trustees for vocational education may in addition to the courses approved by the department of education establish and maintain such evening practical art courses as in their opinion they deem expedient and necessary, and may, upon request to the state board and with its approval, hire provisionally in the absence of certified evening practical arts teachers such teachers who may not be certified but are qualified through experience to teach such practical arts courses until such time as such teachers are certified or certified evening practical arts teachers are available.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 14a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 14a - Practical Art Classes; Receipt and Use of Federal Funds

Section 14A. The commissioner under the direction of the state board, in the name and on behalf of the commonwealth, may apply for and receive, and thereafter expend for any or all of the purposes of section fourteen any funds received for any of such purposes from the federal government or any of its agencies.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 14b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 14b - Culinary Arts; Revolving Fund

Section 14B. In any city or town that accepts this section in the manner provided in section 4 of chapter 4 or in a regional school district that accepts it as provided in this section, any income received from the purchase and sale of products produced in the culinary arts subject area of the home economics program, or any other vocational-technical program conducted in any public vocational-technical high school shall be deposited in a special fund by the school committee in any banking institution in the commonwealth. Expenditures may be made from said fund by the school committee for purposes needed for the culinary arts subject area or in the case of a fund established for any other program, such funds may be expended for the purposes of such program area without further appropriation, notwithstanding section 53 of chapter 44; provided, however, that said special funds shall not be used to pay the salary of any employee. Three years from the year a city or town accepts the provisions of this section, and every third year thereafter, said city or town may act to rescind its original acceptance. The superintendent of a school district with such a fund shall submit annually a report of said fund to the mayor, city council, city manager, board of selectmen or town manager of each city and town in said district and a copy of said report shall be submitted to the director of the bureau of accounts. The provisions of this section shall be effective in any regional school district upon its acceptance by the school committee of said district and a majority of the towns and cities and said district by vote of the board of selectmen or city council of said cities and towns.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 15 - Instructions in Agriculture and Horticulture; Establishment

Section 15. Cities may establish and maintain schools for instructing families and individuals in day, part time or evening classes in gardening, fruit growing, floriculture, poultry raising, animal husbandry, and other branches of agriculture and horticulture. The location and organization thereof and the instruction given therein shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 16 - Establishment of Agricultural or Horticultural Classes; Advertising Requirement

Section 16. Before action taken under the preceding section, school committees shall circulate a description of the purposes and scope of the instruction to be given thereunder, and request applications for such instruction.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 17 - Acquisition of Land for Use of Agricultural Classes

Section 17. Boards or officers having power to take land for school purposes in cities may take, by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, land therein not already appropriated to public use, or lease or purchase land either within or without the city limits, for the purpose of section fifteen. A school committee may erect suitable building on land so acquired, and provide, on terms not involving loss to the city, for the use of plots of ground and for the temporary housing of pupils complying with its regulations and not having access to other land suitable for proper instruction.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 18 - Competency-Based Vocational-Technical Teacher Training Standards

Section 18. The state board shall establish basic competency-based vocational-technical teacher training standards which shall serve as the fundamental, pedagogical requirements for beginning vocational-technical instructors. The board shall further require that all persons seeking to meet the board's requirements shall have successfully passed performance and written tests in areas as determined by the board and shall have successfully completed an approved seminar on teaching skills and methods.  The commissioner under the direction of the state board shall encourage the establishment of a two year certificate program and a four year preservice program for the preparation of vocational-technical teachers. Said board shall promulgate regulations governing the administration of the vocational-technical education program and the establishment of criteria for the inclusion of the basic and two year programs.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 20 - Custodian of Federal Funds

Section 20. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of federal funds allocated to the commonwealth for vocational-technical education. The funds so allocated from the federal government shall be expended with specific appropriation under the direction of the state board.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 21 - Expenditure of Federal Funds

Section 21. Subject to section twenty, the funds received under the act of Congress may be paid out, on requisition of the state board, as reimbursement for expenses already incurred, to approved schools.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 22 - Use of Federal Funds

Section 22. The state board may use the funds received under the act of Congress mentioned in section twenty as supplementary to state aid for salaries of teachers of vocational-technical subjects in schools complying therewith. It may also use such funds (1), for salaries of teachers giving types of training selected by it as especially needing stimulus; or (2), for competency-base programs for the pedagogical preparation of teachers of vocations selected by it; or (3), to arrange with schools and colleges to give the training to teachers of vocations under its supervision; or (4), to enable local school authorities to conduct, under its supervision, inservice training of vocational technical teachers; or (5), for travel as provided for under said act of Congress. Such payments shall be subject to conditions prescribed by said board.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 22d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 22d - Cooperation With Federal Authorities for Rehabilitation of Veterans

Section 22D. Said state board is hereby directed to cooperate with the veterans administration in carrying out the provisions of federal laws and regulations relating to the rehabilitation of disabled veterans; to establish and maintain classes or courses for training as it is deemed advisable and necessary for the education, training and rehabilitation of disabled veterans and other veterans; to establish and maintain, or to assist in establishing or maintaining, with the consent of the commissioner of administration and finance, and with the approval of the governor, training facilities within the various institutions and departments of the federal government and of the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, located within the commonwealth; to cooperate with the veterans administration in the selection of the number of trainees to be placed in training, or otherwise to carry out the provisions of said federal laws and regulations.