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MA Gen L ch 74 § 22e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 22e - Employment of Teachers; Conditions

Section 22E. Any school committee or board of trustees for vocational education may elect a teacher who has served in its schools for not less than one school year to serve with professional teacher status under the same conditions and subject to the same limitations as is provided in sections forty-one, forty-two, forty-two A, forty-two D, forty-three, forty-three A and forty-three B of chapter seventy-one, which sections shall also apply to teachers for educational programs under this chapter. The provisions of this section shall apply to school librarians, school psychologists, school adjustment counselors, and school social workers entitled to tenure pursuant to the provisions of chapter seventy-one. The provisions of chapter thirty-two B, section one hundred C of chapter forty-one, sections thirty-seven B, thirty-eight I, forty, forty-one A and forty-eight of chapter seventy-one, and of sections seventeen B, seventeen C and seventeen D of chapter one hundred and eighty shall also apply to school personnel granted certificates in accordance with section thirty-eight G of chapter seventy-one and employed for vocational educational programs.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 23 - Independent Industrial Shoemaking School of the City of Lynn

Section 23. The independent industrial shoemaking school of the city of Lynn, established under chapter one hundred and seventy-four of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall be maintained by the city of Lynn as a state aided approved vocational school under and subject to sections one to twenty-two, inclusive; provided, that the trustees of said school shall consist of the mayor of Lynn, ex officio, and eight appointive members who shall be residents of Lynn and of whom two shall represent the laboring class. Two appointive members shall annually be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for terms of four years and until their successors are qualified. The trustees shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses, to be charged and paid as maintenance.  The trustees may determine the situation of said school, subject to the approval of the commissioner, and may expend annually for rent of suitable floor space for the school a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars until such time as it is deemed expedient to purchase, construct or alter a building for the use of the school. After the said school is established and equipped the city of Lynn shall annually raise by taxation such sums as may be needed for its maintenance and operation.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 24 - Smith Agricultural School; Maintenance; Superintendents

Section 24. Smith Agricultural School, established under chapter one hundred and fifty-one of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall be maintained by the city of Northampton as a state-aided approved vocational-technical school under and subject to sections one to twenty-two, inclusive; provided, however, that the superintendents of said school shall consist of the mayor and superintendent of schools of said city, ex officiis, and three other superintendents to be elected at its city election by ballot, as provided in the will of Oliver Smith, and that said superintendents shall have the powers of local trustees elected under section three. Upon the death or resignation of an elected superintendent of said school his successor shall be chosen by the city council and the remaining superintendents in joint convention, who shall serve until the next city election.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 24b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 24b - Public Secondary Vocational-Technical School Districts and Public Institutions of Higher Education; Coordination of Programs

Section 24B. The state board and the board of regents shall encourage the coordination of programs between public secondary vocational-technical school districts and public institutions of higher education. Said boards shall establish policies and procedures for the standardization of articulation agreements between the aforementioned institutions and that said boards shall meet annually to review the implementation of such policies and procedures.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 25 - County Agricultural Schools; State Aid for Maintenance; Conditions

Section 25. The Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school shall be maintained as state-aided, approved, independent vocational schools under sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, subject to sections twenty-six to thirty-seven, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 26 - Management; Appointment of Trustees

Section 26. There shall be a board of trustees for each of the schools enumerated in section twenty-five. The boards of trustees for the Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school shall each consist of the county commissioners, ex officiis, and four residents of the county, appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for four years. The term of one appointive trustee in each county shall expire each year.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 27 - Compensation of Trustees

Section 27. The trustees provided for in the preceding section shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses, to be charged and paid as maintenance.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 28 - Duties of Trustees; Preparation of Budget

Section 28. On or before December fifteenth the trustees of the schools mentioned in section twenty-five shall, in consultation with and with the approval of the commissioner, prepare estimates of the amounts necessary to equip and maintain their respective schools for the ensuing fiscal year as defined in section sixteen of chapter thirty-five. The amounts of such estimates shall be included by the respective county commissioners in the estimates required by section twenty-eight of chapter thirty-five.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 29 - Funds Raised by Taxation

Section 29. If any part of the amount estimated under the preceding section shall be authorized as part of the county taxes, the respective counties shall raise the said amounts by taxation.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 30 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 30 - Disposition of Income

Section 30. Miscellaneous income of the Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school, including the tuition of non-resident pupils and receipts from the sale of products and work of pupils, shall be paid to the county treasurer; provided, however, that all such income shall be appropriated and expended for the operation and purposes of the school or institute that paid the same to the county treasurer.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 31 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 31 - Receipt and Use of Gift

Section 31. The Bristol county agricultural school, the Essex agricultural and technical institute and the Norfolk county agricultural school may receive and use gifts deemed by the trustees and the commissioner consistent with the purposes thereof.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 31a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 31a - Transportation of Pupils

Section 31A. The trustees of the Essex agricultural and technical institute, the Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school may, if in their judgment the circumstances warrant, and it is not otherwise provided for, pay, in whole or in part, the costs of transporting any pupil who resides in a town in the county of Essex, the county of Bristol, or the county of Norfolk, as the case may be, between the town and the school, and such expenditure shall be deemed to be a proper maintenance item.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 31b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 31b - Supervision of Athletic and Other Organizations

Section 31B. The boards of trustees of the Bristol county agricultural school, the Essex agricultural and technical institute, and the Norfolk county agricultural school may supervise and control all athletic and other organizations composed of vocational agricultural school pupils and bearing the name of said school or organized in connection therewith. The trustees of each of said county agricultural schools may, directly or through authorized representatives, determine under what conditions the same may compete with similar organizations in other schools. Expenditures by said trustees for the organization and conduct of physical training and exercises, athletics, sports, practice sessions of athletic teams, games and play, for providing proper apparatus, equipment, supplies, athletic wearing apparel, including appropriate souvenir garments and trophies, and facilities for the same in the buildings, yards and playgrounds under the control of said trustees, or upon any other land which they may have the right or privilege to use for this purpose, and for exercises, athletics, sports, practice sessions of athletic teams, games and play, shall be deemed to be for school purposes and shall be considered to be a proper maintenance item for reimbursement purposes. Said trustees shall include in their annual budgets, with the approval of the commissioner, amounts sufficient for the employment of coaches, an athletic director, a faculty manager, and a physician to supervise in said county agricultural schools physical training and exercises, athletics, sports, games and play, and for the transportation of the school athletic teams, coaches, cheerleaders, bands and other groups composed of pupils of the said schools, within the commonwealth to places where athletic contests or physical exercises, sports, games, play, musical festivals, competitions or other events are held, and for the purchase of uniforms and musical instruments for the members of bands composed of pupils of said schools.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 32 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 32 - Admission of Non-Residents

Section 32. Any resident of the commonwealth over 14 years of age who resides in any town outside of a county in which a county agricultural school is located may be admitted to such school on the conditions prescribed in section 7.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 33 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 33 - Tuition

Section 33. The Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school shall be free to residents of Bristol and Norfolk counties, respectively, over 14 years of age, except that free attendance shall be limited by the capacity of the courses provided for such schools. The trustees of the Bristol county agricultural school and Norfolk county agricultural school may require the payment of tuition and related fees from each person enrolled in adult evening courses offered by said schools. The amount of tuition and related fees shall be determined by said trustees. All receipts of such tuition and related fees shall be deposited with the treasurer of the county.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 34 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 34 - Bristol School; Special Courses of Instruction

Section 34. The trustees of the Bristol county agricultural school may, with the approval of the commissioner, permit pupils with limited educational preparation to enter for a special course in horticulture, fruit growing or dairy farming. Said trustees may from time to time provide instruction in such of the types of vocational education described in sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, as they may deem advisable and as the commissioner may approve, in addition to the instruction authorized herein and in sections thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 35 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 35 - Courses of Instruction

Section 35. The Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school shall provide instruction in agriculture and, at a time approved by the commissioner, in household arts or homemaking.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 36 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 36 - Short Unit Courses

Section 36. Short unit courses may be given at the Bristol county agricultural school, the Essex agricultural and technical institute and the Norfolk county agricultural school, and elsewhere in the respective counties.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 37 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 37 - Duties of School Staffs

Section 37. Members of the staffs of the Bristol county agricultural school, the Essex agricultural and technical institute and the Norfolk county agricultural school shall investigate farm and market conditions for the purpose of advising individuals and organizations as to business methods among farmers, and satisfactory methods of marketing farm products, shall instruct in the formation of co-operative enterprises, and shall perform other work calculated to promote the agricultural or rural development of the respective counties. Members of such staffs shall keep in touch with, and avail themselves of, agencies in the commonwealth or elsewhere that will enable them to utilize the latest and best knowledge and practice in the furtherance of their work.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 37a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 37a - Technical Institutes

Section 37A. If a school committee or the board of trustees of any industrial, technical, agricultural or vocational school subject to this chapter determines that sufficient need exists in such school for a course or courses beyond secondary school level and designed to prepare students for greater opportunities for employment in industrial, agricultural and technical occupations, it may submit in writing its plans for such course or courses to the board of higher education. Upon the written approval of said plans by said board, such school committee or board of trustees may establish and maintain such extended courses of instruction on a technical institute level, and public funds may be appropriated for said purpose; provided, that such courses of instruction conform to such standards as said board may establish, and are maintained by said school committee or said trustees under the general regulations of the board. Any such school may use the designation ''technical institute'' with respect to the maintenance of such courses at such school, and the school committee or trustees of such school may, subject to the approval of the state board and the board of higher education, grant the degree of Associate in Applied Science to persons who complete such course or courses of instruction. Tuition fees in an amount approved by the commissioner of education may be charged to students enrolled in a program leading to the degree of Associate in Applied Science offered by any such school.  This section shall not be applicable to the board of regional community colleges, or any action of said board under section twenty-seven of chapter fifteen, or to any regional community college.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 37b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 37b - Nondegree Granting Post-Secondary Vocational Education Programs

Section 37B. The commissioner under the direction of the state board may approve nondegree granting vocational education programs at the post-secondary level. In making his decision, the commissioner shall take into consideration the availability of similar training opportunities at the secondary and public regional community college levels.  Upon the vote of the school committee or board of trustees of any industrial, technical, or vocational school, tuition and other related fees may be charged to students residing in its city, town or regional school district admitted to approved post-secondary vocational education programs for the full amount of the average per pupil cost of such program.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 37c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 37c - Admission of Nonresidents to Nondegree Granting Post-Secondary Vocational Education Programs

Section 37C. A student who resides in a city or town which does not offer approved vocational education programs at the post-secondary level may, upon the approval of the commissioner under the direction of the state board be admitted to such program in another city, town or regional district. In making his determination the commissioner shall take into consideration the opportunities for free vocational training where the applicant resides, the preparation, age, aptitude and previous record of the applicant, and other relevant circumstances, including the level of state assistance to such program. A student admitted under this provision shall be charged tuition and fees for the full amount of the average per pupil cost of such program, as approved by the commissioner under the direction of the state board. Such students shall be eligible to apply for state scholarship aid pursuant to section seven of chapter fifteen A.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 37f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 37f - Receipts From Tuition and Fees From Nondegree Granting Post-Secondary Vocational Education Programs Held in Separate Account

Section 37F. All receipts from tuition and other related fees shall be paid to the school committee or board of trustees of the city, town, regional school district or independent vocational school admitting students under sections thirty-seven B and thirty-seven C, and shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city, town, regional school district or independent vocational school and held as a separate account. The receipts held in such separate accounts may be expended by said school committee or board of trustees without further appropriation for general educational purposes.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 41 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 41 - Lease of State Facilities for Re-Education and Rehabilitation in Industry of Soldiers and Sailors

Section 41. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, may lease to, or permit to be used by, the United States or any department, bureau or agency thereof, any state hospital, school or workshop, and its premises and equipment, or any other suitable resources belonging to the commonwealth, to enable the United States to re-educate and rehabilitate in industry any soldiers and sailors in the service of the United States or its allies.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42a - Bradford Durfee College of Technology and New Bedford Institute of Technology; Honorary Master of Science Degree

Section 42A. The board of trustees of the Bradford Durfee College of Technology and of the New Bedford Institute of Technology may also grant the honorary degree of master of science.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42b - Bradford Durfee College of Technology and New Bedford Institute of Technology; Honorary Doctorates

Section 42B. The board of trustees of the Bradford Durfee College of Technology and of the New Bedford Institute of Technology, with the approval of the board of higher education, may grant such honorary doctorates as they may determine.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42c - Professors and Teachers; Removal; Hearing

Section 42C. A professor or teacher in the Bradford Durfee College of Technology or the New Bedford Institute of Technology, who is not employed in a position classified under chapter thirty-one, and who has served as such for three consecutive years, shall not be dismissed from such employment except for just cause, and for reasons specifically given him in writing by the trustees of the college or institute in which he is employed. Before any such removal is effected, the professor or teacher, upon his written request made within ten days of receipt by him of the required written notice, shall be given a full hearing before the trustees of the college or institute in which he is employed, of which hearing he shall have at least thirty days' written notice from the trustees, and he shall be allowed to answer the charges preferred against him either personally or by counsel.
MA Gen L ch 74 § 42d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 74 - Vocational Education|Section 42d - Board of Trustees, Powers and Duties

Section 42D. The Bradford Durfee College of Technology and the New Bedford Institute of Technology shall continue as state institutions within the department of education but not under its control and shall be governed by the boards of trustees established therefor under section twenty-one of chapter fifteen. In addition to the authority, responsibility, powers and duties specifically conferred by sections forty-two to forty-two C, inclusive, and by sections forty-two E to forty-six B, inclusive, the said boards of trustees shall have the 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 said institutions be subject to, or superseded in any such authority by, any other state board, bureau, department or commission, except as herein provided.