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MA Gen L ch 15e § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 6 - Graduation

Section 6. (a) To facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, local education agency administrative officials shall waive specific courses required for graduation if similar course work has been satisfactorily completed in another local education agency or shall provide reasonable justification for denial. Should a waiver not be granted to a student who would otherwise qualify to graduate from the sending school, the local education agency shall provide an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that graduation may occur on time.  (b) To facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, receiving states may accept exit or end-of-course exams required for graduation from the sending state or national norm-referenced achievement tests or alternative testing, in lieu of testing requirements for graduation in the receiving state; require the student to take scheduled exit test in the receiving state, if the student is able to take the tests prior to the end of grade 12; or accept evidence or information from the sending or receiving district that demonstrates that the student has met the receiving state's graduation standard, either through a transcript of courses taken and grades received from the sending and or receiving district; a portfolio of work samples for the student that addresses the required high school standards; standardized norm-referenced test results in the subject required by the receiving state for graduation; or other relevant information.  (c) To facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, should a military student transferring at the beginning or during grade 12 be ineligible to graduate from the receiving local education agency after all alternatives in subsection (b) have been considered, the sending and receiving local education agencies shall ensure the receipt of a diploma from the sending local education agency if the student meets the graduation requirements of the sending local education agency. In the event that either the transferring or receiving state is not a member of this compact, the member state shall use best efforts to facilitate the on-time graduation of the student under subsections (a) and (b).
MA Gen L ch 15e § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 7 - State Coordination

Section 7. (a) Each member state shall, through the creation of a state council or use of an existing body or board, provide for the coordination among its agencies of government, local education agencies and military installations concerning the state's participation in and compliance with this compact and interstate commission activities. While each member state may determine the membership of its own state council, the membership shall include at least: (i) the state secretary of education; (ii) a superintendent of a school district with a high concentration of military children; (iii) a representative from a military installation; (iv) 1 representative from the legislature; (v) 1 representative from the executive branch; and (vi) other offices and stakeholder groups that the state council deems appropriate. A member state that does not have a school district deemed to contain a high concentration of military children may appoint a superintendent from another school district to represent local education agencies on the state council.  (b) The state council of each member state shall appoint or designate a military family education liaison to assist military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of this compact.  (c) The compact commissioner responsible for the administration and management of the state's participation in the compact shall be appointed by the governor or as otherwise determined by each member state.  (d) The compact commissioner and the military family education liaison designated under this compact shall be ex-officio members of the state council, unless either is already a full voting member of the state council.
MA Gen L ch 15e § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 9 - Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission

Section 9. The interstate commission may:  (a) provide for dispute resolution among member states;  (b) issue, upon request of a member state, advisory opinions concerning the meaning or interpretation of the interstate compact, its by-laws, rules and actions;  (c) enforce compliance with the compact provisions and the rules promulgated by the interstate commission and in the by-laws through the use of all necessary and proper means, including, but not limited to, the use of the judicial process;  (d) establish and maintain offices, which shall be located within 1 or more of the member states;  (e) purchase and maintain insurance and bonds;  (f) borrow, accept, hire or contract for services or personnel;  (g) establish and appoint committees including, but not limited to, an executive committee as required by paragraph 9 of subsection (a) of section 8;  (h) elect or appoint officers, attorneys, employees, agents or consultants and fix the compensation, define the duties and determine the qualifications for those positions;  (i) establish the interstate commission's personnel, policies and programs relating to conflicts of interest, rates of compensation and qualifications of personnel;  (j) accept any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services and to receive, utilize and dispose of it;  (k) lease, purchase, own, hold, improve, use or accept contributions of or donations of any property, real, personal or mixed;  (l) sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon or otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal or mixed;  (m) establish a budget and make expenditures;  (n) adopt a seal and by-laws governing the management and operation of the interstate commission;  (o) report annually to the legislatures, governors, judiciary and state councils of the member states concerning the activities of the interstate commission during the preceding year and the reports shall include recommendations that may have been adopted by the interstate commission;  (p) coordinate education, training and public awareness regarding this compact and its implementation and operation for officials and parents or guardians impacted by this compact;  (q) establish uniform standards for the reporting, collecting and exchanging of data;  (r) maintain corporate books and records in accordance with the by-laws;  (s) perform the functions necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact; and  (t) provide for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among member states, schools and military families under this compact.
MA Gen L ch 15e § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 11 - Rulemaking Functions of the Interstate Commission

Section 11. (a) The interstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively achieve the purposes of this compact. In the event the interstate commission exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope or the powers granted in this act, then that action by the interstate commission shall be invalid and have no force or effect.  (b) Rules shall be made pursuant to a rulemaking process that shall substantially, or as much as possible, conform with the Model State Administrative Procedure Act of 1981, uniform laws annotated, vol. 15, p.1 (2000) as amended.  (c) Not later than 30 days after a rule is promulgated, any person may file a petition for judicial review of the rule; provided, that the filing of such a petition shall not stay or otherwise prevent the rule from becoming effective unless the court finds that the petitioner has a substantial likelihood of success. The court shall give deference to the actions of the interstate commission consistent with applicable law and shall not find the rule to be unlawful if the rule represents a reasonable exercise of the interstate commission's authority.  (d) If a majority of the legislatures of the compacting states reject a rule by enactment of a statute or resolution, then such rule shall have no further force and effect in any compacting state.
MA Gen L ch 15e § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 13 - Financing of the Interstate Commission

Section 13. (a) The interstate commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities.  (b) The interstate commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the interstate commission and its staff which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover the interstate commission's annual budget as approved each year. The aggregate annual assessment amount shall be allocated based upon a formula determined by the interstate commission, which shall promulgate a rule that is binding upon all member states.  (c) The interstate commission shall not incur obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet that obligation; nor shall the interstate commission pledge the credit of any of the member states, except by and with the authority of the member state.  (d) The interstate commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the interstate commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its by-laws. All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the interstate commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the interstate commission.
MA Gen L ch 15e § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 14 - Member States, Effective Date and Amendment

Section 14. (a) Any state shall be eligible to become a member state.  (b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than 10 states. The effective date shall be no earlier than December 1, 2007. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding as to any other member state upon enactment of the compact into law by that state. The governors of non-member states or the designees of non-member states shall be invited to participate in the activities of the interstate commission on a non-voting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states.  (c) The interstate commission may propose amendments to the compact for enactment by the member states. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the interstate commission and the member states unless it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the member states.
MA Gen L ch 15e § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 15 - Withdrawal From Compact

Section 15. (a) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided, that a member state may withdraw from the compact by specifically repealing the statute that enacted the compact into law.  (b) Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of a statute repealing this compact, but shall not take effect until 1 year after the effective date of such statute.  (c) The withdrawing state shall immediately notify the chairperson of the interstate commission in writing upon the introduction of legislation repealing this compact in the withdrawing state. The interstate commission shall notify the other member states of the withdrawing state's intent to withdraw within 60 days of receiving notice.  (d) The withdrawing state shall be responsible for all assessments, obligations and liabilities incurred through the effective date of withdrawal, including the performance of obligations which extend beyond the effective date of the withdrawal.  (e) Reinstatement following withdrawal of a member state shall occur upon the withdrawing state reenacting the compact or upon such later date as determined by the interstate commission.
MA Gen L ch 15e § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 16 - Dissolution of Compact

Section 16. (a) This compact shall dissolve upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state which reduces the membership in the compact to 1 member state.  (b) Upon the dissolution of this compact, the compact shall become null and void and shall be of no further force or effect. The business and affairs of the interstate commission shall be concluded and surplus funds shall be distributed in accordance with the by-laws.
MA Gen L ch 15e § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 17 - Severability and Construction

Section 17. (a) This compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable.  (b) This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.  (c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the applicability of other interstate compacts to which the states are members.
MA Gen L ch 15e § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 18 - Enforcement of Other Laws

Section 18. (a) Nothing in this compact shall prevent the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact.  (b) All member states' laws conflicting with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.
MA Gen L ch 15e § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 19 - Binding Effect of the Compact

Section 19. (a) All lawful actions of the interstate commission, including all rules and by-laws promulgated by the interstate commission, shall be binding upon the member states.  (b) All agreements between the interstate commission and the member states shall be binding in accordance with the terms of the agreement.  (c) In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any member state, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of the conflict with the constitutional provision of that member state.
MA Gen L ch 16 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 16 - Department of Highways|Section 18 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 19 to 24

Section 18. As used in sections nineteen to twenty-four, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:—  ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of the department of environmental protection.  ''Department'', the department of environmental protection.  ''Residual waste'', solid waste or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of or otherwise managed.  ''Resource recovery facility'', a solid waste disposal facility utilizing processes for reclaiming the materials or energy values from solid wastes.  ''Secretary'', the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs.  ''Sludge'', any solid, semisolid or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility or any other such waste having similar characteristics and effects.  ''Solid waste'', garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contaminated gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges, special nuclear, or radioactive byproduct material.  ''Solid waste disposal facility'', incinerator, landfill, resource recovery facility, transfer station, composting plant, sorting or processing machine or plant, recycling plant, or other sanitary means of recycling or composting solid waste approved by the department, or any combination of one or more of the above facilities and appurtenant facilities.  ''Storage'', when used in connection with residual waste, the containment of residual waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such residual waste.  ''Treatment'', when used in connection with residual waste, any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any residual waste so as to neutralize such waste or so as to render such waste nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume. Treatment includes any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of residual waste so as to render it nonhazardous.
MA Gen L ch 16 § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 16 - Department of Highways|Section 20 - Additional Responsibilities of Department; Rules and Regulations

Section 20. It shall be the responsibility of the department to carry out the provisions of sections eighteen to twenty-four, inclusive. Said department shall conduct research and demonstration projects and shall encourage improved methods of solid waste disposal including recycling. The department may hire such experts, engineers and other personnel from such funds as shall be appropriated, as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of sections eighteen to twenty-four, inclusive. The department may, subject to the provisions of chapter thirty A, promulgate rules and regulations relating to the storage, collection, transfer, and disposal of solid waste with respect to facilities established pursuant to sections eighteen to twenty-four, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 16 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 16 - Department of Highways|Section 22 - District Assessments for Costs; Amounts; Limitations

Section 22. The department shall, after hearing, determine the amount which shall be assessed upon each city or town which is included in a district established under the provisions of section twenty-one to meet the costs, including capital costs, of operating such district. The amount so assessed shall be based upon the amount and category of solid waste originating within such city or town, or the part thereof included in such district, which is disposed of at a facility established under the provisions of this chapter in proportion to the total amount of solid waste originating within such district which is so disposed.  Cities or towns or parts thereof designated as new members of such a solid waste disposal district subsequent to the establishment of such a district will not be assessed costs under this section until such disposal service is actually rendered to that member. Assessments under this section will include a fair and equitable share of capital costs incurred by the district provided such costs can currently be allocated to such member under accepted cost accounting practices. The proportion in which each participating city and town shall annually pay money into the treasury of the commonwealth to meet expenses incurred under sections eighteen through twenty-four, inclusive, and any deficiency in the amounts previously paid in shall reflect appropriate adjustments which take into account fees paid by users other than cities and towns.
MA Gen L ch 16 § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 16 - Department of Highways|Section 24 - Cost Records and Estimates; Assessment of Municipalities Served; Taxation of Private Facilities; Reimbursements

Section 24. The department shall maintain records of the cost of carrying out the provisions of sections eighteen to twenty-three, inclusive, and shall notify the state treasurer of the estimated amounts of money due the commonwealth from the various municipalities served, and such amounts shall be assessed by the state treasurer and included and made a part of the sum charged to such city or town and shall be paid by such city or town into the state treasury as provided by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine provided that any such city or town may in any year anticipate in whole or in part its assessment and appropriate, raise and deposit the amount thereof with the state treasurer, and any sum so deposited shall be credited against such assessment. The department, after public hearing, shall establish and from time to time amend charges to users other than cities and towns. There shall be an annual reimbursement in lieu of taxes upon the value of any land held by the department for use as a solid waste disposal facility under this chapter to the city or town in which such land is located. The amount of said reimbursement shall be determined in accordance with sections thirteen through seventeen B of chapter fifty-eight.