Chapter 71B - CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
- Section 71B:1 - Definitions
- Section 71B:2 - Regulations; special education programs; pre-school level admission to programs; assignment of child
- Section 71B:2A - Bureau of special education appeals
- Section 71B:3 - Identification of school age children with special needs; diagnosis of disability; proposal of program; evaluations and assessments of child and program
- Section 71B:3A - Administrator of special education
- Section 71B:4 - Agreements between school committees or with public or private schools
- Section 71B:5 - Costs or obligations; payment; budget
- Section 71B:5A - Cost of special education program at residential school; obligations of school committee and commonwealth
- Section 71B:5B - Pooled risk program for extraordinary and unanticipated special education costs
- Section 71B:5C - Zero interest loan program for extraordinary and unanticipated special education costs
- Section 71B:6 - Assignment of children to classes; annual report; equal educational opportunities, denial, hearings, plans, injunctive or other relief
- Section 71B:7 - Tests for selection of children for referral, diagnosis, or evaluation
- Section 71B:8 - Transportation to and from school
- Section 71B:9 - Department to define circumstances requiring special education programs and to provide standards
- Section 71B:9A - Workshop curriculum; parent advisory committee
- Section 71B:10 - Referral of children to institutions within or without the commonwealth on annual renewal basis upon request; requisites; expenses and cost
- Section 71B:11A - Incarcerated children with special needs; special education
- Section 71B:12 - School departments; establishment; administration; staff; operation; expenditures; costs of education
- Section 71B:12A - Definitions applicable to secs. 12A to 12C
- Section 71B:12B - Bureau of transitional planning; transitional advisory committee; establishment
- Section 71B:12C - Continuing habilitative services; eligibility; transitional plan; rules and regulations
- Section 71B:14 - [Repealed]
- Section 71B:15 - [Repealed]
- Section 71B:16 - Requirements for attendance of high school graduation
- Section 71B:17 - Discretionary grant program to provide money offering inclusive concurrent enrollment options for school aged individuals who have several intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders or other developmental disabilities