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Section 1Policy and goals
Section 2Repealed, 2008, 27, Sec. 11
Section 3Repealed, 1996, 57, Sec. 9
Section 3AStatewide educational technology plan; goals; development and implementation
Section 4Board of higher education; membership
Section 4ARobert H. Goddard council on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education
Section 5Public institutions of higher education system
Section 5AGovernor Foster Furcolo Community Colleges
Section 6Department of higher education; Commissioner; other employees; appointments; salaries; powers and duties
Section 7Mission statements; development, approval and adoption
Section 7ABoard of higher education; performance measurement system
Section 8Inoperative. See 1991, 142, Sec. 49
Section 9Powers and duties of council
Section 9AAmerican Sign Language
Section 9BNeeds-based financial assistance program; scholarships; guidelines
Section 10Definitions
Section 11Council actions permitted to aid and contribute to performances of educational and other purposes of community colleges
Section 12Council actions permitted to provide for HEFA expenses and for payments of indebtedness incurred on behalf of community colleges or affiliates
Section 13HEFA; sale or lease of buildings, lands or other property; proceeds
Section 14Powers under Secs. 11 and 12 exercised on behalf of University of Massachusetts and affiliates
Section 15Estimate of ordinary maintenance and revenues; capital outlay requests; allocation of appropriations
Section 15A[There is no 15A:15A.]
Section 15BBudget cycle; preparation and submission of budget requests; comments and recommendations
Section 15CExpenditures and revenues; management and accounting reporting system
Section 15DPersonnel administrative reporting and information system
Section 15EPublic higher education endowment incentive and capital outlay contribution program; matching formula; termination of program
Section 15FCommunity college workforce training incentive program
Section 16Scholarship programs; guidelines
Section 17Teaching learning corps program
Section 18Qualifying student health insurance programs; participation; compliance procedures report; penalties for noncompliance
Section 19Tuition and fee waiver program; guidelines; annual report
Section 191/2Tuition, fees and room and board waiver for surviving child of parent who died as a result of injuries sustained during active and full-time military service while outside the United States
Section 19AStudent loan repayment program; guidelines; expenses for administration
Section 19BTeacher signing bonus program; regulations
Section 19CMaster teacher corps program; regulations
Section 19DScholarship program known as tomorrow’s teachers program; guidelines
Section 19EPrincipal and superintendent recruitment program
Section 20Educational opportunities information center
Section 21Board of trustees for Sec. 5 institutions; membership; qualifications; tenure; vacancies
Section 22Board of trustees of community colleges or state universities; powers and duties
Section 22AReggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center; establishment; powers and duties of board
Section 23Board of trustees; estimate for institution’s ordinary maintenance and revenues
Section 24Board of trustees; authorized purchases
Section 24ACooperative purchasing; Massachusetts higher education consortium
Section 25Refusal to elect and contract with blind teaching candidates
Section 26Summer sessions; evening classes
Section 27Dormitories; nonsmoking rooms; rules and regulations
Section 28Establishment and maintenance of bank branch on grounds of public higher education institutions
Section 29Definitions; use of student fee funds for legislative agents’ costs
Section 30Developmentally disabled residents; waiver of standardized college entrance aptitude tests
Section 31Administrative expenses; determination of qualifying expenditures
Section 32Student assessment system
Section 33Report assessing overall faculty productivity and teacher effectiveness
Section 34Benchmark study of public higher education system
Section 35Professional development schools grant program
Section 36Public schools’ eligibility for funds through professional development schools grant program
Section 37Foundations created for public institutions of higher education; governing boards; annual reports; audits
Section 38Military recruiters; on-campus recruiting
Section 39Secondary education students qualified to enroll in higher education institutions
Section 40Optional retirement system; providers; regulations; participation; funds
Section 41Fees for approval of articles or certificates; revenue
Section 42Award of academic credit for student's military occupation, training, coursework and experience; educational credit for exams funded through Department of Defense