Chapter 151C

Section 1. As used in this chapter— (a) The word ''commission'' means the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, established by section fifty-six of chapter six. (b) The term ''educational institution'' means any institution for instruction or training, including but no…

Section 2. It shall be an unfair educational practice for an educational institution:— (a) To exclude or limit or otherwise discriminate against any United States citizen or citizens seeking admission as students to such institution because of race, religion, creed, color or nati…

Section 2A. It shall be an unfair educational practice for a vocational training institution:— (a) To exclude or limit or otherwise discriminate against any person or persons seeking admission as students to such institution, course, or course of study because of race, religion, …

Section 2B. Any student in an educational or vocational training institution, other than a religious or denominational educational or vocational training institution, who is unable, because of his religious beliefs, to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study, o…

Section 3. (a) Any person seeking admission as a student to any educational institution, or enrolled as a student in a vocational training institution, who claims to be aggrieved by an alleged unfair educational practice, hereinafter referred to as the petitioner, may himself, or…

Section 4. (a) Any party aggrieved by a final order of the commission may obtain a judicial review thereof, and the commission may obtain an order of the court for the enforcement thereof by a proceeding described in this section. Such proceeding shall be brought in the superior …

Section 5. The commission shall have the power, after public hearing, to adopt, promulgate, amend or rescind rules and regulations concerning proceedings at hearings and other investigations under this chapter, which rules and regulations shall be not inconsistent with the provis…