Chapter 15A

Section 39. A qualified student enrolled in a public secondary school may enroll as a student in Massachusetts public institutions of higher education. The student shall earn both secondary school and college credits. Students may enroll either full time or for individual courses…

Section 3A. A statewide educational technology plan, to be known as Massachusetts education-on-line, shall be developed by the Massachusetts corporation for educational telecommunication, hereinafter referred to as MCET. Said educational technology plan shall incorporate the foll…

Section 4. (a) The board of higher education, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the council or the board, shall be composed of 13 voting members, consisting of the secretary of education, ex officio, or her designee, 9 members appointed by the governor reflecting regiona…

Section 40. (1)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, or of any general or special law to the contrary the board of higher education shall establish an optional retirement program under which custodial accounts described in section 403(b)(7)…

Section 41. The board of higher education may establish fees to be charged to independent institutions of higher education which seek approval of articles of organization, articles of amendment, or foreign corporation certificates pursuant to sections 30, 30A, 31, and 31A of chap…

Section 42. (a) The council shall develop and adopt a written policy requiring each public institution of higher education to develop a set of written policies and procedures governing the evaluation of a student's military occupation, military training, coursework and experience…

Section 43. (a) No student at a postsecondary institution shall incur academic or financial penalties by virtue of performing military service on behalf of the United States. A student who enrolls in an academic course at any of the institutions in subsection (b) but is unable to…

Section 44. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Armed forces'', the armed forces of the commonwealth as defined in section 10 of chapter 33, including a state defense force or similar o…

Section 45. (a) The board shall establish and implement a comprehensive training program for members of the boards of trustees of public institutions of higher education under section 5. The board shall provide instruction and training to the members on the proper governance of a…

Section 46. (a) As used in this section and section 47, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Institution'', a public institution of higher education listed in section 5. ''Medication abortion'', abortion provided b…

Section 47. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Public University Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund for the purpose of medication abortion readiness. The fund shall be administer…

Section 48. (a) The department, in consultation with the MassTransfer Steering Committee established under subsection (b), shall establish and administer a program to be known as the MassTransfer program, to allow students of public institutions of higher education, as defined in…

Section 49. (a) The board of higher education, in consultation with public institutions of higher educations, as defined in section 5, shall develop and approve a common course numbering system for lower-division courses with the goal of creating transparency for credit transfera…

Section 5. There shall be, for the purposes of this chapter, a system of public institutions of higher education, hereinafter called the system, which shall consist of the following segments: (i) the university of Massachusetts segment, which shall consist of the University of Ma…

Section 5A. For the purposes of this chapter, those community colleges within the system of public institutions of higher education established in section 5 shall collectively be known as the Governor Foster Furcolo Community Colleges.

Section 5B. (a) There shall be a community college program to provide an approved certificate or associate degree offered by a community college segment under section 5 of chapter 15A. The program shall be available at no cost to students who: (i) are enrolled in and pursuing a p…

Section 6. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION; COMMISSIONER; OTHER EMPLOYEES; APPOINTMENT; SALARIES; POWERS AND DUTIES There shall be within the executive office of education a department of higher education, in this chapter called the department. The council shall, whenever a vacanc…

Section 7. With regard to the overall system of public higher education, and each of the three segments of the system, as defined in section 5, the council shall develop and submit mission statements for review and approval by the secretary. Said segmental mission statements shal…

Section 7A. (a) In order to promote accountability for effective management and stewardship of public funds and to achieve and demonstrate measurable educational outcomes, the institutions shall certify achievement of public higher education accountability objectives through a pe…

Inoperative. See 1991, 142, Sec. 49

Section 9. The council shall have the following duties and powers:— (a) confer upon the boards of trustees the power to offer degree programs after taking into account, among other things, the need, resources and mission of the institution. The council shall confer the authority …

Section 9A. American Sign Language is hereby recognized as a full and legitimate language, as the language of a unique culture in the United States, and as the equivalent of a spoken language for the purposes of foreign language study and course credit.

Section 9B. There shall be a program, subject to appropriation, of needs-based financial assistance, administered by the board of higher education, to provide full or partial scholarships for residents of the commonwealth enrolled in and pursuing a part-time or full-time program …