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Section 1Requirements and exceptions
Section 1APupil absence notification programs
Section 1BPupil absence notification program
Section 2Duties of parents; penalty
Section 2AAttendance of deaf children; penalty
Section 3Attendance of illiterate minors; penalties
Section 4Inducing absences; penalty
Section 5Place of attendance; violations; discrimination
Section 6Payment of tuition for non-resident children
Section 7Tuition; children under control of department of children and families; foster care; reimbursement
Section 8Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 56
Section 9High school tuition of children under control of department of public welfare, etc.
Section 10Settlements of accounts between towns and department of public welfare, etc.
Section 11Tuition of children in institutions
Section 12Attendance outside place of residence
Section 12APlan for attendance in public school to eliminate racial imbalance; adoption; financial and technical assistance
Section 12BDefinitions; attendance of school other than in city or town of residence of child; reports; tuition; parent information system; transportation reimbursement program; funding
Section 12CSchool Choice Tuition Trust Fund
Section 13Transfer cards
Section 14Island children; transportation
Section 15Vaccination and immunization
Section 15ASickle cell anemia; blood tests
Section 15BScreening programs, testing, treatment, etc. for sickle cell anemia and related genetically-linked diseases; rules and regulations; records and information, disclosure restricted
Section 15CImmunization of college health science students
Section 15DMeningococcal disease; college students immunization
Section 16Children excluded from school; remedies
Section 17Hearing prerequisite to exclusion
Section 18Notice to parent or guardian and meeting with school committee prerequisite to student permanently leaving school; annual report; application of section
Section 19Supervisors of attendance; employment
Section 20Powers and duties of supervisors of attendance
Section 21Opportunity for academic progress for suspended students; education service plans; alternative educational services