State Laws And Regulations scrambling to reform their education system, the perspective on homeschooling, laws,and regulations. http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HSRSC/hsrsc_lws.rgs.html
Extractions: BEFORE GOING FURTHER The HEM staff has been considering pulling these listings. The main reason is that as homeschooling becomes more widely accepted, and as states are scrambling to reform their education system, the situation becomes more complex. This makes overviews, listings and rankings less valid. We have, however, decided to keep these listings in place because they carry, at a minimum, a link to your state government. Additionally we hope reading cited code and at least one homeschooler's interpretation will help start to demystify legislation and encourage you to investigate further. When talking to new homeschoolers we often hear concerns about the law. Is homeschooling legal? Who do I have to notify? What do I have to teach? While the legalities are a concern that should not be ignored, neither should our response be automatic and not thought out carefully. There is no single source, no one true homeschooling authority. We all own the responsibility to think through laws and regulations on homeschooling. Of course you'll find those who disagree - an entire industry has grown up around the fact that there are differences of opinion on homeschooling's legal matters. What we offer here are overviews of laws and regulations compiled by knowledgeable homeschoolers. These files are not legal advice nor the final word on the subject. They are simply a starting point. To maintain our freedom to homeschool we will each need to go far beyond any convenient compilation or synopsis. We need to continue to do our own learning, lead our own research, and decide on our own actions.
Lesley University: The School Of Education/ Introduction Lincensure The educational programs at Lesley fulfill the massachusetts teacher licensureregulations instituted by the massachusetts Department of education. http://www.lesley.edu/soe/intro.html
Extractions: Throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the region and beyond, Lesley has long been identified with the field of education. The professional contributions of the graduates and faculty of the School of Education continue to have a profound impact on the lives and futures of children and adults, from inner city schools to rural and suburban school districts, in human service agencies and in universities. Today, committed women and men - recent college graduates, classroom teachers, school administrators and college professors, among them - are engaged in graduate study at Lesley which supports their professional goals and encourages their ideals for educational reform. The School of Education offers its students a superior education through challenging coursework, classroom-based reflection, research and clinical experiences that model a strong commitment to and belief in cultural pluralism, inclusive communities, and the integration of technology in education. These experiences, in turn, inspire graduates to take leadership roles in helping to initiate reform in their schools and to contribute to the restructuring of education for future generations. The education faculty, in their various roles as teacher-mentors, facilitators, researchers, consultants, writers, conference speakers and members of educational boards, commissions and focus groups, are the primary force in setting the high academic standards and the visionary goals of the School of Education.
CMR Index, By Mass. Trial Court Law Libraries Blind, massachusetts Commission for 111 CMR. Blood and Tissue TransfusionRegulations. 105 CMR 135.00. Board of Regents of Higher education. 610 CMR. http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/cmrindex.html
Extractions: Mass. Trial Court Law Libraries Laws, Regulations, Cases Mass. Primary Law A-C ... S-Z SUBJECT CITATION A Accident and Sickness Insurance, Individual... 211 CMR 42.00 Acupuncture 243 CMR 4.00-5.00 Adjutant General, Office of... 510 CMR Administration, Division of... 835 CMR Administration and Finance, Executive Office 801 CMR Administrative Law Appeals, Division of... 820 CMR Adoption 110 CMR 7.200-7.215 Adoption Services Standards for the Licensure 102 CMR 5.00 Advertising Regulations, Retail... 940 CMR 6.00 Aeronautics Commission, Massachusetts... 702 CMR Affirmative Action Regs.Bd of Higher Educ. 610 CMR 6.00 Aid to Families with Dependent Children 106 CMR 203.00-208.00 AIDS Related Information for Insurance 211 CMR 36.00 Air Pollution Control 310 CMR 7.00 Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission 204 CMR AlcoholicsHalfway Houses 105 CMR 165.00 Allied Health Profession, Board of... 259 CMR 262 CMR Ambulance Services and Coordination Emergency 105 CMR 170.00 Anatomical Donations 105 CMR 800.00
Free-Market.Net ... Information On Free Enterprise, Individual Liberty, And Libe Article and links to memember organization sites of Libertarian, profree enterprise online networkCategory News Current Events Business and Economy Regulation proposals for pharmaceuticals termed a real threat . Court reversesruling against massachusetts students. The Foundation for Economic education. http://www.free-market.net/
Extractions: It's about people working together, exchanging goods and services voluntarily. Our friends at A World Connected understand this (they're a cool IHS project). To help spread greater understanding, they're sponsoring an essay contest for college students worldwide. The topic: globalization's effects on poverty. They are giving away $10,000 in prizes. Make sure to tell all the under-25 folks you know! To shamelessly bribe we mean, to properly incent people to help find the most qualified entrants, A World Connected is offering a great prize for our free drawing this month: a $250 gift certificate for WorldStock.com. WorldStock is a nifty place that helps artisans market their wares worldwide, expanding choices and enhancing prosperity. The selection is diverse, interesting, and always changing free markets to the rescue!
BFCCS - Miscellaneous - Dept Of Education massachusetts Department of education. Documents on this site markedwith require the use of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do http://www.bfccs.org/main/Miscellaneous/MassDeptOfEducation.asp
Massachusetts: State Resources massachusetts State Resources for Educating Linguistically Culturally DiverseStudents. Please contact the State Department of education for more complete http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/states/massachusetts/
SpeciaLaw to massachusetts hearing decisions massachusetts ($$) Link to OSERS Office of SpecialEducation and Rehabilitation Link to 504 regulations regulations (34 CFR http://www.edlaw.net/service/specialaw.html
Extractions: EDLAW has pioneered providing access to the texts of laws governing the provision of special education. We have invested additional effort to reformat the text of IDEA and some other materials to make them easier to read and use. However, for most texts, the time required is simply not available. In these situations, we have either used the formatted text as we discovered it or provided links to other sources.
Wheelock College, NASW Licensing Information a school accredited by the Council on Social Work education. Consult the Regulationsfor requirements. in other states must acquire a massachusetts license in http://www.wheelock.edu/SocialWork/swNASWlicense.htm
Extractions: Council on Social Work Education . Practicing social work without a license or performing functions reserved for a higher licensing level is punishable by fine and/or imprisonment. Licensing allows state governments to verify that a social worker has the skills and knowledge to practice safely and to monitor the professional conduct of social workers. The Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers (The Board) protects the public by promulgating and enforcing regulations for which licensees are held accountable. The Regulations contain the rules and standards governing professional ethics and practice and explains the qualifications and functions for each license level. Every social worker should have a copy of the Regulations. To obtain a copy, contact the Board of Registration or download it from their website: www.state.ma.us/reg
TBE/ESL Program Resources Laws and regulations. Chapter 71A massachusetts law governing Transitional BilingualEducation. TBE regulations - massachusetts regulations pertaining to TBE. http://bec.brookline.mec.edu/ESL/resource.htm
Extractions: Brookline Public Schools TBE/ESL Program Resources General Educational Resources Language Issues Professional Organizations NCELA Home Page ... Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research - This site at the University of Southern California offers research articles, position papers and links to other resources. Center for Applied Linguistics - Language-related research and articles. Eric Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics - Excellent focus papers and articles. Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition - From the University of Minnesota, information related to second language teaching, learning and assessment. Ethnologue - Online information about languages of the world, geographic distribution, language families and maps, plus links to other language sites. Library of Congress Country Studies - Comprehensive information on 101 countries. CountryReports.org - Country information from around the world. Includes maps, flags, national anthems, current weather, plus links to country news services. iLoveLanguages - A comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources.
Boston Globe Online / Metro Region / English-only Lawsuit whether to nullify a portion of massachusetts's new English The state Board of Educationis expected to get its first look today at the regulations that broadly http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/056/metro/English_only_lawsuit_provision_debat
Boston Globe Online / Nation World / Bush And Former Allies Edward M. Kennedy of massachusetts and Representative Kennedy and Miller sent EducationSecretary Roderick administration to rewrite the regulations and make http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/009/nation/Bush_and_former_allies_differ_on_sc
The Massachusetts Assistive Technology Partnership Legislation in the 2001/2002 session of the massachusetts General Court IDEA '97Regulations and Assistive Technology Special education/766 Reform http://www.matp.org/NoFrames/sitemap.html
Harvard University In Cambridge, Massachusetts Historic Cambridge, massachusetts, located on the Charles River, is the ultimate theCenter for Quality Assurance in International education, and organizations http://www.usjournal.com/en/students/campuses/harvard.html
Extractions: Scholarship Deadlines ... Harvard University Summer School A challenging, rewarding, and exciting Ivy League college experience awaits you at the Harvard University Summer School . You will have access to a distinguished faculty, well-equipped labs, and exceptional museums, as well as the largest university library system in the world. You will live and learn with motivated students of many ages from all areas of the United States and more than 90 countries around the world as you satisfy your intellectual curiosity, earn college credit, and explore Harvard University. As a visiting student, you will be offered open admission to most Harvard Summer School programs. During the Harvard Summer School session, America's oldest and most prestigious university offers several hundred day and evening liberal arts courses, including writing, economics, computer science, visual arts,Ukrainian studies, and 14 foreign languages. A complete premedical curriculum, a selective college-level program for secondary school students who have completed their junior or senior year, and English programs for non-native speakers also are available. The
ABE Teacher's License: An Update On April 24, 2001, the massachusetts Board of education approved the Regulationsfor the Licensure of Adult Basic education Teachers, a voluntary license. http://www.sabes.org/resources/fieldnotes/vol11/f11reid.htm
Extractions: An Update by Carey Reid and Mary Jayne Fay Field Notes main page Summer 2001 issue O n April 24, 2001, the Massachusetts Board of Education approved the Regulations for the Licensure of Adult Basic Education Teachers, a voluntary license. Massachusetts is now the first state in the nation to have an ABE-dedicated teacher's license that is not predicated on a K-12 license and that requires the same depth of knowledge, rigor of standards, and minimum educational requirements equivalent to the state's other teacher licenses. This achievement caps off a long history of past task forces and committees, and most recently was brought to fruition through the efforts of a statewide Advisory Committee, several support groups, hundreds of practitioners, and the Department of Education under the leadership of Bob Bickerton, Ruth Derfler, and Mary Jayne Fay. The ABE Teacher's License will be available beginning October 1, 2001, when DOE will begin accepting applications. The approved regulations and other relevant documents are posted at: www.doe.mass.edu/acls/certification.html
GOAL GOAL is the massachusetts State Firearms Association.Category Society Issues Gun Control ProGun Rights Organizations Against the People of the Commonwealth. An Investigation into the massachusettsAttorney Generals. regulations on Handguns. (940 CMR 16.00). . http://www.goal.org/
Extractions: Gun Owners' Action League The Official Firearms Association of Massachusetts P.O. Box 567 Northboro, MA 01532 Phone: 508-393-5333 Fax: 508-393-5222 Email: staff@goal.org "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Welcome to the GOAL website. Gun Owners' Action League is the only fulltime organization in Massachusetts that fights for the rights of gun owners and sportsmen. GOAL is solely funded by memberships and donations from generous individuals. If you find the information in this website helpful in any way, please consider helping us by becoming a member or giving a donation Updated Legislation Chart for April 3, 2003 Gun Hearings Membership Advocacy Gun Owners' Action League broadcasts its own radio show on
Massachusetts Citizens For Freedom is an offshoot of the massachusetts Tobacco Control Beyond advocating for regulationsand helping enforce them has taken antismoking education into schools and http://mcff.tripod.com/home.html
GLARRC National State Policy Database Page IDEA regulations 1999 Department of Defense Special education regulationsLink to all state education agency websites. There have http://www.glarrc.org/Resources/NSPD.cfm
Extractions: Home Site Map About GLARRC Hot Topics ... Contact Us A collaborative project of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education and the . This work is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) The NSPD currently holds state department of education rules and regulations for Special Education. Use the following Searches: Command Based Query Menu Based Query Plain English Query Displays a text entry box in which you enter the words or phrases that you wish to locate combined with search operators Searches are entered by typing in words or phrases and choosing options from a menu Type in exactly what you need to know in plain English Help State and National Regulations Available for Search (use queries above) or for Download (click on individual states below) In most cases, state regulations have been translated to PDF by GLARRC. These files, available below for download, are NOT the official legal files. For the official copy of each state's regulations, please contact the state education agency. Alabama
Services of ETS regulations, enforces regulations that have part of an overall community educationstrategy to Treatment Services and the massachusetts Smokers Quitline http://www.lowelltobaccocontrol.com/scope_of_services.html
Extractions: The City of Lowell Tobacco Control Program (LTCP) develops and implements policy initiatives to reduce youth access to tobacco products which lead to the promulgation and enforcement of regulations. LTCP is responsible for: Developing strategies which assess community support for regulations Developing a draft of youth access regulations Enforcing regulations which have been passed Conducting regular point of purchase signage checks, and, whenever possible, Institutionalizing enforcement procedures within the Board of Health/Health Department inspection activities. The Lowell Tobacco Control Program is required to conduct quarterly compliance checks in which every merchant is checked at least four times per year. Media advocacy and merchant education is used as part of an overall strategy to reduce tobacco use by youth. Purpose of Compliance Checks Reducing youth access to tobacco products is a primary goal of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program (MTCP) . The City of Lowell Tobacco Control Program is funded by MTCP and is required to conduct monthly compliance checks in the Lowell community. Regular compliance checks make it more difficult for youth to buy tobacco products and they raise awareness among retailers of the responsibility to ask for identification before selling tobacco to young people.
Wallace Law Office, PC - Special Education Attorneys practice, Attorney Wallace was the managing attorney at Southeastern MassachusettsLegal Assistance Corporation; where he started the education Law Project http://www.wallacelawoffice.com/staff profiles.html
