General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 15D Department of Early Education and Care
- Massachusetts General Laws - Purpose - Chapter 15D, Section 1
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the commonwealth to assure every child a fair and full opportunity to reach his full potential...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 15D, Section 1A
As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Adoption”, the establishment of the legal relationship...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Early education and care department; duties - Chapter 15D, Section 2
There shall be in the executive office of education a department of early education and care, in this chapter called the department, which shall be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board of early education and care; duties; membership; appointments; length of term; purpose - Chapter 15D, Section 3
(a) There shall be a board of early education and care, hereinafter referred to as the board. The board shall set policies and establish regulations...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State advisory council on early education and care; membership; reimbursement of expenses; terms; duties - Chapter 15D, Section 3A
There shall be a state advisory council on early education and care, the members of which shall represent a reasonable geographic balance and shall reflect...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; appointment; removal; qualifications; powers and duties - Chapter 15D, Section 4
The board shall by a 2/3 vote of its members submit to the secretary, for the secretary’s approval, a recommended candidate to serve as the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sub-state regions for licensure of child care centers and family child care homes; community plans; region-wide improvement plans; state-wide coordination of services - Chapter 15D, Section 4A
(a) In order to facilitate the licensure process, the commissioner, with the approval of the board, shall establish sub-state regions within which all licensure or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Workforce development system; implementation plan - Chapter 15D, Section 5
The board shall develop and annually update an implementation plan for a workforce development system designed to support the education, training and compensation of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - License required for operation of child care programs; maintaining child in family foster care; placement; approval of foster homes; advertisement or notice for placement of child under 16 years of age - Chapter 15D, Section 6
(a) No person shall operate a school-aged child care program, a child care center, family child care home, large family child care home, placement agency,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Issuance of license or approval to persons or department, agency and institution meeting applicable standards and requirements; provisional license or approval - Chapter 15D, Section 7
[ Subsections (a) to (b) effective until September 3, 2013. For text effective September 3, 2013, see below.](a) The department shall issue and may renew...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption of regulations by board; classifications for licensure or approval; medical treatment exemptions; fines; consultation; report - Chapter 15D, Section 8
(a) The board shall adopt regulations relative to the requirements for licensure and approval of school-aged child care programs, child care centers, family child care...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspection of facilities; investigation and evaluation of notices of abuse or neglect - Chapter 15D, Section 9
(a) The department may, at any reasonable time, visit and inspect any facility operated by a person who is subject to licensure or approval under...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Suspension, revocation, etc. of license or approval; annual report - Chapter 15D, Section 10
Subject to the requirements of chapter 30A, the department may suspend, revoke, make probationary, refuse to issue or renew the license of any person, assess...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Program quality standards and requirements - Chapter 15D, Section 11
The board, after holding a public hearing, shall adopt, and develop a schedule for revising, program quality standards and requirements that any early education and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Measurement of performance and effectiveness of programs providing early education and care and services - Chapter 15D, Section 12
(a) The department shall establish a comprehensive system for measuring the performance and effectiveness of programs providing early education and care and services. This system...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program - Chapter 15D, Section 13
(a) The board shall, subject to appropriation, establish the Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program to assist in providing voluntary, universally accessible, high-quality early education and care...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Background information on prospective adoptive families; registration of placement agency with adoptive resource exchange - Chapter 15D, Section 14
(a) A person whose consent is required by section 2 of chapter 210 may, before surrender, request from a placement agency background information pertaining to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Penalties for violations of Sec. 6 - Chapter 15D, Section 15
(a) Any person who violates section 6 shall be punished for each violation by a fine of up to $5,000 or by imprisonment in the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Entry and inspection of facilities; court order - Chapter 15D, Section 16
Upon petition of the department, the superior court shall have jurisdiction to enter an order permitting the department to enter and inspect, under conditions that...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Provisions in which family child care providers considered public or state employees; prohibitions regarding work stoppages; limitations regarding bargaining; representatives - Chapter 15D, Section 17
(a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Department of labor relations”, the department...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Grants for development of eligible facilities for licensed early care and education and out of school time programs; Early Education and Out of School Time Capital Fund - Chapter 15D, Section 18
[ Text of section added by 2013, 129, Sec. 3 effective November 14, 2013.](a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the...
Last modified: September 11, 2015