General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 72 School Registers and Returns

• Massachusetts General Laws - Distribution of forms - Chapter 72, Section 1
  The commissioner of education shall prepare and send forms for the registration of minors required by section two, the school registers, blank forms for school...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Registration of children; reports - Chapter 72, Section 2
  The school committee of each town shall ascertain and record the names, ages and such other information as may be required by the department of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual reports of superintendents of schools; contents - Chapter 72, Section 2A
  The superintendent of schools of each town shall file annually on or before May first with the commissioner of education, on forms provided by the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - School returns; contents - Chapter 72, Section 3
  The superintendent of schools shall annually on or before September fifteenth transmit the school returns to the commissioner, signed and sworn to by him, containing...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Report of condition of schools - Chapter 72, Section 4
  The committee shall annually make a detailed report of the condition of the public schools, containing such statements or suggestions relative thereto as it considers...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Procedure on failure to file reports or returns; irregular returns - Chapter 72, Section 5
  If a superintendent of schools fails, within the prescribed time, to make both the returns and the report required by law, the commissioner shall forthwith...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Extension of time to file reports and returns; penalties for failure to file - Chapter 72, Section 6
  A town may request and receive an extension of time for submission of its report and returns from the commissioner for cause. Any town which...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Liability of school committee for failure to file returns or reports - Chapter 72, Section 7
  A town suffering such a forfeiture through the default of its school committee may withhold the compensation of the committee.
• Massachusetts General Laws - School registers; maintenance and use - Chapter 72, Section 8
  The school committee shall cause the registers of daily attendance to be faithfully kept under the direction of the superintendent who shall make due return...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Copies of report to be filed with chief executive officers of cities or towns - Chapter 72, Section 9
  A copy of each report filed with the commissioner of education under this chapter shall also be filed at the same time with the chief...

Last modified: September 11, 2015