603 CMR, § 27.01 - Scope and Purpose
(1)603 CMR
27.00 is promulgated by the Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education pursuant to M.G.L. c. 69, § 1G, which requires the
Board to establish the minimum length for a school day and the minimum number
of days in a school year for Massachusetts public schools, and M.G.L. c. 69,
§ 1B, which requires the Board to establish standards to ensure that every
student shall attend classes in a safe environment.
(2) The purposes of
603 CMR
27.00 are:
(a) to
ensure that every public school in the Commonwealth provides its students with
the structured learning time needed to enable the students to achieve
competency in "core subjects " and "other subjects " as defined in
603 CMR 27.02;
and
(b) to establish health and
safety standards for schools during a declared state of emergency or other
exigent circumstances that adversely affect the safe environment of schools as
determined by the Board .
(3) The requirements set forth in
603 CMR
27.00 are not intended to confer privately enforceable
legal rights upon individual students, or persons acting on their
behalf.
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