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Recent Library Content
05/16/2018 -
This series was written by “JOSO*,” MAC’s 2017-2018 Young Adult Leaders Fellow, who is an autistic young man. The Young Adult Leaders... Read more
06/19/2018 -
Below are four fliers you can use in your SNAP outreach with low income veterans, dependents and families of military service members. SNAP... Read more
02/26/2018 -
Under the children requiring assistance (CRA) statute, a child “willfully fails to attend school” if the child’s repeated failure to attend... Read more
11/16/2015 -
Student's IEP should be aligned with the state academic standard for the grade in which the child is enrolled. "Research has demonstrated... Read more
05/22/2018 -
Attached is the Supreme Judicial Court's order adding rules 8.1 and 55.1 concerning the collection of credit card debt to the Massachusetts... Read more