Education -- General

Webpage provides infographics on how federal courts have ruled as of 8/14/25 on interim relief (temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, blocks pending appeal) in the 378 cases tracked by Just Security which challenge the second Trump administration's executive actions. No case tracked…

The charts below set forth the annual, monthly and weekly 2025 Federal Poverty Guidelines (based on HHS thresholds).  In addition, the annual, monthly and weekly 115% of poverty, 125% of poverty,  187.5%, 200% of poverty and 300% of poverty amounts are listed. Finally, you can…

In Massachusetts, college students must have health insurance. Students will be enrolled in their school-based insurance, unless they have other coverage and waive the school-based insurance by their school's deadline.    MLRI made the attached flyer (see English and Spanish…

Visit this page for 1-2 page quick reference guides in the following areas: CRA (Child Requiring Assistance) Children's Behavioral Health Initiative (Rosie D. Services) [2013] Special Education School Discipline School…

Safe and Supportive Schools legislation signed into law on August 13, 2014 This law will support schools in Massachusetts to create the safe, supportive and welcoming environments that all children need in order to learn.  The legislation establishes in law a common framework based on the…

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) provides a wide range of data about Massachusetts schools, students and teachers.  Online reports about Massachusetts students can be found at http://www.doe.mass.edu/infoservices/reports/ and include data in…

Frequently asked questions on a wide array of education topics:  contacting Program Quality Assurance at MA DESE; extended school year; special education evaluations and eligibility; homeschooling; restraints; section 504 and contacting the Office for Civil Rights; links to laws and regulations;…

Following are the key acronyms for special education.   IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act DESE  -  Department of Elementary and Secondary Education ABA  -  Applied Behavior Analysis IEP - Individual Education Program OCR - Office for…

Massachusetts education laws.  Listing maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

A majority of the Justices declined to adopt the conclusion of the specially assigned judge of the Superior Court that the Commonwealth presently is not meeting its obligations under Part II, c. 5, § 2, of the Massachusetts Constitution, and rejected her recommendation for further judicial…

 This is a Report to the Supreme Judicial Court on the remedy phase of McDuffy v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Education, 415 Mass. 545 (1993). In McDuffy, the Supreme Judicial Court declared that under the Massachusetts Constitution, the Commonwealth has an “enforceable…