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Education Laws and Regulations

603 CMR 10.00:

School Finance

Section:

  • 10.01: Authority, Scope and Purpose
  • 10.02: Definitions
  • 10.03: Accounting and Reporting: School Districts
  • 10.04: Financial Accounting and Reporting: Other Municipal Departments
  • 10.05: Documentation Requirements
  • 10.06: Annual School Spending Requirements
  • 10.07: Special Education Payments and Reimbursements
  • 10.08: Transportation Reimbursement, Resident Students
  • 10.09: Transportation Reimbursement, School Choice, Homeless and Charter School Students
  • 10.10: Audit Procedures
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Most recently amended by the Board of Education: June 25, 2013.


10.01: Authority, Scope and Purpose

(1) 603 CMR 10.00 is promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education under M.G.L. c. 69, §1B; c. 70, §§ 3 and 11; c. 71B, §2; c. 72, § 6; c. 76, §§12A and 12B.

(2) 603 CMR 10.00 governs school and school district record keeping and reporting of information required to determine compliance with state and federal education statutes, and regulations; to compute school district spending requirements and annual state aid allocations; and to evaluate progress toward meeting the objectives of St. 1993, c. 71 (the Education Reform Act of 1993).


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Last Updated: July 2, 2013

 
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