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Chapter 15D

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D

Department of Early Education and Care

1Purpose 1ADefinitions 2Early education and care department; duties 3Board of early education and care; duties; membership; appointments; length of term; purpose 3AState advisory council on early education and care; membership; reimbursement of expenses; terms; duties 4Commissioner; appointment; removal; qualifications; powers and duties 4ASub-state regions for licensure of child care centers and family child care homes; community plans; region-wide improvement plans; state-wide coordination of services 5Workforce development system; implementation plan 6License required for operation of child care programs; maintaining child in family foster care; placement; approval of foster homes; advertisement or notice for placement of child under 16 years of age 7Issuance of license or approval to persons or department, agency and institution meeting applicable standards and requirements; provisional license or approval 7AApplication of sections 6 and 7 to child care on military installations 8Adoption of regulations by board; classifications for licensure or approval; medical treatment exemptions; fines; consultation; report 9Inspection of facilities; investigation and evaluation of notices of abuse or neglect 10Suspension, revocation, etc. of license or approval; annual report 11Program quality standards and requirements 12Measurement of performance and effectiveness of programs providing early education and care and services 12AStandards for the prohibiting or limiting use of suspension and expulsion 12BData advisory commission; composition; report 13Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program 13AChild care financial assistance program 14Background information on prospective adoptive families; registration of placement agency with adoptive resource exchange 15Penalties for violations of Sec. 6 16Entry and inspection of facilities; court order 17Provisions in which family child care providers considered public or state employees; prohibitions regarding work stoppages; limitations regarding bargaining; representatives 18Grants for development of eligible facilities for licensed early care and education and out of school time programs; Early Education and Out of School Time Capital Fund 19Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund 20Operational grant program for early education and care providers; eligible uses for operational grants; formula for distributing operational grants; conditions for receiving grant; compliance standards; reporting 21Early education and care career ladder 22Imagination Library of Massachusetts program