Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Related Laws & Regulations

The committee Ways and Means, to whom was committed the House Bill relative to braille literacy (House, No. 2144), reports recommending that the same ought to pass, with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 2409.

The regulations in force before the filing of the emergency regulations on October 11. 2001 established four categories of criminal offenses that might show up on a CORI check: mandatory disqualification, ten year presumptive disqualification, five year presumptive disqualification and discretionary disqualification.

Chapter 766 is the Massachusetts law which guarantees the rights of all young people with special needs (age 3-22) to an educational program best suited to their needs.