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Serves K-12 schools, in Massachusetts

Fair educational practices: limits on application inquiries about race, religion, color, national origin and criminal historyin force3 lines

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151C, § 2(c) and (f) · Read the law's page

  • If you are a college, university, school or other educational institution that accepts applications from the public generally and is not distinctly private, do not cause a written or oral inquiry about the race, religion, color or national origin of a person seeking admission; a religious or denominational institution that has certified its status to the commission may ask about religious or denominational affiliation (chapter 151C, section 2(c)).
  • Do not request, or make or keep a record of, information about an arrest, detention or disposition in which no conviction resulted or a conviction was vacated, a first conviction for drunkenness, simple assault, speeding, minor traffic violations, affray or disturbance of the peace, or a misdemeanor conviction more than five years before the application unless the applicant was sentenced to imprisonment or has been convicted of any offense within the five years, and do not use an application form that requests it (chapter 151C, section 2(f)).
  • Do not exclude, limit or otherwise discriminate against a person because the person did not furnish that information in a written application or oral inquiry (chapter 151C, section 2(f)).
Fair educational practices at vocational training institutions: limits on application inquiries about race, religion, creed, color, age, sex and national originin force1 line

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151C, § 2A(d) · Read the law's page

  • If you are a vocational training institution, do not cause a written or oral inquiry about the race, religion, creed, color, age, sex or national origin of a person seeking admission; a religious or denominational institution that has certified its status to the commission may ask about religious or denominational affiliation (chapter 151C, section 2A(d)).

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