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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)).

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)).

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, § 9 · Read the law's page

• If you are an institution of higher education that receives a student's transcript, social security number, taxpayer identification number document, immigration affidavit or selective service documentation to decide eligibility for in-state tuition or state-funded financial assistance under chapter 15A, section 9, protect that student or family information from disclosure under chapter 66A, chapter 93H and the other applicable privacy laws (chapter 15A, section 9).

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 168D(f) · Read the law's page

• If you are a public or independent institution of higher education in Massachusetts authorized to grant degrees, survey all of your students about sexual misconduct at least once every 4 years (chapter 6, section 168D(b)(1)).
• Collect anonymous responses in the survey, including a campus-specific survey you develop yourself, and prohibit the disclosure of identifying information (chapter 6, section 168D(f)).

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 168E · Read the law's page

• If you are a public or independent institution of higher education in Massachusetts authorized to grant degrees, state in your sexual misconduct policy that you will not disclose the identity of the reporting party or the responding party except as necessary to carry out a disciplinary process or as permitted under state or federal law (chapter 6, section 168E(b)(vii)(L)).
• Provide a method for anonymously reporting an incident of sexual misconduct involving a student or employee (chapter 6, section 168E(i)).
• Notify students and employees of your obligations under state and federal law to investigate or address alleged sexual misconduct, including when it was reported anonymously, to assess whether a report triggers a timely warning or emergency notification that may in limited circumstances release the reporting party's identity, and to disclose the identity of a reporting party to another student, an employee or a third party (chapter 6, section 168E(j)).
• Designate at least one confidential resource provider who is not a student, a Title IX coordinator or an employee required by Title IX to report to the coordinator (chapter 6, section 168E(l)).
• Do not release information given to a confidential resource provider to a campus official or law enforcement officer or agency without the reporting party's written consent, and make sure the provider does not disclose confidential information without that consent unless state or federal law requires it (chapter 6, section 168E(l)).

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 168E(b) and (e) · Read the law's page

• If you are a public or independent institution of higher education in Massachusetts authorized to grant degrees, publish your sexual misconduct policies on your website in an accessible format, and give them in writing to an applicant, student or employee on request (chapter 6, section 168E(b)).
• Publish on your website, in an accessible format, your federal Annual Security Report, a 24-hour hotline number, your Title IX coordinator's name and contact information, a confidential resource provider's name and contact information, your sexual misconduct policies, reporting options and process of investigation and adjudication, and the other items chapter 6, section 168E(e) lists.