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Fair educational practices at vocational training institutions: limits on application inquiries about race, religion, creed, color, age, sex and national origin
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151C, § 2A(d)
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
What it requires
- 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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Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, which investigates a verified petition alleging an unfair educational practice and may order the respondent to cease and desist
What this law does
Section 2A of chapter 151C of the General Laws makes it an unfair educational practice for a vocational training institution to cause a written or oral inquiry concerning the race, religion, creed, color, age, sex or national origin of a person seeking admission. A religious or denominational educational institution that has certified its status to the commission may inquire about the religious or denominational affiliation of applicants.
A vocational training institution is any educational institution whose primary purpose is to offer technical, agricultural, business or trade courses or courses of study leading to employment in recognized trades or occupations. An educational institution is any institution for instruction or training, including colleges, universities and primary and secondary schools, that accepts applications for admission from the public generally and is not in its nature distinctly private. On a finding of an unfair educational practice the commission may order the respondent to cease and desist.
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