Legal Opinion

Massachusetts Federation of Teachers v. Board of Education

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 9, 2002PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.

The Massachusetts Federation of Teachers and the Massachusetts Teachers Association/NEA (collectively, Teachers) filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Board of Education (board) and the Commissioner of Education (commissioner) (collectively, the defendants) challenging the validity of 603 Code Mass. Regs. §§ 2.01, 2.02, 2.05, 44.02, 44.03, 44.04 (2000), regulations promulgated by the board that require mathematics teachers in certain schools to take a Mathematics Content Assessment test (assessment test) to evaluate their mastery of the subject matter prior to…

2Cases cited49 opinions

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