Massachusetts
District Stats
Step 0
76
26%
26%
Steps 1-3
209
72%
72%
Steps 4-6
5
2%
2%
Steps 7-9
0
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Step 10
0
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State Law - Massachusetts is a "May" State
School districts may create a policy allowing students to be released for religious study, or they may choose not to
coordinate with released-time programs and require the students' legal guardians facilitate the process.
Read more about "May" and "Shall" state laws
Full Law Text Link to State Law
General Laws > Part I > Title XII > Chapter 76 > Section 1
Absences may also be permitted for religious education at such times as the school committee may establish; provided, that no public funds shall be appropriated or expended for such education or for transportation incidental thereto; and provided, further, that such time shall be no more than one hour each week.
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All Districts
| District | Current Step | Signatures |
|---|---|---|
| Agawam | Step 6 | 205 |
| Brockton | Step 6 | 83 |
| Lynn | Step 6 | 145 |
| Burlington | Step 5 | 62 |
| Stoneham | Step 5 | 65 |
| Abington | Step 1 | 3 |
| Acton-Boxborough | Step 1 | 2 |
| Acushnet | Step 1 | 3 |
| Adams-Cheshire | Step 1 | 1 |
| Amesbury | Step 1 | 2 |
| Amherst | Step 1 | 2 |
| Amherst-Pelham | Step 1 | 1 |
| Andover | Step 1 | 4 |
| Ashburnham-Westminster | Step 1 | 6 |
| Athol-Royalston | Step 1 | 5 |
| Attleboro | Step 1 | 6 |
| Auburn | Step 1 | 2 |
| Avon | Step 1 | 3 |
| Ayer Shirley School District | Step 1 | 3 |
| Barnstable | Step 1 | 8 |
| Bedford | Step 1 | 1 |
| Belchertown | Step 1 | 7 |
| Bellingham | Step 1 | 5 |
| Berlin-Boylston | Step 1 | 1 |
| Beverly | Step 1 | 14 |
| Billerica | Step 1 | 4 |
| Blackstone-Millville | Step 1 | 4 |
| Boston | Step 1 | 13 |
| Bourne | Step 1 | 13 |
| Boxford | Step 1 | 2 |
| Braintree | Step 1 | 6 |
| Bridgewater-Raynham | Step 1 | 5 |
| Brimfield | Step 1 | 1 |
| Brookfield | Step 1 | 1 |
| Brookline | Step 1 | 3 |
| Canton | Step 1 | 1 |
| Carver | Step 1 | 8 |
| Central Berkshire | Step 1 | 2 |
| Chelmsford | Step 1 | 10 |
| Chelsea | Step 1 | 2 |
| Chicopee | Step 1 | 12 |
| Clinton | Step 1 | 3 |
| Concord | Step 1 | 1 |
| Concord-Carlisle | Step 1 | 1 |
| Danvers | Step 1 | 18 |
| Dartmouth | Step 1 | 2 |
| Dedham | Step 1 | 1 |
| Dennis-Yarmouth | Step 1 | 3 |
| Dighton-Rehoboth | Step 1 | 7 |
| Douglas | Step 1 | 5 |
| Dracut | Step 1 | 6 |
| Dudley-Charlton Reg | Step 1 | 13 |
| Duxbury | Step 1 | 1 |
| East Bridgewater | Step 1 | 7 |
| East Longmeadow | Step 1 | 2 |
| Eastham | Step 1 | 1 |
| Easthampton | Step 1 | 1 |
| Easton | Step 1 | 4 |
| Edgartown | Step 1 | 1 |
| Everett | Step 1 | 6 |
| Fairhaven | Step 1 | 2 |
| Fall River | Step 1 | 20 |
| Falmouth | Step 1 | 6 |
| Fitchburg | Step 1 | 18 |
| Florida | Step 1 | 1 |
| Foxborough | Step 1 | 4 |
| Framingham | Step 1 | 10 |
| Franklin | Step 1 | 4 |
| Freetown-Lakeville | Step 1 | 3 |
| Frontier | Step 1 | 1 |
| Gardner | Step 1 | 6 |
| Gateway | Step 1 | 1 |
| Gill-Montague | Step 1 | 2 |
| Gloucester | Step 1 | 4 |
| Grafton | Step 1 | 5 |
| Granby | Step 1 | 1 |
| Greenfield | Step 1 | 3 |
| Groton-Dunstable | Step 1 | 2 |
| Halifax | Step 1 | 3 |
| Hampden-Wilbraham | Step 1 | 18 |
| Hampshire | Step 1 | 2 |
| Hanover | Step 1 | 1 |
| Haverhill | Step 1 | 14 |
| Hingham | Step 1 | 4 |
| Holbrook | Step 1 | 3 |
| Holliston | Step 1 | 1 |
| Holyoke | Step 1 | 13 |
| Hopkinton | Step 1 | 2 |
| Hudson | Step 1 | 2 |
| Hull | Step 1 | 1 |
| King Philip | Step 1 | 2 |
| Kingston | Step 1 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Step 1 | 8 |
| Lee | Step 1 | 4 |
| Leicester | Step 1 | 4 |
| Lenox | Step 1 | 2 |
| Leominster | Step 1 | 12 |
| Lexington | Step 1 | 6 |
| Lincoln | Step 1 | 4 |
| Lincoln-Sudbury | Step 1 | 2 |
| Littleton | Step 1 | 5 |
| Longmeadow | Step 1 | 1 |
| Lowell | Step 1 | 10 |
| Ludlow | Step 1 | 4 |
| Lunenburg | Step 1 | 1 |
| Malden | Step 1 | 4 |
| Marblehead | Step 1 | 1 |
| Marion | Step 1 | 2 |
| Marlborough | Step 1 | 6 |
| Marshfield | Step 1 | 5 |
| Maynard | Step 1 | 1 |
| Medfield | Step 1 | 2 |
| Medford | Step 1 | 8 |
| Medway | Step 1 | 1 |
| Melrose | Step 1 | 1 |
| Mendon-Upton | Step 1 | 2 |
| Methuen | Step 1 | 2 |
| Middleborough | Step 1 | 5 |
| Middleton | Step 1 | 1 |
| Milford | Step 1 | 5 |
| Millbury | Step 1 | 2 |
| Millis | Step 1 | 2 |
| Milton | Step 1 | 1 |
| Monomoy Regional School District | Step 1 | 2 |
| Monson | Step 1 | 3 |
| Nantucket | Step 1 | 2 |
| Narragansett | Step 1 | 1 |
| Nashoba | Step 1 | 1 |
| Natick | Step 1 | 1 |
| Nauset | Step 1 | 1 |
| New Bedford | Step 1 | 15 |
| New Salem-Wendell | Step 1 | 1 |
| Newburyport | Step 1 | 3 |
| Newton | Step 1 | 2 |
| North Adams | Step 1 | 7 |
| North Attleborough | Step 1 | 3 |
| North Brookfield | Step 1 | 4 |
| North Middlesex | Step 1 | 10 |
| North Reading | Step 1 | 1 |
| Northampton | Step 1 | 1 |
| Northboro-Southboro | Step 1 | 2 |
| Northborough | Step 1 | 2 |
| Northbridge | Step 1 | 4 |
| Norton | Step 1 | 3 |
| Norwood | Step 1 | 7 |
| Oak Bluffs | Step 1 | 1 |
| Orange | Step 1 | 1 |
| Oxford | Step 1 | 24 |
| Palmer | Step 1 | 5 |
| Peabody | Step 1 | 4 |
| Pelham | Step 1 | 1 |
| Pembroke | Step 1 | 2 |
| Pentucket | Step 1 | 1 |
| Pittsfield | Step 1 | 41 |
| Plainville | Step 1 | 1 |
| Plymouth | Step 1 | 28 |
| Quabbin | Step 1 | 6 |
| Quincy | Step 1 | 15 |
| Ralph C Mahar | Step 1 | 2 |
| Randolph | Step 1 | 1 |
| Reading | Step 1 | 3 |
| Revere | Step 1 | 4 |
| Rockland | Step 1 | 2 |
| Rockport | Step 1 | 1 |
| Salem | Step 1 | 3 |
| Sandwich | Step 1 | 2 |
| Saugus | Step 1 | 3 |
| Scituate | Step 1 | 5 |
| Seekonk | Step 1 | 2 |
| Sharon | Step 1 | 1 |
| Silver Lake | Step 1 | 3 |
| Somerset | Step 1 | 1 |
| Somerville | Step 1 | 1 |
| South Hadley | Step 1 | 4 |
| Southampton | Step 1 | 3 |
| Southbridge | Step 1 | 13 |
| Southern Berkshire | Step 1 | 4 |
| Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District | Step 1 | 4 |
| Spencer-E Brookfield | Step 1 | 4 |
| Springfield | Step 1 | 10 |
| Stoughton | Step 1 | 2 |
| Sturbridge | Step 1 | 2 |
| Sudbury | Step 1 | 1 |
| Sutton | Step 1 | 4 |
| Swampscott | Step 1 | 2 |
| Swansea | Step 1 | 4 |
| Tantasqua | Step 1 | 3 |
| Taunton | Step 1 | 11 |
| Tewksbury | Step 1 | 6 |
| Tisbury | Step 1 | 1 |
| Topsfield | Step 1 | 2 |
| Triton | Step 1 | 3 |
| Uxbridge | Step 1 | 3 |
| Wachusett | Step 1 | 11 |
| Wakefield | Step 1 | 4 |
| Waltham | Step 1 | 6 |
| Wareham | Step 1 | 9 |
| Wayland | Step 1 | 2 |
| West Boylston | Step 1 | 1 |
| West Springfield | Step 1 | 7 |
| Westborough | Step 1 | 2 |
| Westfield | Step 1 | 8 |
| Westford | Step 1 | 3 |
| Westport | Step 1 | 4 |
| Westwood | Step 1 | 1 |
| Weymouth | Step 1 | 3 |
| Whitman-Hanson | Step 1 | 4 |
| Wilmington | Step 1 | 6 |
| Winchendon | Step 1 | 2 |
| Winchester | Step 1 | 4 |
| Winthrop | Step 1 | 12 |
| Woburn | Step 1 | 21 |
| Worcester | Step 1 | 20 |
| Wrentham | Step 1 | 3 |
| Arlington | Step 0 | 0 |
| Ashland | Step 0 | 0 |
| Belmont | Step 0 | 0 |
| Berkley | Step 0 | 0 |
| Berkshire Hills | Step 0 | 0 |
| Brewster | Step 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge | Step 0 | 0 |
| Carlisle | Step 0 | 0 |
| Chesterfield-Goshen | Step 0 | 0 |
| Clarksburg | Step 0 | 0 |
| Cohasset | Step 0 | 0 |
| Conway | Step 0 | 0 |
| Deerfield | Step 0 | 0 |
| Dover | Step 0 | 0 |
| Dover-Sherborn | Step 0 | 0 |
| Erving | Step 0 | 0 |
| Farmington River Reg | Step 0 | 0 |
| Georgetown | Step 0 | 0 |
| Gosnold | Step 0 | 0 |
| Hadley | Step 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton-Wenham | Step 0 | 0 |
| Hancock | Step 0 | 0 |
| Harvard | Step 0 | 0 |
| Hatfield | Step 0 | 0 |
| Hawlemont | Step 0 | 0 |
| Holland | Step 0 | 0 |
| Hopedale | Step 0 | 0 |
| Ipswich | Step 0 | 0 |
| Leverett | Step 0 | 0 |
| Lynnfield | Step 0 | 0 |
| Manchester Essex Regional | Step 0 | 0 |
| Mansfield | Step 0 | 0 |
| Martha'S Vineyard | Step 0 | 0 |
| Masconomet | Step 0 | 0 |
| Mashpee | Step 0 | 0 |
| Mattapoisett | Step 0 | 0 |
| Mohawk Trail | Step 0 | 0 |
| Mount Greylock | Step 0 | 0 |
| Nahant | Step 0 | 0 |
| Needham | Step 0 | 0 |
| Norfolk | Step 0 | 0 |
| North Andover | Step 0 | 0 |
| Norwell | Step 0 | 0 |
| Old Rochester | Step 0 | 0 |
| Orleans | Step 0 | 0 |
| Petersham | Step 0 | 0 |
| Pioneer Valley | Step 0 | 0 |
| Plympton | Step 0 | 0 |
| Provincetown | Step 0 | 0 |
| Quaboag Regional | Step 0 | 0 |
| Richmond | Step 0 | 0 |
| Rochester | Step 0 | 0 |
| Rowe | Step 0 | 0 |
| Savoy | Step 0 | 0 |
| Sherborn | Step 0 | 0 |
| Shrewsbury | Step 0 | 0 |
| Shutesbury | Step 0 | 0 |
| Somerset Berkley Regional School District | Step 0 | 0 |
| Southborough | Step 0 | 0 |
| Sunderland | Step 0 | 0 |
| Truro | Step 0 | 0 |
| Tyngsborough | Step 0 | 0 |
| Up-Island Regional | Step 0 | 0 |
| Wales | Step 0 | 0 |
| Walpole | Step 0 | 0 |
| Ware | Step 0 | 0 |
| Watertown | Step 0 | 0 |
| Webster | Step 0 | 0 |
| Wellesley | Step 0 | 0 |
| Wellfleet | Step 0 | 0 |
| West Bridgewater | Step 0 | 0 |
| Westhampton | Step 0 | 0 |
| Weston | Step 0 | 0 |
| Whately | Step 0 | 0 |
| Williamsburg | Step 0 | 0 |
| Worthington | Step 0 | 0 |
