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ALM GL ch. 269, § 17
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68 Am Jur 2d, Schools § 347.
Annotations
Tort liability of college, university, fraternity, or sorority for injury or death of member or prospective member by
hazing or initiation activity. 68 ALR4th 228.
Validity, construction, and application of "hazing" statutes. 30 ALR5th 683.
Law Reviews
Edelman, How to Prevent High School Hazing: A Legal, Ethical and Social Primer. 81 N. Dak. L. Rev. 309 (2005).
CASE NOTES
Brutal treatment or forced physical activity made criminal by ALM GL c 269 § 17 is directed at student
organizations, not at educational institutions themselves. Perkins v. Commonwealth (2001) 52 Mass App 175, 752
NE2d 761, 2001 Mass App LEXIS 745.
Cadet who resigned from training at State Police Academy had no claim for constructive discharge from
employment on ground that hazing by Academy personnel violated public policy, where there was no legislative
directive or enunciated public policy that precluded Academy from discharging cadet who could not tolerate rigors and
discipline required of recruits. Perkins v. Commonwealth (2001) 52 Mass App 175, 752 NE2d 761, 2001 Mass App
LEXIS 745.
Hazing statute, ALM GL c 269 § 17, did not apply to State Police Academy because Academy was not student
organization. Perkins v. Commonwealth (2001) 52 Mass App 175, 752 NE2d 761, 2001 Mass App LEXIS 745.
ALM GL c 269 § 17 does not create private cause of action. Perkins v. Commonwealth (2001) 52 Mass App 175,
752 NE2d 761, 2001 Mass App LEXIS 745.
Arbitrator's finding that it was error to redact the names of student witnesses in a teacher disciplinary proceeding
did not violate: (1) the public policy that incident reports describing harm to a child's health or welfare had to be kept
confidential set forth in ALM GL c 119, §§ 51A and 51E, or (2) the policy respecting the safety of children inherent in
statutes prohibiting corporal punishment set forth in ALM GL c 71, § 37G and prohibiting hazing set forth in ALM GL c
269, §§ 17-19. City of Boston Sch. Comm. v. Boston Teachers Union, Local 66 (2006) 22 Mass L Rep 15, 2006 Mass
Super LEXIS 634.
School committee failed to show that disclosure to union of unredacted student witness statements concerning
alleged teacher misconduct would violate alleged public policy of protecting students' rights to privacy and safety; even
assuming that such policy existed, school committee failed to explain interplay (if any) between statutes it relied on to
support its argument and statements at issue. Boston School Committee and Boston Teachers Union, Local 66,
MFT/AFT/AFL-CIO, 36 MLC 48 (2009).