Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 92A (2026)

General education development tests; age requirement; no fee

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Section 92A. The department of education shall permit an inmate of a correctional institution of the commonwealth who is eighteen years of age or over to take the general education development tests, and said department shall not charge an application or testing fee to any inmate desiring to take said tests.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2010–2020 · leading case: Souza v. Sheriff of Bristol Cnty., 455 Mass. 573 (Mass. 2010).

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Souza v. Sheriff of Bristol Cnty., 455 Mass. 573 (Mass. 2010). · cites it 2× “16 It would also, in the case of the GED fee, contravene the clear import of G. L. c. 127, § 92A, 17 to provide inmates with free access to GED testing.”

Pearson v. Hodgson (D. Mass. 2020). “124, § 1 (r) (haircut fee); Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 92A (GED fees); Mass.”

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