Healthy, High Performance School Facilities:

Developments in State Policy

 

Massachusetts

Citation: Mass. Gen. Laws 70B, § 1; 963 Code of Mass. Regs. 2.04
Available: Law, Regulations

Massachusetts law and regulations authorize the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) to establish requirements for the design and construction of schools, including guidelines and standards for the sustainability of Approved Projects. The MSBA has established policies requiring all approved projects to achieve a specified minimum level of compliance with either the Northeast Collaborative for High Performance Schools Protocol (NE-CHPS) criteria or the LEED-Schools rating system.

 

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