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3 board of trustees for vocational education, establish and maintain 



4 independent industrial, agricultural or household arts schools. Such 



5 district board of trustees may consist of the chairman and two other 



6 members of the school committee of each of such cities and towns, 



7 to be appointed for the purpose by each of the respective school com- 



8 mittees thereof; or any such city or town may elect three resi- 



9 dents thereof to serve as its representatives on such district board 



10 of trustees. 



11 2. Such a district board of trustees for vocational education may 



12 adopt for a period of one year or more a plan of organization, 



13 administration and support for such schools. Such a plan, if ap- 



14 proved by the board of education, shall constitute a binding contract 



15 between the cities or towns which are, through the action of their 



16 respective representatives on such a district board of trustees, made 



17 parties thereto, and shall not be altered or annulled except by vote 



18 of two-thirds of the entire district board of trustees and the consent 



19 of the board of education to such alteration or annulment. 



1 SECTION 6. Local and district boards of trustees for vocational 



2 education, administering approved industrial, agricultural or house- 



3 hold arts schools, shall, under a scheme to be approved by the board 



4 of education, appoint an advisory committee composed of members 



5 representing local trades, industries and occupations. It shall be the 



6 duty of such advisory committees to counsel with and advise such 



7 local or district boards of trustees and other school officials having 



8 the management and supervision of such schools. 



NON-RESIDENT PUPILS. 



1 SECTION 7. 1. Any resident of any city or town in Massachusetts 



2 which does not maintain an approved independent industrial, agri- 



3 cultural or household arts school, offering the type of training which 



4 he desires, may make application for admission to such a school 



5 maintained by another city or town. The board of education, whose 



6 decision shall be final, may approve or disapprove such application. 



7 In making such a decision the board of education shall take into 



8 consideration: the opportunities for free vocational training in the 



9 community in which the applicant resides; the financial status of 



10 the community; the age, sex, preparation, aptitude and previous 



11 record of the applicant; and all other relevant circumstances. 



12 2. The city or town in which the child resides, whose application 



13 for admission to an approved independent industrial, agricultural 



14 or household arts school maintained by another city or town has been 



15 approved, shall pay such tuition fee as may be fixed by the board 



16 of education; and the commonwealth shall reimburse such a city or 



17 town, as provided for in this act. If any city or town neglects or 



