HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 623        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 219

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to disclosing financial obligations to students enrolling in cosmetology schools ..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 87U of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “him”, in line 9, the following paragraph:—

             A school representative shall discuss with all students enrolled at a registered school the student’s obligation when signing any enrollment contract and/or incurring any debt for educational purposes. Such discussions shall include the inadvisability of acquiring an excessive educational debt burden that will be difficult to repay given  employment opportunities and average starting salaries in the student’s chosen  occupation.