HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4191        FILED ON: 3/20/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3899

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to state grants for public higher education..

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

Chapter 15A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 5 the following section:-

The board of higher education or any other authority that is responsible for the administration of public higher education grant funding shall update or amend application criteria for all grant programs to require that all grant awards shall be made to applicants from public institutions of higher education or their associated partnerships.