SENATE DOCKET, NO. 712        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1191

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act revising the Quinn bill.

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 108L of Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking the phrase “the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools” in the second paragraph and replacing it with the following phrase: “an accreditation body certified by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as a Regional Accrediting Organization”.

SECTION 2. Section 108L of Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking the phrase “New England Association of Schools and Colleges accredited” in the eighth paragraph and replacing it with the following phrase: “accredited by an accreditation body certified by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as a Regional Accrediting Organization”.

SECTION 3. Section 108L of Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking the phrase “a New England Association of Schools and Colleges accredited institution” and replacing it with the following phrase: “an institution accredited by an accreditation body certified by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as a Regional Accrediting Organization”.