HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3169        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1070

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tom Sannicandro and Michael O. Moore

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act making community colleges in Massachusetts free for residents of the state.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/16/2015

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

1/16/2015

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

9/11/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

9/11/2019

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

9/11/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

9/11/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

9/11/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

9/11/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

9/11/2019

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

9/11/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

9/11/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

9/11/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

9/11/2019

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

2/3/2015

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

9/11/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

9/11/2019

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

9/11/2019

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

9/11/2019

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

9/11/2019

Carlos Gonzalez

10th Hampden

9/11/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

9/11/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

9/11/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3169        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1070

By Representative Sannicandro of Ashland and Senator Moore, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1070) of Tom Sannicandro, Michael Moore and others for legislation to exempt residents of the Commonwealth from payment of tuition or mandatory curriculum fees at community colleges.  Higher Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act making community colleges in Massachusetts free for residents of the state.

 

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.  Chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 5A the following section:

Section 5B.   Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, no tuition or mandatory curriculum fees shall be charged to any resident of the state at any community college listed in section 5.  The commonwealth, not the community colleges, shall bear the cost of providing free community colleges for residents of the state.