SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1016        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 680

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Karen E. Spilka

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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 to promote higher education among employees of human services provider organizations.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Karen E. Spilka

Second Middlesex and Norfolk

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

Jose F. Tosado

9th Hampden

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

John V. Fernandes

10th Worcester


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1016        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 680

By Ms. Spilka, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 680) of Karen E. Spilka, Benjamin Swan, Marjorie C. Decker, David Paul Linsky and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote higher education among employees of human services provider organizations.  Higher Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 587 OF 2013-2014.]

 

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 to promote higher education among employees of human services provider organizations.

 

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 19E the following new section:-

Section 19 F. The board of higher education, in exercising its powers under section 4 of Chapter 15A shall by no later than 180 after the effective date of this act establish a program of tuition remission pursuant to which persons employed by providers of social services programs that hold contracts with the commonwealth, and spouses of those persons, are provided tuition remission benefits for courses or programs taken at any public community college or state college or the University of Massachusetts. Tuition remission benefits provided to such persons and their spouses shall be on parity, as nearly as possible, with tuition remission benefits provided to employees of the commonwealth and their spouses.  For purposes of this act, the term “social services programs" shall have the meaning specified in section 274 of chapter 110 of the acts of 1993, as amended.  In developing such programs of tuition remission benefits, the board of higher education and the administrator of the current tuition remission program operated by the Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers, Inc. shall consult with the secretary of health and human services and the secretary of elder affairs.