HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2533        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul J. Donato

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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 relative to tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent or other relative.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

1/19/2023

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

5/2/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

10/17/2023

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

10/20/2023

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

10/25/2023

Jennifer Balinsky Armini

8th Essex

10/27/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2533        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1257

By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1257) of Paul J. Donato relative to tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent or other relative.  Higher Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent or other relative.

 

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

Section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the ninth paragraph the following paragraph:-

The program shall provide tuition and fee waivers for any resident of the commonwealth who has been the subject of a legal guardianship pursuant to section 5-201 of chapter 190B of the General Laws and who, upon reaching the age of 18 or upon enrolling in a Massachusetts institution of higher education, is living with a grandparent or other relative, including any person related by consanguinity, marriage or affinity except for a parent. The commonwealth, not the institutions of public higher education, shall bear the cost of these waivers after all reimbursements from the federal government have been exhausted.