SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2592

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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SENATE, September 8, 2025.

The committee on Higher Education to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 924) of Julian Cyr and Joanne M. Comerford for legislation relative to tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent or other relative, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No.2592).

For the committee,

Joanne M. Comerford

        FILED ON: 8/28/2025

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2592

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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

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 2022 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 and who, upon reaching the age of 18 or upon enrolling in a Massachusetts institution of higher education, is living with a grandparent. 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.