Amendment #401 to H3400

Tuition and Fee Waivers for Massachusetts Veterans

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, deMacedo of Plymouth, Barrows of Mansfield, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Boldyga of Southwick, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Durant of Spencer, Ferguson of Holden, Frost of Auburn, Gifford of Wareham, Harrington of Groton, Howitt of Seekonk, Humason of Westfield, Hunt of Sandwich, Kuros of Uxbridge, Smola of Palmer, Vieira of Falmouth and Wong of Saugus move to amend the bill by inserting after section 10 the following section:—

“SECTION XX.  Section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 189 of the Acts of 2010, is hereby amended by inserting after the third paragraph, the following new paragraph:-  Such guidelines shall provide tuition and fee waivers for veterans of Massachusetts, as defined in clause 43 of section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, and active duty servicepersons who are permanent and legal residents of Massachusetts and whose educational costs for attending a public institution of higher education, as defined in Section 5 of Chapter 15A of the General Laws, are not fully covered by Title 38, U.S. Code, Section 3675, CFR 21.4253. The Commonwealth, not the institutions of public higher education, shall bear the cost of such tuition and fee waivers for Massachusetts veterans and active duty servicepersons. The tuition and fee waiver shall be applied to unmet tuition and fee charges after the application of any educational entitlements under Title 38, U.S. Code, Section 3675, CFR 21.4253.”.