Amendment #412 to H3400

In-State Tuition for Separating Service Members

Representatives D'Emilia of Bridgewater, 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, 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, Orrall of Lakeville, 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 9 of Chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “tuition;” in line 128, the following words:-

provided, however, that any veteran of the United States armed services, as defined in clause 43 of section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, shall be considered a Massachusetts resident for the purpose of admission and tuition expenses for any Massachusetts state college, community college, or state university under the following conditions: the veteran designates Massachusetts as his/her intended domicile, moves to Massachusetts for the purpose of establishing residency, and successfully establishes residency in Massachusetts within one year of matriculation in a Massachusetts public institution of higher learning;".