Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-330

EDU 330

VETERANS TUITION AND FEE WAIVERS

Mr. Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section__, the following new section:-

“SECTION__. Section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 189 of the Acts of 2010, is hereby further 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.”