Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-378

EDU 378

Veterans Education

Mr. Rush moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8700-1150, Mr. Rush moved that the bill be amended, in section 2, in item 8700-1150, by inserting at the end thereof the following:-

“provided further, that reimbursements of the costs of Massachusetts veterans’ tuition and fee waivers under section 19 of chapter 15A also include the costs of online courses;  provided further, that the Commonwealth, not the institution of public higher education, shall bear the cost of such tution and fee waivers for the veterans in the Commonwealth.”