Amendment ID: S2325-18-R1

Redraft Amendment 18

Access to Higher Education for Veterans

Messrs. Ross and O'Connor move to amend the amendment by inserting after section 2 the following section:-

“SECTION 2A. Section 42 of said chapter 15A, as appearing in section 5 of chapter 108 of the acts of 2012, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(c) For the purposes of admission and tuition expenses at a public institution of higher education, the council shall consider a veteran, as defined in section 7 of chapter 4, a resident of the commonwealth if the veteran: (i) was honorably discharged from the United States armed services after at least 1 year of active service, excluding time spent at a military service academy; and (ii) designates the commonwealth as the veteran’s intended domicile, moves to the commonwealth for the purpose of establishing residency and successfully establishes residency in the commonwealth within 1 year after matriculation in a public institution of higher education. If a veteran considered to be a resident of the commonwealth for the purposes of admission and tuition expenses does not satisfy clauses (i) and (ii), the veteran shall no longer be considered a resident of the commonwealth and shall be invoiced for the expenses that the veteran would have paid if the veteran had not been considered a resident of the commonwealth.”