Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-615-R1

Redraft EDU 615

Uniform Financial Aid Information

Ms. Donoghue, Messrs. Welch, Eldridge and Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-

“SECTION XX. Chapter 69 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 31D the following new section:-

Section 31E. Any college or university, with the exception of community colleges and junior colleges, whether public or private, shall, upon accepting any undergraduate applicant for admission to such institution, provide to said applicant a uniform financial aid information shopping sheet. Each institution shall provide this sheet prior to the institution’s enrollment deadline to allow each undergraduate applicant sufficient time to make an informed decision about enrollment. Each institution shall use the financial aid shopping sheet developed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the United States Department of Education pursuant to the Higher Education Opportunity Act, P.L. 110-135, to provide this information.”