Amendment 36

Amendment ID: S2842-36-R1

Redraft Amendment 36

Ensuring students' access to academic transcripts

Ms. Chandler moves that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 7 the following section:-

"SECTION 7A. Chapter 15A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 19E the following section:-

Section 19F. (a) A public institution of higher education under section 5 shall not withhold a student's academic transcripts solely due to the student's failure to pay a loan payment, fine, fee, tuition or other expense owed to the institution, except that a student's academic credits and grades may be withheld for a course for which the student's tuition and mandatory course fees are not paid in full. For a student paying on a per semester basis, a public institution of higher education may withhold the student’s academic credits or grades for any course taken in a semester for which that student’s tuition and mandatory course fees have not been paid.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a public institution of higher education from withholding a student's diploma or degree due to the student's failure to pay a loan payment, fine, fee, tuition or other expense owed to the institution.