Amendment #469 to H4000
Reporting Equity in Higher Education
Mr. Vargas of Haverhill moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:
SECTION XXXX. Chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 6 the following section :-
Section 6A. (a) The department of higher education shall annually collect and annually report, online in a public manner, the following:
(1) the number and percentage of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who are completing college-level math and English by the end of their first academic year;
(2) the number and percentage of first-time, degree-seeking students are completing their expected number of credits in their first year;
(3) the number and percentage of full-time, first-time, degree-seeking students who are returning to the same institution or transferring to another institution the year after initial enrollment; and
(4) the number and percentage of students at a college as either first-time or transfer students, who graduate, transfer, attain 30 credits and/or remain enrolled, within six years after enrolling at a college as either first-time or transfer students.
(b) The department shall annually collect and annually report, online in a public manner:
(1) data comparing the percentages for white students and black students, and data comparing the percentages for white students and hispanic students, for each of the data points in paragraphs 1 to 4 of subsection (a) inclusive. This shall include a comparison of students attending a four-year institution to students attending a community college;
(2) data comparing the percentages for male students and female students for each of the data points in paragraphs 1 to 4 of subsection (a) inclusive. This shall include a comparison of students attending a four-year institution to students attending a community college; and
(3) data comparing the percentages for pell grant recipients and pell grant ineligible students for each of the data points in paragraphs 1 to 4 of subsection (a) inclusive. This shall include a comparison of students attending a four-year institution to students attending a community college.
Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #469 to H4000
Reporting Equity in Higher Education
Representative: |
Mindy Domb |
Marcos A. Devers |
Liz Miranda |
Christina A. Minicucci |
Paul F. Tucker |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf |
Kevin G. Honan |
Vanna Howard |
Tram T. Nguyen |
Tami L. Gouveia |
Nika C. Elugardo |
Natalie M. Higgins |