Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Higher Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, May 5, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Hearing #1

The Joint Committee on Higher Education will hold a hybrid public hearing to solicit written and oral testimony in-person on the bills listed at the right.

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

All matters filed in the House that are listed to the right are required to be reported on by July 5th, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Higher Education hearing page.

Advanced registration is strongly encouraged. Those wishing to register should fill out the form at this link. The deadline to register is Sunday, May 4th, at 5:00 p.m. Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign-up to speak in person on forms provided by committee staff outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign-up on the day of the hearing.

It is the intention of the committee to limit oral testimony to 3 minutes; however, the committee welcomes submission of additional longer statements in writing, which can be submitted via email to BOTH Dave.Rogers@mahouse.gov AND Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov. If you choose to email testimony, please put “TESTIMONY” and the bill number in the subject line. Testimony can also be mailed to the House and Senate Chair:

CHAIR DAVE ROGERS
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
24 BEACON ST ROOM 473-B
BOSTON MA 02133

CHAIR JO COMERFORD
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
24 BEACON ST ROOM 410
BOSTON MA 02133

The committee will accept written testimony until the relevant bill is acted upon.

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Dave Rogers. If you have any questions regarding the hearing, legislation, format of the hearing or reasonable accommodations required to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process, please email: George Armstrong at George.Armstrong@mahouse.gov. House Chair Rogers office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2263.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Higher Education - 5-5-2025	5/5/2025 1:00 PM	03:46:00

Institutions 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1467	An Act to facilitate student financial assistance	Andres X. Vargas
S.921	An Act to facilitate student financial assistance	Joanne M. Comerford
H.1466	An Act establishing the hunger free campus initiative	Andres X. Vargas
S.939	An Act establishing the hunger-free campus initiative	Joan B. Lovely
H.1455	An Act relative to college in high school	Jeffrey N. Roy
S.923	An Act relative to college in high school	Brendan P. Crighton
H.1458	An Act relative to admissions requirements to institutions of higher education	Adam J. Scanlon
S.932	An Act relative to admissions requirements to institutions of higher education	Adam Gómez
H.1452	An Act banning legacy preferences in higher education	Michael J. Moran
S.928	An Act banning legacy preferences in higher education	Lydia Edwards
H.1425	An Act to advance fairness, integrity, and excellence in higher education admissions	Simon Cataldo
S.950	An Act to advance fairness, integrity, and excellence in higher education admissions	Pavel M. Payano
H.1460	An Act relative to college tuition and admissions	Alan Silvia
H.1441	An Act relative to acceptance of AP scores for college credit	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1435	An Act relative to advanced placement examinations	Richard M. Haggerty
S.943	An Act to ban discriminatory admissions practices at higher education institutions	Mark C. Montigny
S.944	An Act relative to advanced placement examinations	Michael O. Moore
H.1432	An Act relative to advanced placement examinations and college credit	Judith A. Garcia
H.1430	An Act relative to college credits for AP courses	Paul K. Frost
S.922	An Act relative to the Bean New Deal	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.920	An Act ensuring tuition equity at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture	Joanne M. Comerford

	Document
	H.1425
	H.1430
	H.1432
	H.1435
	H.1441
	H.1452
	H.1455
	H.1458
	H.1460
	H.1466
	H.1467
	S.920
	S.921
	S.922
	S.923
	S.928
	S.932
	S.939
	S.943
	S.944
	S.950

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Higher Education

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