Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Higher Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Capital Investment in Higher Education

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 August 2, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

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

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 registration form at this link. The deadline to register is Sunday, June 1st, at 5:00 p.m. Persons seeking to testify remotely must pre-register by the stated deadline; further instructions on how to participate will be provided after registration.

Same-day registration will only be available to those testifying in person. 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 - June 3 Hearing” 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 Senate Chair Jo Comerford. 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: Rachel Klein at Rachel.Klein@masenate.gov. Chair Comerford’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-1532.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Higher Education	6/3/2025 1:00 PM	03:59:57

Agenda

Capital Investment in Higher Education 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.54	An Act to build resilient infrastructure to generate higher-ed transformation	Maura T. Healey
H.1426	An Act to provide green and healthy public colleges and universities and address their deferred maintenance needs	Manny Cruz
H.1424	An Act relative to higher education capital investment in gateway cities	Antonio F. D. Cabral
S.949	An Act to provide green and healthy public colleges and universities and address their deferred maintenance needs	Jacob R. Oliveira

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Higher Education

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