Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Higher Education

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Hearing #4

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 November 10, 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.

Members of the public are 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 Tuesday, September 9, 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 via email after registration. If you plan to testify as part of a panel, each member of the panel must complete the registration form separately.

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, and individuals offering testimony on multiple bills must also do so within the 3 minute time limit. 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 - September 11 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 also be reached via telephone: (617) 722-1532.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Higher Education - 9-11-2025	9/11/2025 1:00 PM	02:08:57

Hearing #4 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.930	An Act to establish comprehensive rights and career advancement for contingent faculty in public higher education	James B. Eldridge
H.3948	An Act to establish comprehensive rights and career advancement for contingent faculty in public higher education	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
S.934	An Act establishing the public higher education faculty advancement pilot program	Patricia D. Jehlen
H.1434	An Act establishing the public higher education contingent faculty reform pilot program	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
S.937	An Act investing in public higher education	Edward J. Kennedy
S.933	An Act relative to the rights of faculty members at the University of Massachusetts	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.940	An Act promoting an adjunct bill of rights	Paul W. Mark
H.1429	An Act promoting an adjunct bill of rights	Patricia A. Duffy
S.938	An Act to require disclosure of conflicts of interests in academic institutions	Jason M. Lewis
S.919	An Act to modernize the endowment match program for community colleges	Joanne M. Comerford
H.1454	An Act to modernize the endowment match program for community colleges	David M. Rogers
S.948	An Act relative to the endowment match program	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.936	An Act relative to the endowment match program	Edward J. Kennedy
H.1447	An Act relative to the endowment match program	Michael P. Kushmerek
S.951	An Act to support college students in recovery	Rebecca L. Rausch
H.1462	An Act to support college students in recovery	Joshua Tarsky
S.954	An Act relative to opioid overdose prevention in college housing	John C. Velis
H.1448	An Act creating higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and other developmental disabilities	Michael P. Kushmerek
H.1433	An Act creating documentation requirement standards to demonstrate a disability for a public institution of higher education in the commonwealth	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.1367	An Act regarding Title XIX reimbursements for state colleges and universities	Sean Garballey
H.1456	An Act relative to community colleges and the career technical initiative	Adam J. Scanlon
S.953	An Act expanding the community college training incentive program	John C. Velis
H.1457	An Act expanding the community college training incentive program	Adam J. Scanlon
S.925	An Act to support access to vocational schools	Julian Cyr
S.952	An Act to support access to vocational schools	Bruce E. Tarr
H.1461	An Act to support access to vocational schools	Thomas M. Stanley

	Document
	H.1367
	H.1429
	H.1433
	H.1434
	H.1447
	H.1448
	H.1454
	H.1456
	H.1457
	H.1461
	H.1462
	H.3948

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Higher Education

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