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MA H1428

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Paul Donato

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Provides tuition and fee waivers at Massachusetts public higher education institutions for residents who were subject to a legal guardianship under state law
  • Eligibility requires the student to be living with a grandparent or other relative (related by blood, marriage, or affinity) upon turning 18 or enrolling in college
  • Explicitly excludes students living with a parent from eligibility for these waivers
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts bears the cost of waivers, not the higher education institutions, after federal reimbursements are exhausted
  • Amends Section 19 of Chapter 15A of the General Laws governing higher education tuition waiver programs

Legislative Description

Relative to tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent or other relative

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

10/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means10/27/2025
Higher Education2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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