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MA H1428
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Paul Donato
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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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