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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2383 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1259
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Peter J. Durant
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act promoting educational awareness and opportunity.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Peter J. Durant6th Worcester1/17/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2383 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1259
By Representative Durant of Spencer, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1259) of Peter
J. Durant for legislation to require higher educational institutions to provide certain information
to students applying for or changing their major field of study. Higher Education.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1323 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act promoting educational awareness and opportunity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 44 the following new section:-
3 Section 44 1/2. Any public institution of higher education as defined in Section 5 shall
4be required to collect and provide to all students, when applying for or changing their major field
5of study, the following information: (i) The estimated cost in total for the selected major when
6taking the required courses to complete such major; (ii) the average amount of debt students who
7have completed a degree in such major in the past three years have acquired upon graduation for
8the chosen major; (iii) the professions that recent graduates within the major have acquired,
9within 1 year of graduation, including the number who have not received jobs and have not 2 of 2
10continued on to higher education programs; and (iv) the average salary of recent graduates,
11within 3 years, with the major.