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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4713 |
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| 3 | 3 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 4 | 4 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, June 6, 2024. |
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| 6 | 6 | | The committee on Higher Education, to whom were referred the |
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| 7 | 7 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1252) of Bruce J. Ayers for |
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| 8 | 8 | | legislation to create a scholarship fund to increase the number of medical |
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| 9 | 9 | | providers who are knowledgeable in autism; the petition (accompanied by |
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| 10 | 10 | | bill, House, No. 1256) of Kate Donaghue relative to the Massachusetts |
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| 11 | 11 | | State College Building Authority.; the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 12 | 12 | | House, No. 1259) of Peter J. Durant for legislation to require higher |
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| 13 | 13 | | educational institutions to provide certain information to students applying |
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| 14 | 14 | | for or changing their major field of study; the petition (accompanied by |
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| 15 | 15 | | bill, House, No. 1266) of Natalie M. Higgins and others that institutions of |
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| 16 | 16 | | higher education adopt policies on academic transcript notations and |
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| 17 | 17 | | appeals relating to sexual misconduct; the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 18 | 18 | | House, No. 1268) of Daniel J. Hunt for legislation to provide full student |
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| 19 | 19 | | representation on the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees; the |
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| 20 | 20 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1271) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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| 21 | 21 | | and others for an investigation by a special task force (including members |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the General Court) relative to the economic and educational impacts of |
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| 23 | 23 | | establishing public private partnerships between higher educational |
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| 24 | 24 | | institutions and private corporations; the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 25 | 25 | | House, No. 1273) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to the |
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| 26 | 26 | | expansion of the valedictorian tuition waiver program in the public system |
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| 27 | 27 | | of higher education; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1274) |
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| 28 | 28 | | of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to higher education tuition and |
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| 29 | 29 | | fee waivers for seniors; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1278) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Josh S. Cutler and Carole A. Fiola |
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| 31 | 31 | | relative to higher education recordkeeping responsibilities; the petition |
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| 32 | 32 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1279) of Marc T. Lombardo relative to |
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| 33 | 33 | | in-state tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher education; the |
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| 34 | 34 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1281) of Michael J. Moran, |
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| 35 | 35 | | Adrian C. Madaro and others relative to in-state tuition rates and fees at |
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| 36 | 36 | | public institutions of higher education; the petition (accompanied by bill, 2 of 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | House, No. 1288) of Paul A. Schmid, III and Antonio F. D. Cabral relative |
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| 38 | 38 | | to higher education capital investments in gateway municipalities or |
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| 39 | 39 | | abutting municipalities; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1289) of Alan Silvia and others relative to residential preference for |
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| 41 | 41 | | financial aid at public institutions of higher education; the petition |
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| 42 | 42 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1290) of Jeffrey Rosario Turco relative |
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| 43 | 43 | | to a tuition and fee freeze at all public colleges and universities; the |
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| 44 | 44 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1291) of Chynah Tyler relative |
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| 45 | 45 | | to the use of the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center by members of |
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| 46 | 46 | | the abutting residential community and students, faculty, staff, and alumni |
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| 47 | 47 | | at Roxbury Community College; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, |
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| 48 | 48 | | No. 1292) of Steven Ultrino and Vanna Howard relative to establishing a |
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| 49 | 49 | | tuition free program for teachers and paraprofessionals; the petition |
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| 50 | 50 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3867) of Rita A. Mendes, Michelle M. |
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| 51 | 51 | | DuBois and Samantha Montaño relative to community college tuition for |
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| 52 | 52 | | graduates of Brockton public schools; and the petition (accompanied by |
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| 53 | 53 | | bill, House, No. 4142) of Kay Khan relative to mental health awareness at |
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| 54 | 54 | | public higher education institutions, reports recommending that the |
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| 55 | 55 | | accompanying order (House, No. 4713) ought to be adopted. |
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| 56 | 56 | | For the committee, |
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| 57 | 57 | | DAVID M. ROGERS. 3 of 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4713 |
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| 59 | 59 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 60 | 60 | | House of Representatives, |
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| 61 | 61 | | 1 Ordered, That the committee on Higher Education be authorized to sit during a recess of |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2the General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 1252, |
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| 63 | 63 | | 31256, 1259, 1266, 1268, 1271, 1273, 1274, 1278, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, |
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| 64 | 64 | | 43867 and 4142, relative to higher education matters. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 5 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study |
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| 66 | 66 | | 6and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such |
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| 67 | 67 | | 7recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives |
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| 68 | 68 | | 8on or before December 31, 2024. |
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