| 1 | 1 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2679 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | _______________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 5 | 5 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 6 | 6 | | _______________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE, April 1, 2024. |
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| 8 | 8 | | The committee on Higher Education, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied |
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| 9 | 9 | | by bill, Senate, No. 831) of Edward J. Kennedy for legislation to invest in public higher |
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| 10 | 10 | | education, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2679). |
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| 11 | 11 | | For the committee, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Joanne M. Comerford 1 of 2 |
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| 13 | 13 | | FILED ON: 2/7/2024 |
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| 14 | 14 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2679 |
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| 15 | 15 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 16 | 16 | | _______________ |
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| 17 | 17 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 19 | 19 | | _______________ |
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| 20 | 20 | | An Act investing in public higher education.. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 2 (e) of Chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 117 by inserting after the word “hours” the |
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| 25 | 25 | | 3following:- ; or a faculty member who teaches 2 classes of at least 3 or more credits per |
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| 26 | 26 | | 4semester, or 4 classes of at least 3 or more credits per calendar year at one or more of the public |
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| 27 | 27 | | 5institutions of higher education in the state, as set forth in section 5 of chapter 15A, including a |
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| 28 | 28 | | 6division of continuing education, regardless of funding source, including but not limited to |
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| 29 | 29 | | 7subsidiary account CC, and regardless of the term of employment or participation or membership |
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| 30 | 30 | | 8in a retirement system or plan; provided, that the commonwealth, not the public higher education |
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| 31 | 31 | | 9institutions, shall bear the cost. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 10 SECTION 2. For those employees included in section 1, the commonwealth, not the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 11public institutions of higher education, shall bear the cost of implementing coverage, using the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 12schedule set forth: 2 of 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 13 (a) In the fiscal year in which this act is signed into law, the commonwealth shall pay 25 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 14per cent of the premium costs for coverage of the faculty member. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 15 (b) In the first fiscal year following this act becoming law, the commonwealth shall pay |
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| 38 | 38 | | 1635 per cent of the premium costs for coverage of the faculty member. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 17 (c) In the following fiscal year the commonwealth shall pay 45 per cent of the premium |
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| 40 | 40 | | 18costs for coverage of the faculty member. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 19 (d) In the following fiscal year the commonwealth shall pay 55 per cent of the premium |
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| 42 | 42 | | 20costs for coverage of the faculty member. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 21 (e) In the following fiscal year the commonwealth shall pay 65 per cent of the premium |
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| 44 | 44 | | 22costs for coverage of the faculty member. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 23 (f) In the following fiscal year and all fiscal years proceeding, the commonwealth shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | 24pay 75 per cent of the premium costs for coverage of the faculty member. |
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