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