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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1277 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 830 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Edward J. Kennedy |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act protecting students and increasing accountability at Massachusetts colleges and |
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| 13 | 13 | | universities. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Edward J. KennedyFirst Middlesex 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1277 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 830 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 830) of Edward J. Kennedy for |
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| 20 | 20 | | legislation to reform institutional eligibility requirements for state-based financial aid. Higher |
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| 21 | 21 | | Education. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 840 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act protecting students and increasing accountability at Massachusetts colleges and |
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| 30 | 30 | | universities. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 Section 16 of Chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 No state scholarship funds under this section, any other section of this chapter, or other |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4state student financial aid however provided, shall be made available to, or on behalf, of any |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5student enrolled in any postsecondary educational institution which the board of Higher |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6Education determines does not meet the requirements of this paragraph. To meet the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7requirements of this paragraph, a postsecondary educational institution shall demonstrate to the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8board that it has: (i) graduation rates of not less than 30 per cent for undergraduate students |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9taking 150 per cent or less of the expected time to complete degree requirements, as most 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10recently reported by the U.S. Department of Higher Education, provided, that graduation rates |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11shall include students who transfer; or (ii) an average 3 year cohort default rate that is not more |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12than 20 per cent, as most recently reported by the U.S. Department of Education. The board of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13Higher Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this paragraph including, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14but not limited to, procedures and processes for annually determining which postsecondary |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15educational institutions meet the requirements of this paragraph, and a process for an institution |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16to appeal a determination that they do not meet the necessary requirements. The board of higher |
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| 49 | 49 | | 17education shall annually post a list of institutions that meet the requirements of this paragraph on |
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| 50 | 50 | | 18the Department of Higher Education’s website. |
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