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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 751 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 836 |
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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 | | Liz Miranda |
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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 providing access to higher education for high school graduates in the Commonwealth. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Liz MirandaSecond SuffolkJack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex2/8/2023Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/8/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/21/2023Julian CyrCape and Islands3/2/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 751 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 836 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Miranda, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 836) of Liz Miranda, Jack Patrick |
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| 19 | 19 | | Lewis, Jacob R. Oliveira, James B. Eldridge and others for legislation to provide access to higher |
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| 20 | 20 | | education opportunities for high school graduates in the Commonwealth. Higher Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 823 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act providing access to higher education for high school graduates in the Commonwealth. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 9 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 "Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4determining eligibility for in-state tuition rates and fees and for state-funded financial assistance |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5at public institutions of higher education, except the University of Massachusetts Medical School |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6and the University of Massachusetts School of Law, any person admitted to such public |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7institutions of higher education, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8paragraph 15 of subsection (a)(A) through (S) of 8 U.S.C., section 1101 of the federal act, who |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9has attended high school in the commonwealth for 3 or more years and has graduated from a |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10high school in the commonwealth or attained the equivalent thereof in the commonwealth, shall 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11be eligible to pay in-state tuition rates and fees, and shall be eligible on the same terms as other |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12persons for state-funded financial assistance, at the University of Massachusetts, or any other |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13state university or state college or community college in the commonwealth; provided, however, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14that any person who is eligible for the military selective service under the federal Military |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15Selective Service Act, as amended by 50 U.S.C.,14 App. 453, section 3, shall register for such. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16No person qualified for in-state tuition rates and fees under this chapter shall be denied in-state |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17tuition and fees as a result of the granting of eligibility under this paragraph. An eligible person |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18shall provide the University of Massachusetts, or any other state university or state college or |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19community college in the commonwealth with (i) a valid social security number or a document |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20reflecting issuance of an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) in lieu of a social |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21security number; (ii) if that person is not a citizen of the United States or a legal permanent |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22resident of the United States, an affidavit signed under the pains and penalties of perjury stating |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23that the person has applied for citizenship or legal permanent residence or will apply for |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24citizenship or legal permanent residence in accordance with federal statute and federal |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25regulations within 120 days of eligibility for such status and (iii) documentation of registration |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26with the selective service, if applicable. The Legislature finds that this is a state law within the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27meaning of 8 U.S.C. 1621(d). " |
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