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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 622 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 846 |
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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 | | Marc R. Pacheco |
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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 relative to UMass tuition credit. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and Plymouth 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 622 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 846 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 846) of Marc R. Pacheco for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to UMass tuition credit. Higher Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 855 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to UMass tuition credit. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1B of Chapter 75 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2amended by adding at the end of subsection (f) the following words:- “The value of the tuition |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3credit shall be adjusted annually to ensure the value of said credit is worth no less than 12.5 % of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4the total student charges for the academic year.” |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5 SECTION 2. Said Section 1B of said Chapter 75, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6amended by striking out subsection (g) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 (g) The board of trustees shall not accept any tuition waivers, grants or scholarships |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8identified in chapter 15A or any other general or special law that are in the form of tuition or fee |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9waivers established on or after July 1, 2016 unless the reduction is accompanied with an 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10appropriation that fully supports the reduction or the reduction is approved by the board of |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11trustees or unless said reduction is secured in a collective bargaining contract. |
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