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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2324 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1428 |
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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 | | Paul J. Donato and Sean Garballey |
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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 tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent or other relative. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul J. Donato35th Middlesex1/16/2025Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2324 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1428 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Donato of Medford and Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 1428) of Paul J. Donato and Sean Garballey relative to tuition waivers for |
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| 20 | 20 | | children raised by a grandparent or other relative. Higher Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent or other relative. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the ninth paragraph the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3paragraph:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 The program shall provide tuition and fee waivers for any resident of the commonwealth |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5who has been the subject of a legal guardianship pursuant to section 5-201 of chapter 190B of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6the General Laws and who, upon reaching the age of 18 or upon enrolling in a Massachusetts |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7institution of higher education, is living with a grandparent or other relative, including any |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8person related by consanguinity, marriage or affinity except for a parent. The commonwealth, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9not the institutions of public higher education, shall bear the cost of these waivers after all |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10reimbursements from the federal government have been exhausted. |
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