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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2324 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1428
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul J. Donato and Sean Garballey
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent or other relative.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul J. Donato35th Middlesex1/16/2025Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2324 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1428
By Representatives Donato of Medford and Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 1428) of Paul J. Donato and Sean Garballey relative to tuition waivers for
children raised by a grandparent or other relative. Higher Education.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent or other relative.
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 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the ninth paragraph the following
3paragraph:-
4 The program shall provide tuition and fee waivers for any resident of the commonwealth
5who has been the subject of a legal guardianship pursuant to section 5-201 of chapter 190B of
6the General Laws and who, upon reaching the age of 18 or upon enrolling in a Massachusetts
7institution of higher education, is living with a grandparent or other relative, including any
8person related by consanguinity, marriage or affinity except for a parent. The commonwealth,
9not the institutions of public higher education, shall bear the cost of these waivers after all
10reimbursements from the federal government have been exhausted.