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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 261 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1450 |
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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 T. Lombardo |
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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 instate tuition. |
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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:Marc T. Lombardo22nd Middlesex1/7/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 261 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1450 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Lombardo of Billerica, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1450) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marc T. Lombardo relative to in-state tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher |
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| 20 | 20 | | education. Higher Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1279 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to instate tuition. |
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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 (a) Section 9 of chapter 15A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2following 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 at public institutions of higher education, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5in the case of an individual who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States as |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6those terms are defined under federal immigration law, the individual shall not be eligible for in- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7state tuition. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 (b) Subsection (t) of Section 9 of chapter 15A of the General Laws is hereby further |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9amended striking out subsection (t), and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:— 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 (t) issue regulations defining resident of the commonwealth and proof of the same for the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11purpose of admission and tuition expenses of public institutions of higher education and prepare |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12uniform proofs of residence to be used by all public institutions; provided, however, for the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13purposes of this clause, a resident of the commonwealth shall also be a citizen or permanent |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14resident of the United States, as provided in section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15provided further, that insofar as the Massachusetts Maritime Academy is designated a regional |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16maritime academy by the United States maritime administration, residents of the states |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17comprising the designated region and attending the Massachusetts Maritime Academy shall be |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18considered Massachusetts residents for the purposes of admission and tuition; |
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