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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2554 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1453
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David M. Rogers
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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 establishing a fund to further educational opportunities for caregivers to adults with
disabilities.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/16/2025Robyn K. KennedyFirst Worcester3/12/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2554 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1453
By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1453) of
David M. Rogers for legislation to establish within the Board of Higher Education a fund to
further educational opportunities for caregivers to adults with disabilities. Higher Education.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1285 OF 2023-2024.]
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 establishing a fund to further educational opportunities for caregivers to adults with
disabilities.
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. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following
2section:- Section 2RRRRR. (a) There shall be established within the board of higher education,
3hereinafter the board, a separate fund to be known as the Caregiver to Adults with Disabilities
4Fund. The fund shall be credited with: (1) revenue from appropriations or other money
5authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (2) interest
6earned on such revenue; and (3) funds from public and private sources and other gifts, grants and
7donations. All amounts credited to the fund shall be used solely for activities and expenditures
8consistent with the public purpose of the fund as set forth in subsection (b), including the
9ordinary and necessary expenses of administration and operation associated with the fund. All
10amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without 2 of 2
11further appropriation, by the board. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal
12year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
13 Annually, not later than December 1, the board shall issue a report to the clerks of the
14house of representatives and the senate, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways
15and means, the chairs of the joint committee on education and the chairs of the joint committee
16on children, families and persons with disabilities on the fund’s activities including, but not
17limited to, amounts credited to the fund, amounts expended from the fund and any unexpended
18balance.
19 (b) The board shall make expenditures from the fund for the purpose of furthering the
20educational opportunities of those who serve as caregivers to adults with disabilities by
21subsidizing tuition and fees for community college courses at eligible postsecondary institutions.
22 (c) The board shall promulgate regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section.
23 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, not later than 14
24days after the effective date of this act, the state comptroller shall transfer from the General Fund
25$4,125,000 to the Caregiver to Adults with Disabilities Fund established in section 46 of chapter
2615A.