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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 38 FILED ON: 1/6/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 928 |
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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 | | Lydia Edwards |
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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 banning legacy preferences in higher education. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Lydia EdwardsThird Suffolk 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 38 FILED ON: 1/6/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 928 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 928) of Lydia Edwards for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to ban legacy preferences in higher education. Higher Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 821 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act banning legacy preferences in higher education. |
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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 9 of Chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the fourth paragraph the following: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 For purposes of this paragraph, a public higher education institution shall mean a school |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4in the University of Massachusetts segment or in the state university segment of the system of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5public institutions of higher education established in section 5 of chapter 15A. When deciding |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6whether to grant admission to an applicant, a public higher education institution shall not |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7consider the applicant’s familial relationship to a graduate of the institution. A public higher |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8education institution shall not include in the documents that it uses to consider an applicant for |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9admission information that discloses the name of any college or university that any relative of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10the applicant attended. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11 SECTION 2. Chapter 69 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12inserting after section 30A the following: |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 Section 30B. When deciding whether to grant admission to an applicant, a degree- |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14granting institution of higher education located in the commonwealth authorized to grant degrees |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15by the board of higher education shall not consider the applicant’s familial relationship to a |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16graduate of the institution. Such institution shall not include in the documents that it uses to |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17consider an applicant for admission information that discloses the name of any college or |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18university that any relative of the applicant attended. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19 SECTION 3. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect for admission decisions that lead to an |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20applicant’s initial enrollment in a public higher education institution in the 2026-2027 school |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21year. |
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