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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1904 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 937
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Edward J. Kennedy
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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 investing in public higher education.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Edward J. KennedyFirst Middlesex 1 of 1
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1904 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 937
By Mr. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 937) of Edward J. Kennedy for
legislation to invest in public higher education. Higher Education.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 831 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 investing in public higher education.
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 2 (e) of Chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended in line 117 by inserting after the word “hours” the following: - “; or a
3faculty member who teaches the equivalent of at least two three or more- credit courses per
4semester, or four three or more- credit courses per calendar year at one or more of the public
5institutions of higher education in the state, as set forth in Section 5 of Chapter 15A, including a
6division of continuing education, regardless of funding source, including but not limited to
7subsidiary account CC, and regardless of the term of employment or participation or membership
8in a retirement system or plan; provided, that the commonwealth, not the public higher education
9institutions, shall bear the cost.”