SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2045 FILED ON: 1/16/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2008
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas M. McGee
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act establishing the Massachusetts GI bill to provide tuition
and fee waivers for National Guard members and veterans.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Thomas M. McGee
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Third Essex and Middlesex
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act establishing the Massachusetts GI bill to provide tuition and fee waivers for National Guard members and veterans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of th
e same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 19 of Chapter 15A of the General Laws is
hereby
amended by striking out the third paragraph, inserted by
Section 2A of Chapter 130 of the acts of 2005, and inserting in place
thereof the following paragraph:—
Such
guidelines shall provide tuition and fee waivers for Massachusetts
National Guard members and veterans, as defined in clause
forty-third of Section 7 of Chapter 4. The Commonwealth, not the
institutions of public higher education, shall bear the cost of su
ch
tuition and fee waivers for Massachusetts National Guard members
and veterans. The guidelines shall also require applicants for tuition
and fee waivers under this paragraph to demonstrate application for
all available federal educational financial aid.
The board shall report
in writing the number and cost of waivers under this paragraph not
later than January 1 and June 1 of each year to the joint committee
on veterans and federal affairs and the house and senate committees
on ways and means.
SECTION 2.
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2009
