MA H1332

Bill

Creating financial opportunities in higher education by reducing unnecessary state administrative policies

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to financial opportunities and state administrative policies in higher education. Higher Education.

AI Summary

This bill aims to create more financial opportunities in higher education by reducing unnecessary state administrative policies. The key provisions include: 1) Requiring public higher education institutions to annually produce audited financial statements and file them with various state entities. 2) Allowing public higher education institutions to pay their payroll tax from either local funds or state appropriation. 3) Permitting foundations established for public colleges and universities to enter into any lease agreements allowed by law. 4) Increasing the thresholds for project supervision by the state Commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, from $300,000 to $1 million for projects requiring control and supervision, and from $10 million to $30 million for projects that can be delegated to the institution. 5) Increasing various thresholds related to the procurement laws for public construction projects, such as raising the threshold for requiring public bids from $10,000 to $30,000.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (1)

Sean Garballey (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5174 (on 09/01/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1332

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1332
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1332.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2786	Providing for a fair and equitable group 4 retirement benefit for police officers working on Massachusetts public higher education campuses	No further action taken	Similar To
H4018	Establishing a higher education affordability task force	Chapter 75 of the Acts of 2021	Similar To
H4056	Message from His Excellency the Governor returning with his objections thereto in writing the engrossed Bill establishing a higher education affordability task force (see House, No. 4018). August 3, 2021	See H4018	Similar To
H5174	Study Order	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1170	Relative to social media privacy protection	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1929	Establishing a college tuition tax deduction	Accompanied a study order, see H4894	Similar To
S821	Ensuring students' access to academic transcripts	Accompanied a new draft, see S2746	Similar To
S823	Providing access to higher education for high school graduates in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2714	Similar To
S824	Committing to higher education the resources to insure a strong and healthy public higher education system	Accompanied a new draft, see S2812	Similar To
S825	Improving access to affordable higher education	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S826	Expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children	Accompanied a study order, see S2714	Similar To
S844	To require disclosure of conflicts of interests in academic institutions	Accompanied a study order, see S2714	Similar To
S849	Relative to advance placement examinations	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S850	Protecting public higher education student information	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2786

Providing for a fair and equitable group 4 retirement benefit for police officers working on Massachusetts public higher education campuses

No further action taken

Similar To

H4018

Establishing a higher education affordability task force

Chapter 75 of the Acts of 2021

Similar To

H4056

Message from His Excellency the Governor returning with his objections thereto in writing the engrossed Bill establishing a higher education affordability task force (see House, No. 4018). August 3, 2021

See H4018

Similar To

H5174

Study Order

No further action taken

Replaced by

S1170

Relative to social media privacy protection

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1929

Establishing a college tuition tax deduction

Accompanied a study order, see H4894

Similar To

S821

Ensuring students' access to academic transcripts

Accompanied a new draft, see S2746

Similar To

S823

Providing access to higher education for high school graduates in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see S2714

Similar To

S824

Committing to higher education the resources to insure a strong and healthy public higher education system

Accompanied a new draft, see S2812

Similar To

S825

Improving access to affordable higher education

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S826

Expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children

Accompanied a study order, see S2714

Similar To

S844

To require disclosure of conflicts of interests in academic institutions

Accompanied a study order, see S2714

Similar To

S849

Relative to advance placement examinations

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S850

Protecting public higher education student information

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

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