Bill > H1043

This bill amends Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 15A to establish tuition and fee waivers for certain veterans and their children at public higher education institutions. Specifically, it defines a "Combat Veteran" as someone whose service includes receiving a combat-related medal, serving in a designated combat zone or qualified hazardous duty area, receiving hostile fire or imminent danger pay, or meeting other criteria defined by the secretary of veterans affairs. The bill mandates that guidelines be created to provide these tuition and fee waivers for combat veterans and for the children of combat veterans who died while serving in the military, with the cost of these waivers to be covered by the Commonwealth, not the individual colleges and universities.