MA S680

Bill

Relative to uniform financial aid information

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/11/2018

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to uniform financial aid information. Higher Education.

AI Summary

This bill requires institutions of higher education in Massachusetts to provide accepted applicants, including transfer students, with a "uniform financial aid information shopping sheet" developed by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education. The shopping sheet must be provided to accepted applicants a reasonable time before the institution's enrollment deadline, and can be provided electronically. Institutions may provide additional financial aid information on the shopping sheet, as long as they use the same terms defined in the shopping sheet. The Department of Higher Education can also create regulations to implement this new requirement, which will begin in the 2018-2019 academic year and continue each year after.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Education

Sponsors (10)

Jim Arciero (D), Linda Campbell (D), Gailanne Cariddi (D), William Crocker (R), Eileen Donoghue (D), Jennifer Flanagan (D), Sheila Harrington (R), Eric Lesser (D), Rady Mom (D), Bruce Tarr (R),

Last Action

New draft substituted, see S2247 (on 01/18/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S680

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S680
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S680.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H12	Relative to higher education boards and trustees	No further action taken	Similar To
H1920	Relative to the cost of veteran higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see H4376	Similar To
H636	Relative to tuition for U.S. veterans	Accompanied a study order, see H4610	Similar To
H637	Relative to instate tuition	Accompanied a study order, see H4610	Similar To
H648	Relative to student’s rights in higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see S2081	Similar To
S1025	Relative to public higher education collective labor contracts	Accompanied a study order, see S2491	Similar To
S1383	Relative to part-time higher education faculty eligibility in the state retirement system	Accompanied a study order, see S2491	Similar To
S1533	Relative to certain endowment funds in private institutions of higher learning	Accompanied a study order, see S2497	Similar To
S2081	Relative to sexual violence on higher education campuses	New draft substituted, as amended, see S2191	Similar To
S2247	Requiring institutions of higher education to provide uniform financial aid information to accepted applicants	No further action taken	Replaced by
S668	To ensure tuition equity for Massachusetts residents	Accompanied a study order, see S2487	Similar To
S677	Protecting students and increasing accountability at Massachusetts colleges and universities	Accompanied a study order, see S2487	Similar To
S688	Eliminating form 901 reporting requirement	Accompanied a study order, see S2487	Similar To
S706	Relative to sexual violence on higher education campuses	Accompanied a new draft, see S2081	Similar To

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