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H1454 • 2025

An Act to modernize the endowment match program for community colleges

An Act to modernize the endowment match program for community colleges

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Sponsor
David M. Rogers
Last action
2026-01-07
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to modernize the endowment match program for community colleges

An Act to modernize the endowment match program for community colleges By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to modernize the endowment match program for community colleges By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1454) of David M.
  • Rogers relative to the endowment match program for community colleges.
  • Higher Education.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-07 House

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

  2. 2025-08-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/11/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Higher Education

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to modernize the endowment match program for community colleges
By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1454) of David M. Rogers relative to the endowment match program for community colleges. Higher Education.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1454

SECTION 1

Section 15E of Chapter 15A of the general laws as so appearing is hereby amended by inserting the following sentence at the end of the second paragraph: “Provided, a community college shall be eligible to receive said match for any donations received by its foundation, regardless of whether said funds are endowed or contributed to a capital outlay program.”

SECTION 2

Said section 15A is further amended by striking out the word “Private” in the third paragraph, and inserting in place thereof the following words: “Except for the community colleges, private”

SECTION 3

This act shall take effect immediately upon passage.

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