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Governor Charlie Baker joins Lt. Governor Karyn Polito Senate President Karen Spilka, Secretary of Education Jim Peyser, Senator Anne Gobi, Representative Jeff Roy, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM), and SEIU Local 509 to sign “An Act to Support Improved Financial Stability in Higher Education (H4099),” at the State House on Nov. 14, 2019. The new law will clarify and enhance the authority of the Board of Higher Education to monitor the financial health of Massachusetts’ colleges and universities. [Joshua Qualls/Governor's Press Office]
Governor Charlie Baker joined Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Senate President Karen Spilka, Secretary of Education Jim Peyser, Senator Anne Gobi, Representative Jeff Roy, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM), and SEIU Local 509 to sign An Act to Support Improved Financial Stability in Higher Education (H4099) which will clarify and enhance the authority of the Board of Higher Education to monitor the financial health of Massachusetts’ colleges and universities.
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