Lawmakers, advocates press to scale early college programs to reach tens of thousands of students

Representative Roy told the Joint Committee on Higher Education he filed H1455, “an act relative to college and high school,” as a “road map for success” to expand college‑level opportunities for high school students across the Commonwealth.

The bill would expand designated early college partnerships, create governance and funding structures, and aim to increase degree attainment, reduce the cost of higher education and strengthen career pathways, supporters said.

Chastity Mosley, deputy director of the Massachusetts Alliance for Early College, told the committee the alliance represents more than 120 organizations and described early college as “the most effective program we have to successfully break these silos” between K‑12 and higher education. “Graduates are two times as likely to earn a college degree,” she said, while noting the program currently…