HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 925        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1201

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James Arciero

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the endowment match program.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

1/9/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

1/28/2019

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

2/1/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/30/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

2/1/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

2/1/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/28/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/30/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/31/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/30/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/1/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/25/2019

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

2/1/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

1/17/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/31/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/1/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

2/1/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/18/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/31/2019

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

1/28/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

2/1/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/1/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/1/2019

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 925        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1201

By Mr. Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1201) of James Arciero and others relative to the endowment match program.  Higher Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2235 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to the endowment match program.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. To provide for supplementing certain items in the general appropriation act and other appropriations acts for fiscal year 2018, the sums set forth in section 2A are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designed otherwise in this act or in those appropriations acts, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this act or in those appropriations acts, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018.  These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items. These sums shall be made available until June 30, 2019.

SECTION 2A. To provide for certain unanticipated obligations of the commonwealth, to provide for an alteration of purpose for current appropriations, and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in this section, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in the section, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.  These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items.  These sums shall be made available until June 30, 2019

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION

Department of Higher Education

7066-0115  For the purposes of continuing the implementation of section 15E of chapter 15A of the General Laws to encourage private fundraising by the commonwealth’s public institutions of higher education for the endowment and capital outlay programs of those institutions; provided, that the board of higher education shall implement this program in a manner which ensures that each institution shall have an opportunity to secure matching funds from this item; provided further, that $10,000,000 shall be allocated to the university of Massachusetts; provided further, that $5,000,000 shall be allocated to state universities; provided further, that $5,000,000 shall be allocated to community colleges; provided further, that if any funds allocated herein for disbursement to state universities and community colleges shall be unused, the remaining funds shall be made available to the university of Massachusetts; provided further, that, to the extent possible, the state universities, community colleges, and the university of Massachusetts shall utilize the funds to increase the number of scholarship opportunities for students ……………………………………………………$20,000,000