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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill S.2119 194th (Current)

An Act providing for transparency and geographic equity in all state grant funding

By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2119) of Joanne M. Comerford and Mindy Domb for legislation to provide for transparency and geographic equity in all state grant funding by updating a public, interactive dashboard with data on all grant awards. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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Bill Information

Presenter:
Joanne M. Comerford
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Appropriating grant funding is a key function of state government. Grant funds are used to support education programs, environmental conservation work, public health services, community development efforts, municipal infrastructure projects, and much more. Despite the importance and prevalence of these funds, Massachusetts does not track nor report on grant funding in aggregate, making it impossible to evaluate the overall impact of state funding or assess whether grants are distributed equitably. This bill directs the Executive Office of Administration and Finance to create an interactive, publicly accessible dashboard with data on all state grant funding, including information on how much grant funding is distributed each year to every county and every municipality in Massachusetts. The bill also requires an annual report evaluating geographic equity in the distribution of state grant funding, with recommendations for how the state can improve geographic equity in the following year.
* The bill summary was created by the Primary Sponsor of the bill; no committee of the General Court certifies the accuracy of its contents.

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