Amendment #586 to H4100

Community Colleges Ammendment

Representatives Bastien of Gardner, Ehrlich of Marblehead, Gobi of Spencer, Ferguson of Holden, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Keenan of Salem, Fennell of Lynn, Webster of Pembroke and Orrall of Lakeville moves to amend the bill in section 30, in line 467, by striking out the words “provided, however that in the case of community colleges, the governor shall appoint the chairman who shall reside within the geographic region of the community college.";

moves to amend the bill in sec.87 by deleting the words “in consultation” in the first and second paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the words “in collaboration;

moves to amend the bill by striking out section 91 and inserting in place thereof the following section:

"SECTION 91.

A study commission is hereby established for the purpose of recommending guidelines and procedures for all post-secondary public institutions. The recommendations shall include but not be limited to  Community College presidential appointment, evaluation, removal and compensation; transfer of credits; equity in finances; distribution of scholarship monies; coordination of grant opportunities; coordination and regionalization of courses and programs; appropriate performance metrics; accountability and governance measures.  This commission shall consist of 19 members including the Secretary of Education, the Commissioner of Higher Education, the Chair of the Board of Higher Education, two Community College Trustees selected by the Community College Trustee Association, two Trustees selected by the  State and University Trustee Association, the President of the University of Massachusetts (or his  designee), a president of a state university, selected by the Council of Presidents, the president of a community college, selected by the Council of Community College Presidents, the Student Trustee of the Board of Higher Education, one member of a faculty union (selected by the MTA), two members selected by the Governor of the Commonwealth who shall have backgrounds in public higher education , one members of the House selected the Speaker of the House, one members of the House selected by the House Minority Leader, one member of the Senate selected by the Senate President and one member of the Senate selected by the Senate Minority Leader.

The commission shall be chaired by the Commissioner of Higher Education (or his designee).  Recommendations developed by this commission along with proposed legislation shall be reported to the Governor of the Commonwealth, the Senate President, the Speaker of House and the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means and the Joint Committee on Higher Education no later than March 1, 2013.”