Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-279

EDU 279

Funding Replacement Voc.-Tech. Public High School Instructional Equipment

Messrs. Knapik, Tarr and Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting, after the section XXX, the following new Section:- Section 1F of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- The board shall expend a sum, not exceeding $2,500,000 in any academic year, for the purpose of aiding vocational or technical public high schools in the replacement of instructional equipment.  These funds shall be made available, subject to board approval, as matching grants to public vocational or technical high schools for the purpose of replacing capital instructional equipment.  Each vocational or technical public high school shall be eligible for up to $125,000 of these funds per academic year.