Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-340-R1

Redraft EDU 340

Internship Incentive Program

Messrs. Rodrigues, Hart and Rush moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7066-0000, by inserting, after the word "finance", the following:-

"provided further, $1,000,000 shall be made available for an Internship Incentive Program for the University of Massachusetts and State Universities; provided further, the commonwealth shall contribute funds to each institution in an amount necessary to match private contributions in the current fiscal year to the institutions internship incentive program; provider further, that the commonwealth's contribution shall be equal to $1 for every $1 privately contributed to each university's board of trustees or foundation; provided further, that the maximum total contributions from the commonwealth shall be no greater than $1,000,000; provided further, that funds from this program shall not result in direct or indirect reduction in the commonwealth's appropriations to the institutions for operations, scholarships, financial aid or any state appropriation and the department shall promulgate regulations and criteria for said program"; and in said item by striking out the figures “$1,843,708" and inserting in place thereof the figures "$2,843,708"