Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-350

EDU 350

Expand Scholarships for In Demand Professions

Mr. Michael O. Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7070-0066, by striking out the words "For a scholarship program to provide financial assistance to students from the commonwealth who are enrolled in and pursuing a program of higher education in the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges designated by the board of higher education to be a training program for an in-demand profession as defined by the executive office of labor and workforce development’s study on labor market conditions; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on the administration of the scholarship program; and provided further, that the commissioner of higher education, in coordination with the Massachusetts state scholarship office, shall adopt regulations governing the eligibility and the awarding of financial assistance" and inserting in place thereof the following:-

"For a scholarship program to provide financial assistance to students from the commonwealth who are enrolled in and pursuing a program in an in-demand profession as defined by the executive office of labor and workforce development’s study of labor market conditions; provided that an eligible student is enrolled in and pursuing a program of higher education in an approved Massachusetts public or independent college, university, school of nursing; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on the administration of the scholarship program; and provided further, that the commissioner of higher education, in coordination with the Massachusetts state scholarship office, shall adopt regulations governing the program eligibility, student eligibility and the awarding of financial assistance"