Amendment #749 to H3400

Community Innovation Challenge Grant Program

Representatives Dykema of Holliston, Gregoire of Marlborough, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Roy of Franklin, Cantwell of Marshfield, Cariddi of North Adams, Andrews of Orange, Beaton of Shrewsbury and Mark of Peru move to amend the bill in section 2, in  item  1599-0026, by striking out the following: "these funds" and inserting in place thereof the following: " that not less than $4,000,000 shall be expended for a multi-year competitive grant program to provide financial support for 1-time or transition costs related to regionalization and other efficiency initiatives, with allowable applicants to include municipalities, regional schools, school districts considering forming a regional school district or regionalizing services, regional planning agencies and councils of governments; provided further, that funds may be expended by the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for public management at the University of Massachusetts at Boston's McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies to develop and drive a program of performance management, accountability and transparency for local governments and school districts; provided further, that funds may be expended on programs that received funding from this item in fiscal year 2012 or fiscal year 2013 and programs with proven replicable outcomes for municipalities; provided further, that the executive office for administration and finance shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2013 on: (i) initial results of grants awarded in fiscal year 2012; and (ii) criteria used to measure replicable outcomes for programs; provided further, that not less than $2,800,000"; and in said item by striking out the figures “2,800,000” and inserting in place thereof the figures “6,800,000”.