Amendment #672 to H4000

University of Massachusetts

Representatives Fox of Boston, Swan of Springfield, Keefe of Worcester and Khan of Newton move to amend the bill in section 2, in  item  7100-0200, in line 14, by inserting after Fall River the following: provided that no less than $200,000 be allocated for the Clemente Course in the Humanities, administered by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and local social service agencies, which provides college-level humanities instruction and support service free of charge and for college credit to low income adults; provided, that the funds shall be contingent upon a match of not less than $1 in federal contributions or $1 in private or corporate contributions for every $1 in state grant funding; provided further, that all contributions be invested in a permanent endowment for the benefit of the Clemente Course in the Humanities and other humanities programs designed for low income communities in Massachusetts.