Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-25

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Education and Training Collaobrative Board

Mr. Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section xxx the following section:-

“SECTION XXX.  Item 7002-0015 of section 2B of chapter 130 of the acts of 2008 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 79 to 100, inclusive, the words ‘and managed by a board of directors consisting of 13 members: 1 of whom shall be the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of Bridgewater State College or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of Massasoit Community College or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of Cape Cod Community College or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of Bristol Community College or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of Wheaton College or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the commissioner of mental retardation or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of the Massachusetts Federationof Teachers or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO or his designee, 1 of whom shall be the president of the Taunton Area Chamber of Commerce or his designee, and 1 of whom shall be the director of Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic District or his designee’.”; and

By inserting after section xxx the following section:-

“SECTION XXX.  Subsection (a) of section 9 of chapter 419 of the acts of 2008 is hereby amended by striking out the first and second sentences and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sentences:-  There shall be established an education and training collaborative to develop, in conjunction with the Taunton Development Corporation, the regional education, training and skills alliance center established in this section and the life sciences center established in item 7002-0015 of section 2B of chapter 130 of the acts of 2008 .  The collaborative shall be managed by a board of directors which shall include: the presidents of Bridgewater State University, Massasoit Community College, Bristol Community College, Wheaton College, the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Taunton Area Chamber of Commerce or their designees; the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth or the chancellor’s designee; the commissioner of developmental disabilities or the commissioner’s designee; and the director of the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District or the director’s designee.”