Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-354

EDU 354

Clemente Course in Humanities

Messrs. Montigny and Rosenberg moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7100-0200, in section 2, in item 7100-0200, by inserting at the end thereof the following:

" ; provided further that no less than $150,000 be allocated for the Clemente Course in the Humanities, administered by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Boston and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 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; and 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”