Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-513

EDU 513

Reform the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship

Ms. Donoghue, Messrs. Michael O. Moore, Ross and Eldridge moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after Section XX, the following new Section:-

“SECTION XXX.  The Board of Higher Education shall conduct a study on the feasibility of amending the guidelines of John and Abigail Adams Scholarship.  The study shall include, but not be limited to, amending the definition of “Award Value” to include mandatory fees in addition to tuition, and amending the definition of “Eligible Student” to include heightened academic requirements. As a part of the study, the Board of Higher Education shall prepare estimates of the costs to the Commonwealth of including mandatory fees in the “Award Value” with such estimates being based on a various definitions of “Eligible Student.”  The Board of Higher Education shall report its findings and recommendations to the joint committee on higher education and joint committee on ways and means not later than December 15, 2014.”