Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-520

EDU 520

Community College Funding Formula

Messrs. DiDomenico, Eldridge and Downing, Ms. Donoghue, Ms. Lovely, Messrs. McGee and Kennedy and Ms. O'Connor Ives moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, moved that the bill be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 7077-0023 the following item:-

“7100-4000  For funding to community college campuses in the Commonwealth; provided, that funds shall be expended for the continued implementation of community college reform, for continued initiatives to strengthen the connections between the colleges, local businesses and regional workforce investment boards, and to improve workforce training at the colleges; provided further, that funding shall be allocated among the campuses using the formula developed by the commissioner of higher education in consultation with the secretaries of education, labor and workforce development, and housing and economic development; provided further, that the allocation of funds shall be approved by the board of higher education; provided further, that in developing the allocation among campuses, the commissioner shall ensure that no campus receives less in fiscal year 2015 than in fiscal year 2014; and provided further, not less than the following amounts shall be made available to the respective institutions named herein: (a) $1,008,970 to Berkshire Community College; (b) $2,071,161 to Bristol Community College; (c) $3,438,541 to Bunker Hill Community College; (d) $740,506 to Cape Cod Community College; (e) $447,823 to Greenfield Community College; (f) $858,067 to Holyoke Community College; (g) $1,125,433 to Massachusetts Bay Community College; (h) $899,216 to Massasoit Community College; (i) $2,250,859 to Middlesex Community College; (j) $1,277,655 to Mount Wachusett Community College; (k) $912,348 to North Shore Community College; (l) $843,817 to Northern Essex Community College; (m) $2,531,715 to Quinsigamond Community College; (n) $503,494 to Roxbury Community College; and (o) $1,090,393 to Springfield Technical Community College……$20,000,000”