Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-536

EDU 536

Clemente Courts

Ms. Forry, Messrs. Montigny and Kennedy moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 0710-0200, moved that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 0710-0200, by inserting at the end:- "provided further 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 and local service agencies, which provides college-level humanities instruction and support services 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."