Amendment #313 to H3400

Clemente Course Amendment

Representatives Koczera of New Bedford, Cabral of New Bedford, Kaufman of Lexington, Fox of Boston, Donahue of Worcester, Keefe of Worcester and Vieira of Falmouth move to amend the bill in section 2, line item 7100-0200, line 14, by inserting after the words “Fall River” the following: “provided further that no less than $150,000 be allocated for the Clement Course in the Humanities, administered by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and local social service agencies, which provide 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”, and in said item by striking out the figures “$518,755,373” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$518,905,373”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #313 to H3400

Clemente Course Amendment