Amendment #272 to H3600

Dual Enrollment

Mr. Jones of North Reading moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 7066-0019, by inserting after the word "sufficient", the following: "provided further, that notwithstanding section 39 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, eligible institutions to receive grant dollars to support dual enrollment may include non-profit, independent, degree-granting career technical institutions; provided further, that funds may be spent in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education to support planning for STEM early college career pathways, with priority given to vocational-technical high schools seeking to offer Associate Degrees in Applied Science;"

and in item 7066-0019 by striking out the figures "$750,000" and inserting in place thereof the figures "$2,000,000".