Amendment #159 to H4400

“Ability to Benefit” Pilot Program

Representatives Ferrante of Gloucester, Jones of North Reading, Hill of Ipswich, Cahill of Lynn, Ehrlich of Marblehead, Kelcourse of Amesbury, Mirra of West Newbury, Parisella of Beverly, Speliotis of Danvers, Tucker of Salem, Walsh of Peabody and Wong of Saugus moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 7511-0100, by inserting at the end the following:-

“provided, that not less than $200,000 shall be made available for the development and implementation of the Ability to Benefit pilot program, a career pathway program that partners Wellspring House, Inc. with North Shore Community College to integrate adult basic education with college-level coursework”;

and in said item by striking out the figures “$21,568,575” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$21,768,575”