Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-215-R1

Redraft EDU 215

Jumpstart for Young Children

Ms. Jehlen, Mr. Brady, Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Cyr, Rush, Barrett, Moore, Feeney, Lewis, Welch, Collins, Pacheco, Montigny and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 3000-1000, by adding the following words:- “provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc. to provide support to evidence-based early childhood education programs that promote language, literacy and social emotional skill development for preschool children from under-resourced communities in the Commonwealth”; and

in said section 2, in said item 3000-1000, by striking out the figure “$5,917,993” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$6,017,993”.