Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-278-R4

4th Redraft EDU 278

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Messrs. Ross, Tarr and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended By inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

SECTION __. Section 13 of chapter 75 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:-

“The board of trustees shall present all proposed property or campus acquisitions valued at over $5,000,000 to the Joint Committee on Higher Education. The report may exclude information deemed by the board to be sensitive or damaging to the transaction. Such information shall be made available to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committee upon specific request, provided that committee maintain the confidentiality of this information and refrain from sharing with outside parties of interest.”