Amendment #50 to H4127

Targeted Assistance

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, Gifford of Wareham, Frost of Auburn and Smola of Warren move to amend the bill by adding the following section:-

"SECTION X. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Public School Improvement Trust Fund. The fund shall consist of all monies credited or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, without further appropriation, by the secretary of the executive office of education to support effective and sustainable improvement initiatives in public schools designated as in need of assistance pursuant to the school accountability system established by the board of elementary and secondary education. The fund shall be administered by the department of elementary and secondary education. The secretary of the executive office of education shall submit an annual report detailing expenditures from the trust and related activities to the secretary of administration and finance, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on education. Up to 1 per cent of the funding transferred to this trust may be used to support the costs of administering the trust to support improvement initiatives. This fund shall expire as of June 30, 2028. Any balance remaining in these funds as of that date shall be transferred to the General Fund."

and move to further amend the bill in Section 2C.II by inserting the following item:-

1595-7020 For an operating transfer to the Public School Improvement Fund, established by this act, for effective and sustainable improvement initiatives in public schools designated as in need of assistance pursuant to the school accountability system established by the board of elementary and secondary education.............................................................................$40,000,000