Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-109

EDU 109

Community College Funding Formula

Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. Moore and Eldridge moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 7077-4001 the following item:

“xxxx-xxxx For funding to community college campuses; provided, that funds shall be expended for the continued implementation of community college reform, for continued initiatives to strengthen the connections between the colleges, local businesses and regional workforce investment boards and to improve workforce training at the colleges; provided further, that funding shall be allocated among the campuses using the formula developed by the commissioner of higher education in consultation with the secretaries of education, labor and workforce development and housing and economic development; and provided further, that the allocation of funds shall be approved by the board of higher education……….$5,883,238".