Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-110

EDU 110

SUCCESS Fund

Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. Moore and Eldridge moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 7077-0023 the following item:

“xxxx-xxxx For Supporting Urgent Community College Equity through Student Services (SUCCESS) grants to community colleges to provide wraparound supports and services to improve outcomes for their most vulnerable populations including, but not limited to, low-income, first generation, minority, and disabled students and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students; provided, that funds shall be disbursed based on a formula and criteria developed in consultation with the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges; provided further, that eligible wraparound support activities shall include, but not be limited to, peer mentors, academic skills workshops, field trips to 4-year schools, and targeted academic, career, transfer, and scholarship advising; provided further, that not later than April 1, 2021, the department shall report to the joint committee on higher education and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the progress made on implementing and funding this program, including any regulations, guidelines, or criteria used to distribute the funds, and on the final distribution of funds to campuses; and provided further, that funds appropriated for this item shall not revert but shall be made available for this item in fiscal year 2022………………..$7,000,000”.