Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-118

EDU 118

Community Colleges Funding Formula

Ms. Gobi, Ms. DiZoglio, Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Moore, Lesser, O'Connor and Velis and Ms. Moran moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7077-0023, by inserting at the end thereof the following new item:

"7100-4000 For funding to community college campuses; provided, that funds shall be expended for the continued initiatives to strengthen the connections between the community 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 Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges and 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”