Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-212

EDU 212

Twenty-First Century Education Trust Fund

Ms. Comerford, Ms. Gobi and Mr. O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following section:-

SECTION ___. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for fiscal year 2022, all funds expended for competitive grant programs from the Twenty-First Century Education Trust Fund established in section 16 of chapter 70 of the General Laws shall be expended under clause (B) of the second paragraph of subsection (d) of said section 16 of said chapter 70, with preference given to applications submitted by schools or districts in rural areas with low or declining enrollment; provided, that funds may be expended under clause (A) of said second paragraph of said subsection (d) of said section 16 of said chapter 70 after not less than $5,000,000 has been expended under said clause (B); provided further, the department of elementary and secondary education shall submit to the clerks of the house and senate, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on education an accounting of grant recipients and amounts expended from the fund under said clause (B) no later than October 1, 2021; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended under said clause (A) from the fund for any purpose before the accounting is received.