Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-634

EDU 634

Independent Vocational Technical School Financial Assistance

Ms. Miranda moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7070-0065, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for financial assistance to students enrolled in independent, nonprofit vocational-technical institutions of higher education in the commonwealth that are minority-serving institutions as defined by the United States Department of Education at least once in the previous three years and whose majority of students are eligible for federal Pell grants"; and by striking out the figure “$175,188,311” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$175,688,311”.