Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-731

EDU 731

Early College Strategic Plan

Messrs. Moore, Mark and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section __ the following section:-

Section ____ (a) The executive office of education shall convene a working group to make recommendations on a five year strategic plan to advance the goals of early college programs; and provided further that said strategic plan shall include, but not be limited to: a clear and aligned vision and guiding principles; curriculum standards, rigor and guaranteed transferability of credits to a qualifying institution of postsecondary education; and multi-year enrollment and completion targets; and, provided further that the early college strategic plan include recommendations on funding, per credit reimbursement rates and legislation needed to ensure the success of the program.

(b) The working group shall be chaired by the secretary of education or a designee and include but not be limited to: the secretary of administration and finance, or a designee; the commissioner of elementary and secondary education or a designee; the commissioner of higher education or a designee; the chairs of the joint committee on education; the chairs of the joint committee on higher education; a representative from the University of Massachusetts appointed by the president of the university; a representative from the state universities appointed by the State Universities Council of Presidents; a representative from the community colleges appointed by the Association Massachusetts Community Colleges; a representative of school superintendents appointed by the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents; a representative from the Massachusetts Alliance for Early College; a representative of the Massachusetts Association of Vocation School Administrators; and a representative of Mass Insight.

(c) Not later than March 30, 2025, the executive office of education shall submit its report, including any proposed legislation necessary to carry out its recommendations, to the governor, the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on education, and the joint committee on higher education.