Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-773

EDU 773

Education Endowment Match

Messrs. Eldridge, Mark and Cronin moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2F, by inserting after item 1596-2408 the following items:-

"1596-2425 For the purposes of continuing the implementation of section 15E of chapter 15A of the General Laws to encourage private fundraising by the commonwealth’s public institutions of higher education for the endowments and capital outlay programs of those institutions including, but not limited to, endowed scholarship funds, endowed professorships, endowed STEM programming, endowed research positions, endowed programming in the arts and humanities, endowed funds to increase diversity and inclusion on public higher education campuses, endowed funds to increase persistence and completion rates, endowed funds to encourage innovative financial aid strategies, including income-sharing arrangements, endowed early college programs and such other purposes as the board of higher education shall determine to be consistent with system-wide and campus mission statements and with measurable goals and metrics tied to those missions; provided, that the board of higher education shall implement the program in a manner that ensures that each institution shall have an equal opportunity to secure matching funds from this item; provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 shall be allocated to state universities; provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 shall be allocated to community colleges; provided further, that not later than January 31, 2024, the board of higher education shall issue a preliminary report on the initial allocation of matching dollars and any guidelines adopted for the distribution and use of such funding; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the joint committee on higher education and the house and senate committees on ways and means.................................... $20,000,000

1596-2426 For the purposes of continuing the implementation of section 15E of chapter 15A of the General Laws to encourage private fundraising by the commonwealth’s public institutions of higher education for the endowments and capital outlay programs of those institutions including, but not limited to, endowed scholarship funds, endowed professorships, endowed STEM programming, endowed research positions, endowed programming in the arts and humanities, endowed funds to increase diversity and inclusion on public higher education campuses, endowed funds to increase persistence and completion rates, endowed funds to encourage innovative financial aid strategies including income-sharing arrangements, endowed early college programs and such other purposes as the University of Massachusetts board of trustees shall determine to be consistent with system-wide and campus mission statements and with measurable goals and metrics tied to those missions; provided, that the board of higher education shall implement the program in a manner that ensures that each institution shall have equal opportunity to secure matching funds from this item; provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 shall be allocated to the University of Massachusetts to support the endowments described above, established and held by The University of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc.; provided further, that not later than January 31, 2025, the University of Massachusetts board of trustees shall issue a preliminary report on the initial allocation of matching dollars and any guidelines adopted for the distribution and use of such funding; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means ...............$10,000,000".