Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-838

OTH 838

Community College Workforce Education & Training Fund

Messrs. Crighton and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 1596-2502 the following item:-

"XXXX-XXXX For the workforce education and training fund to support high-demand workforce training programs at community colleges; provided, that the fund shall be administered jointly by the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges and the executive office of education in consultation with the executive office of labor and workforce development and regional workforce investment boards; provided further, that the fund shall support training programs at community colleges for high-demand industries, identified by regional labor market blueprints; provided further, that said industries may include, but shall not be limited to, healthcare, education, manufacturing, information technology and cybersecurity; provided further, that not later than April 1, 2025, the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges, in collaboration with the executive of education, shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on higher education that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the distribution of funding from this item to community colleges; (ii) the number of students enrolled in high-demand workforce training programs; and (iii) employment outcomes of individuals enrolled in the programs…….. $6,000,000."