Amendment #895 to H5500

Teach for America Recruitment and Addressing Vacancies

Mrs. Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 7061-9408, by adding the following: “provided further that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the recruitment and training of educators offered by Teach for America Massachusetts to expand the teacher corps to address teacher vacancies in high need public schools and to close achievement gaps”; and in said item by striking out the figures “$16,408,966” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$16,908,966”.