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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title II EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
  4. Chapter 15D DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE
  5. Section 19 Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund

Section 19

Section 19: Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund

[ Subsection (a) added by 2024, 140, Sec. 36 effective July 1, 2024 until December 4, 2024. See 2024, 140, Sec. 264. For text effective December 4, 2024, see below.]

  Section 19. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund, which shall be administered by the department. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, subject to appropriation, to provide a funding stream to support the operational grant program for early education and care providers in the commonwealth established pursuant to section 20. The unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. The fund shall not be subject to section 5C of chapter 29.

[ Subsection (a) as amended by 2024, 248, Sec. 4 effective December 4, 2024. For text effective until December 4, 2024, see above.]

  (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a budgeted fund known as the Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund, which shall be administered by the department. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, subject to appropriation, to provide a funding stream to support the operational grant program for early education and care providers in the commonwealth established pursuant to section 20. The unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. The fund shall not be subject to section 5C of chapter 29.

[ Subsection (b) added by 2024, 140, Sec. 36 effective July 1, 2024. See 2024, 140, Sec. 264.]

  (b) The fund shall be credited with: (i) revenue received pursuant to clause (iii) of subsection (b) of section 25 of chapter 10; (ii) other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants and donations; and (iv) interest earned on such money.