Board of Higher Education

Board of Higher Education.

7066-0000

For the operation of the board of higher education; provided, that said board shall recommend savings proposals that permit institutions of higher education to achieve administrative and program cost reductions, resource reallocation and program reassessment, and utilize resources otherwise available to such institutions, provided further, that said board shall establish a policy directing institutions of higher education to spend not less than 4 per cent of the combined amount of the total state appropriation and student retained revenues by each such institution for ongoing facility maintenance and renewal; provided further, that upon request of any such institution, said board may grant a waiver from such policy if it represents an unreasonable financial hardship; provided further, that said board shall recommend to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 1998, all actions necessary to implement the market analysis proposal selected as a result of a request for proposals by the division of capital asset maintenance and management for the purpose of creating a college center in the town of Plymouth; and provided further, that such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to, plans to implement a state-of-the-art distance learning and economic development center operating in conjunction with the public institutions of higher education as a distance learning center in order to create a public-private partnership to expand higher education opportunities in southern Massachusetts

...............................................................$2,248,957

7066-0005

For the commonwealth's share of the cost of the compact for education

...............................................................$68,400

7066-0009

For the New England Board of Higher Education

...............................................................$657,389

7066-0100

For a reserve to be distributed according to guidelines established by the board of higher education for campus initiatives or projects to improve academic programs and student performance, campus accountability, efficiency in management and cost-effective use of resources; provided, that said board shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on education, arts and humanities on campus grant proposals and awards including, but not limited to, a description of each proposal, its costs, the amount awarded and projected outcomes; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, said board may allocate funds from this item to other items of appropriation; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended to support development or operations of commonwealth college so-called, at the University of Massachusetts; and provided further, that said board shall submit an allocation plan to the house and senate committees on ways and means ten days prior to any allocation of funds from this item

...............................................................$6,000,000

7070-0031

For the McNair component of the financial assistance program to increase access to public and independent institutions of higher education for students who meet certain income eligibility standards developed by the chancellor of higher education and for students with serious physical impairments, known as the Ronald E. McNair Education Opportunity Program

...............................................................$4,761,741

7070-0065

For a scholarship program to provide financial assistance to Massachusetts students enrolled in and pursuing a program of higher education in an approved public or independent college, university, school of nursing or other approved institution furnishing a program of higher education; provided, that the Massachusetts state scholarship office shall expend not less than $10,911,890 for community college access grants to ensure that no Massachusetts resident enrolled in and pursuing an associate's degree in a community colleges pays more than $500 in tuition and fees net of any federal or state scholarship or tax credit; provided further, that any resident whose expected family contribution level, as determined according to the federal methodology established pursuant to Part F of Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, is not more than $2,250, shall incur no net tuition and fee costs after deducting any federal or state scholarship or tax credit from financial need as calculated by the state scholarship office; provided further, that such residents who are not fully eligible for the federal HOPE tax credit, so-called, based on their exceeding maximum income eligibility limits, shall not be eligible for said grants; provided further that not less than $15,241,688 shall be expended for a program of needs-based financial assistance for Massachusetts residents enrolled in and pursuing a program of higher education in a state college or the University of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for the no-interest loan program pursuant to clause (cc) of section 9 of chapter 15A of the General Laws; provided further, that of said $10,000,000, not more than $775,000 may be spent for the administration of said no-interest loan program; provided further, that $4,000,000 shall be expended for the part-time student grant program; provided further, that of the sum appropriated herein, not less than $1,000,000 shall be obligated for the purposes of the Massachusetts plan, pursuant to section 5C of chapter 15C of the General Laws; provided further, that the Massachusetts state scholarship office shall expend not less than $14,000,000 to provide for matching scholarship grants to needy Massachusetts students at participating Massachusetts independent regionally accredited colleges, universities and schools of nursing; provided further, that except as otherwise provided in this act all such aforementioned financial assistance shall be distributed to students demonstrating the greatest need as determined by an eligibility index used by said Massachusetts state scholarship office; provided further, that students awarded full or partial scholarships under the Christian A. Herter Memorial Scholarship Program, as established in section 16 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, who have matriculated in a program of higher education outside the commonwealth may continue to receive the scholarship aid guaranteed by said program; provided further, that the said Massachusetts scholarship office may expend monies for the public service awards as established in said section 16 of said chapter 15A; provided further, that the chancellor of public higher education, in coordination with the Massachusetts state scholarship office, shall establish such regulations governing the eligibility and the awarding of financial assistance as said chancellor shall deem necessary; and provided further, that not more than $1,695,408 shall be expended on the administration of the scholarship program

...............................................................$89,296,828

7077-0010

For the purchase of scientific, technological and other educational reference materials for the libraries of the system of public higher education institutions

...............................................................$11,000,000

7077-0023

For a contract with the Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine; provided, that funds appropriated herein shall be expended, in accordance with the Massachusetts resident veterinary tuition remission plan submitted January 8, 1998 for supportive veterinary services provided to the commonwealth; provided further, that prior year costs may be paid from this item

...............................................................$5,125,000

University of Massachusetts.

7100-0200

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $945,000 to $423,199,220

For the operation of the University of Massachusetts; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the board of trustees shall develop an allocation plan for the amount appropriated herein and shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of said plan within 45 days of the effective date of this act; provided further, that the board of trustees in conjunction with the state health education center at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center shall maintain learning contracts for students admitted on or after the fall of 1978 which shall include provisions for "payback" service or monetary payback to the commonwealth for a period after such students have fulfilled all internship and residency requirements; provided further, that not less than $795,619 shall be expended for the purposes of the area health education centers program, also known as AHEC; provided further, that not less than $136,816 shall be expended for the purpose of the state health education center at the medical center; provided further, that not less than $275,000 shall be expended for the analysis of a narcotic drug synthetic substitute, poison, drug, medicine or chemical at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in order to support the law enforcement efforts of the district attorney and the police departments of the cities and towns of the middle district; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the purpose of the Paul E. Tsongas Industrial Historical Center at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell; provided further, that not less $150,000 shall be expended for a college preparation program at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell; provided further, that not less than $69,566 shall be expended for the Center for Rural Massachusetts at Amherst; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended on the Massachusetts center for renaissance studies in Amherst; provided further, that not less than $621,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research at Amherst to manage the United States census data and provide population estimates and projections and for the evaluation of the commonwealth's eligibility for federal grant programs and for the application for, and acquisition of, any grants made under such programs, and for the marketing and sale of publications and services, to public and private entities provided by said Institute; provided further, that $499,019 shall be expended for the purposes of the William Joiner Center; provided further, that not less than $368,287 shall be expended for the purposes of the Mauricio Gaston Institute of Latino Community Development and Public Policy; provided further, that not less than $299,284 shall be expended for the purposes of research and analytical studies at the Monroe Trotter Institute; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the purposes of the Institute for Asian-American studies; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended on an artificial reef program including, but not limited to, the creation of a model program to enhance and rehabilitate marine habitats at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided further, the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the division of fisheries and wildlife within the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement for said division to administer said program; provided further, that not less than $628,834 shall be expended for the expense of a gerontology institute; provided further, that not less than $156,663 shall be expended for the endowment of a chair named in honor of the late Frank Manning; provided further, that not less than $637,010 shall be expended for the physical education department at the University of Massachusetts at Boston; provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended for the Institute for Policy Research in Family and Community Violence at the University of Massachusetts at Boston; provided further, that the sum expended for Umass Extension in fiscal year 1999 shall not be reduced except in proportion to adjustments consistent with university budget adjustments and policies affecting comparable academic outreach programs of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; provided further, that such funds shall be expended in accordance with a plan reviewed and recommended by the Umass Extension Board of Public Overseers; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the continuing education program in Attleborough operated by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided further, that not less than $443,200 shall be expended for the cranberry experiment station; provided further, that a board of oversight shall be responsible for the purposes of said station; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs; provided further, that not less than $179,635 shall be expended for the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs; provided further, that $200,000 shall be obligated for the University of Massachusetts Economic Project, so-called; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the emerging technology centers, pursuant to sections 38 to 42, inclusive, of chapter 75 of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $380,000 shall be obligated for the start-up costs associated with the Center of Marine Environmental Science Electronic Technology and Fisheries at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, including a study and model program for artificial reef construction and fisheries development; provided further, that $50,000 shall be obligated for rural development councils; provided further, that $110,000 shall be expended for the development of a court interpreter's study program at the university in conjunction with the university's partnership with the trial courts; provided further, that $350,000 shall be expended for a satellite medical examiners office; provided further, that $500,000 shall be expended for the Center for Portuguese Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for an outreach program at Martha's Vineyard by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth in conjunction with Nathan Mayhew Seminars for the purpose of establishing a long distance learning center; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the University of Massachusetts Boston Pension Assistance Project; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended on the model program for artificial reef construction and development with such monies to be administered by the division of marine fisheries within the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be provided to the biotechnology program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the development of the Springfield Biomedical Technological Institute jointly sponsored by Baystate Medical Center in the city of Springfield and the biotechnology program of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; provided further, that each center, program and study earmarked within this appropriation shall submit to the board of trustees of the University of Massachusetts and to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 20, 1999, a report which shall include a programmatic description, a spending plan detailing the total program budget including all funding sources, the number of students served by the program and an explanation of how the program fulfills the mission of said university; and provided further, that the board of trustees may require said institutions to provide communication accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing where necessary

...............................................................$424,144,220

7100-0300

For the operation of the toxics use reduction institute program at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 21I of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $200,000 shall be obligated for programs that train business, industry, higher education and medical and high school laboratory personnel to reduce toxic waste at the source utilizing the Microscale chemistry technology

...............................................................$1,762,965

Toxics Use Reduction Fund ...............................................................100.0%

7100-0500

For the operation of the board of higher education's Commonwealth College honors program, so-called, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

...............................................................$1,750,000

State Colleges.

7109-0100

For Bridgewater State College

...............................................................$26,577,668

7109-1202

For the operation of the John Joseph Moakley center for technological applications at Bridgewater State College; provided, that said initiative shall be conducted on the site of said college for the purposes of technological applications to classroom teaching and initiatives in distance learning and economic development in conjunction with business and industry in southeastern Massachusetts

...............................................................$613,000

7110-0100

For Fitchburg state college; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Fitchburg State College Leadership Academy, so-called

...............................................................$23,023,528

7112-0100

For Framingham State College; provided, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the Christa McAuliffe Center; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the operation of the commonwealth's global education centers; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the regional economic research center

...............................................................$19,053,774

7113-0100

For North Adams State College; provided, that not less than $12,500 shall be expended for the operation of a blue ribbon task force on community education with the assistance of the state college council of presidents, so-called

...............................................................$11,708,148

7114-0100

For Salem State College; provided, that a sum of not less than $98,200 shall be expended for the aquaculture program at said college established pursuant to section 274 of chapter 38 of the acts of 1995

...............................................................$29,345,802

7114-0101

N.B. - The Acting Governor had reduced the appropriation for this item by $337,000 to $745,887 and reduced the figure in the text from $500,000 to $163,000 — and the General Court subsequently overrode the Acting Governor's actions.

For a reserve for operation and maintenance costs associated with the acquisition of the GTE/Sylvania property located in the city of Salem; provided, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for design costs and basic infrastructure improvements of the GTE/Sylvania site

...............................................................$1,082,885

7115-0100

For Westfield State College

...............................................................$18,660,118

7116-0100

For Worcester State College; provided, that funds may be expended for the creation of an allied health center at Worcester State College

...............................................................$18,684,328

7117-0100

For the Massachusetts College of Art; provided, that funds may be expended for the purpose of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act

...............................................................$12,149,019

7118-0100

For the Massachusetts Maritime Academy; provided, that $100,000 shall be expended for a shipbuilding program in conjunction with the revitalization of the Fore River Shipyard

...............................................................$9,808,592

Community Colleges.

7502-0100

For Berkshire Community College

...............................................................$7,992,403

7503-0100

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $60,000 to $12,333,353

For Bristol Community College; provided, that $60,000 shall be expended for the purpose of tracking, monitoring, evaluating and reporting on individuals who are enrolled at Bristol Community College while receiving public assistance; and provided further, that such tracking, monitoring, evaluating and reporting shall include administrative and computer assistance in order to enable communication with the department of transitional assistance regarding such individuals

...............................................................$12,393,353

7504-0100

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $137,650 to $9,200,134

For Cape Cod Community College; provided, that $137,650 shall be expended for library resources for the "Two Plus Two" initiative, so-called

...............................................................$9,337,784

7504-0101

For the operation of an environmental technology, education and job training partnership through the Cape Cod Community College; provided, that said community college shall coordinate said partnership with the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided further, that said initiative shall be conducted at the Massachusetts military reservation or at a site on Cape Cod determined by said college to be suitable for the purposes of on-site education and training in the use of alternative technologies to clean up designated superfund sites; provided further, that preference shall be given to local applicants; and provided further, that the executive office of environmental affairs and the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth shall participate in the testing and evaluation of innovative technologies

...............................................................$124,438

Toxics Use Reduction Fund...............................................................100.0%

7505-0100

For Greenfield Community College; provided, that not less than $195,000 shall be obligated for the Heritage Bank building acquired by the Greenfield Community College Foundation

...............................................................$7,487,018

7506-0100

For Holyoke Community College

...............................................................$13,736,858

7506-0101

For the operation of home information centers in Holyoke and East Longmeadow to be administered by Holyoke Community College; provided, that $30,000 shall be expended for the home information center at East Longmeadow; provided further, that $85,000 shall be expended for the Holyoke home information center; provided further, that said home information centers shall file a financial and programmatic plan with the house and senate committees on ways and means by January 1, 1999; and provided further, that such plan shall include, but not be limited to, a framework to make the operations of said centers self-sufficient not later than fiscal year 2002

...............................................................$115,000

7507-0100

For Massachusetts Bay Community College

...............................................................$11,724,999

7508-0100

For Massasoit Community College; provided, that not less than $274,700 shall be expended for the operation of Christo's II Culinary Arts Center

...............................................................$16,271,072

7509-0100

For Mount Wachusett Community College; provided, that $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Vietnam Memorial Community Fitness and Wellness Center at Mount Wachusett community college; and provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for the Wood Technology center at Mount Wachusett Community College

...............................................................$9,311,167

7510-0100

For Northern Essex Community College

...............................................................$15,461,797

7511-0100

For North Shore Community College

...............................................................$15,567,307

7512-0100

For Quinsigamond Community College

...............................................................$11,384,852

7514-0100

For Springfield Technical Community College; provided, that $606,920 shall be allocated for a reserve for the operation and maintenance expenses incurred by Springfield Technical Community College associated with the acquisition of the Digital property, so-called; provided, that said college may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $575,000 received from rent utility and other charges for the operation and maintenance of said property; and provided further, that $235,336 shall be encumbered for an emergency reserve for unanticipated operating and maintenance expenses of Springfield Technical Community College in the acquisition of the Digital property, so-called

...............................................................$19,899,346

7514-0102

For the Massachusetts Center for Telecommunications and Information Technology through the Springfield Technical Community College assistance corporation, as established by chapter 273 of the acts of 1994; provided, that the amount appropriated herein shall include, but not be limited to, operating and maintaining cable television programming, distance learning curricula, telecommunications-intensive company facilities and a small business incubator.

...............................................................$250,000

7515-0100

For Roxbury Community College

...............................................................$9,290,742

7515-0120

For the operation of the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College

...............................................................$1,033,618

7515-0121

For the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College; provided, that said college may expend an amount not to exceed $247,100 received from fees, rentals and facility expenses associated with the running and operation of national track meets, high school track meets, high school dual meets, Roxbury Community College athletic events, other special athletic events, conferences, meetings and programs; provided further, that only expenses for contracted services associated with the aforementioned events shall be funded from this item; and provided further, that all year end balances associated with the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, on an annual basis, shall be transferred to the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center Building Fund in accordance with chapter 772 of the acts of 1987, as amended

...............................................................$247,100

Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center Fund...............................................................100.0%

7516-0100

For Middlesex Community College

...............................................................$15,587,848

7518-0100

For Bunker Hill Community College; provided, that $135,000 shall be obligated for the life focus center

...............................................................$16,169,251

7520-0424

For a health and welfare reserve for eligible personnel employed at the community and state colleges

...............................................................$2,830,369