Bill > H4005

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025, totaling over $633 million, to supplement certain existing appropriations and fund various activities and projects. * **Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA):** * $60,000,000 for MBTA Physical Infrastructure. * $20,000,000 for MBTA Low-Income Fare Relief. * $400,000,000 for MBTA Workforce/Safety Reserve, with specific conditions for projects addressing Federal Transit Administration safety findings. * $300,000,000 as an operating transfer to replenish the MBTA deficiency fund. * $13,000,000 for direct costs and lost revenues related to MBTA initiatives to mitigate traffic impacts from the Sumner Tunnel closure. * **Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:** * $10,000,000 for Universal School Meals. * $10,000,000 for Green Schoolworks. * $58,000,000 for Special Education Circuit Breaker. * $50,000,000 for a grant program to increase career technical education school slots, prioritizing regional workforce demands and reducing waitlists. * $100,000 for local one-time education projects. * $8,500,000 for educational grants to reduce the waitlist for English for speakers of other languages services, prioritizing training for in-demand jobs. * $25,000,000 for an early literacy high-dosage tutoring initiative program to address pandemic-related learning loss for students in kindergarten through grade 3. * $190,000,000 for a reserve to support reimbursements and direct payments for special education instructional and transportation costs, including a review by the inspector general of school district transportation practices. * $5,000,000 for a capital project for the Holocaust Legacy Foundation, Inc. to establish the Boston Holocaust Museum. * **Department of Higher Education:** * $10,000,000 for DHE Endowment Match. * $10,000,000 for UMass Endowment Match. * **Department of Early Education and Care:** * $40,000,000 for initiatives to support workforce, affordability, and quality improvements in the early education and care sector, with at least $20,000,000 for a reimbursement rate increase for subsidized providers in fiscal year 2026. * **Massachusetts Department of Transportation:** * $25,000,000 for an operating transfer to the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund for grants supporting workforce and training initiatives at regional transit authorities and transit improvements. * $10,000,000 for an operating transfer to the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund for a pilot program providing grants to municipalities for the repair and maintenance of unpaved roads. * $100,000 for local one-time transportation projects. All appropriations are generally from the Education and Transportation Fund and the Education and Transportation Innovation and Capital Fund, and are for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, unless otherwise specified. Some funds are available through fiscal year 2028, and specific reporting requirements are included for several appropriations.

House Committee on Ways and Means (House)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4005