Bill > H4005

This bill provides supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025, allocating funds across several key areas in education and transportation. The bill appropriates $60 million for MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) physical infrastructure, $20 million for low-income fare relief, and $400 million for MBTA workforce and safety reserves. In education, the bill allocates $10 million for universal school meals, $10 million for Green Schoolworks, $58 million for special education circuit breaker funding, and $10 million each for endowment matches for the Department of Higher Education and UMass. Additionally, the bill includes $50 million for career technical education school capacity building, $40 million for early education and care workforce initiatives, $8.5 million for English language learning services, $25 million for an early literacy tutoring program, and $190 million for special education reimbursements. Transportation-related appropriations include $300 million to replenish the MBTA deficiency fund, $25 million for regional transit authority workforce initiatives, and $10 million for a pilot program to repair unpaved municipal roads. The bill is declared an emergency law necessary for immediate public convenience and allows for funds to be used through fiscal year 2028.

House Committee on Ways and Means (House)

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