Gov. Maura Healey's $55.5 billion budget - a 4.1% increase over the current year's budget - proposes a free community college program and a major investment in green energy.
Gov. Maura Healey talks to reporters after her first Cabinet meeting in early January. Third from the left in the back row stands Pat Tutwiler, the Massachusetts education secretary. is a $55.5 billion package described as a"down payment" on the governor's goals of making Massachusetts a more affordable place to live, addressing climate change, and preparing students for an evolving economy.
On the education side, Healey is proposing to use the surtax money to pay for $100 million in child care grants to providers, $140 million in higher education capital funding, and $20 million to establish a free community collegefor people older than 25 without college degrees. She's also proposing a $93 million expansion of a state scholarship program, a $59 million effort to stabilize tuition and fees at UMass and other public higher education institutions, and more.
"Governor Healey and Lt. Governor Driscoll have made a bold statement about the importance of the University of Massachusetts to the socio-economic future of the Commonwealth," UMass President Marty Meehan said."These transformational investments would expand access to our world-class education and enhance the impact of our statewide research enterprise."
The budget plan also boosts funding for the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, which sits at the center of the state's efforts to reduce carbon emissions to a net-zero level by 2050 and to electrify buildings, vehicles and more.
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