7100-0200 University of Massachusetts

For the operation of the University of Massachusetts; provided, that not later than February 1, 2023, the university shall meet with the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on higher education to review: (i) the 5-year projected spending plan for academic years 2022 through 2027, including anticipated cost savings initiatives and efforts to reduce student tuition and fees; and (ii) a comprehensive report on spending over the previous academic year; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (a) personnel costs, delineated by staff type and type of pay, including, but not limited to, base pay and bonus pay; (b) the number of full-time equivalent employees, delineated by staff type; (c) non-instructional administrative costs; (d) costs related to asset management and acquisition; (e) annual enrollment growth; (f) annual tuition and fee growth; (g) fee structure; (h) expenditures on direct student financial aid; and (i) average financial aid award per financial aid recipient; provided further, that funding for each center and institute at the University of Massachusetts at Boston shall be provided at an amount not less than in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that if, as a result of extraordinary or unforeseen circumstances, the university deems it necessary to reduce funding to any of said institutions, the university shall issue a report detailing: (1) the reasons for such reductions; (2) all steps taken to avoid such reductions including, but not limited to, the identification of other sources of existing funds, raising of new revenues and the pursuit of savings initiatives and efficiencies; and (3) a mitigation plan to ameliorate the effects on students and university staff of such reductions, for which input from students and university staff shall be solicited; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the joint committee on higher education and the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 120 days prior to any such funding reduction or institutional closure; provided further, that not later than January 4, 2023, the University of Massachusetts at Boston shall submit a report to the joint committee on higher education and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the progress made implementing the April 2019 taskforce on centers and institutes' recommendations; provided further, that the university shall expend funds for the operation of the Massachusetts office of public collaboration at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and for annual operations of the advanced technology and manufacturing center in the city of Fall River; provided further, that funds may be expended for the operation of the Future of Work Research Initiative at the University of Massachusetts Labor Centers at the university's Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses; provided further, that not less than $15,000,000 shall be expended to increase student financial aid; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst health services to support access to women's health care; provided further, that the university shall expend funds for the UMass-Amherst Cranberry Station; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Innovation Venture Fund at University of Massachusetts at Lowell for the continued implementation of a business development grant program to support new and existing businesses; provided further, that not less than $4,000,000 shall be expended by the university on student behavioral health services including, but not limited to, crisis services, therapy, the assessment of learning disorders, responses to sexual assault, substance use disorder services and assistance to students struggling with stress, anxiety or other mental health needs created or exacerbated by remote learning and the 2019 novel coronavirus; provided further, that not less than $180,000 shall be expended for the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to fund the UMass Clean Energy Corps to provide technical assistance to advance clean energy in cities and towns; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the Africana Studies department at the University of Massachusetts at Boston for a program of community organizing, outreach and civic engagement related to public safety and public health in the Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan sections of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended as a grant to the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth to conduct a study and submit a report on the workforce development needs of the commonwealth's cranberry industry; provided further, that the university shall consult and collaborate with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's Cranberry Station and the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association in conducting the study; provided further, that the report shall identify and assess current workforce challenges including, but not limited to: (i) existing workforce pipeline issues; (ii) emerging workforce needs; (iii) the development of workforce training programs at community colleges, state universities and regional vocational and technical high schools; (iv) the feasibility of grant, scholarship and other pipeline development initiatives to support current and future needs for full-time and part-time employees; (v) an assessment identifying chronic and acute workforce shortages affecting the industry; (vi) the need to provide a greater awareness of the cranberry industry as a career; (vii) the need for employees with technology skills; and (viii) the use of drones, robotics, global positioning systems and data management technology; provided further, that not later than December 31, 2022, the university shall submit its report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing its findings and recommendations to address workforce development issues within the cranberry industry; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Gloucester Marine Station at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

	General Fund	...............	99.28%
	Education Fund	...............	0.72%