For the operation of the University of Massachusetts; provided, that not later than January 29, 2027, 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 2026 to 2031, inclusive, 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) noninstructional 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 centers or institutions, the university shall submit a report detailing: (i) the reasons for such reductions; (ii) 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 (iii) a mitigation plan to ameliorate the effects of such reductions on students and university staff, 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, 2027, 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 on implementing the April 2019 taskforce on centers and institutes' recommendations; provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 shall be expended for SUCCESS programming to provide wraparound supports and services to improve outcomes for their most vulnerable populations including, but not limited to, low--income, first--generation, minority and disabled students and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students; provided further, that the university shall expend funds for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Cranberry Station; 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 not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the health services to support access to women's health care; provided further, that funds may be expended 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 $250,000 shall be expended for the University unified procurement services team to offer other public institutions of higher education optional access to centralized procurements for products and services; and 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
| | General Fund | ............... | 96.74% |
| | Education Fund | ............... | 2.11% |
| | Education and Transportation Fund | ............... | 1.15% |
