THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, January 10, 2020 Page 17 FILES | FROM PAGE 2 reframes Baker’s 2018 recommendation that the Legislature transfer $50 million into a fund for school improvement. The recently enacted Student Opportunity Act established the Twenty-First Century Education Trust Fund “to address persistent disparities in achievement among student subgroups, improve educational opportunities for all students, share best practices for improving classroom learning and support effi ciencies within and across school districts.” “The Commonwealth is expected to have sufficient revenues to fi nance these appropriations and measures in Fiscal Year 2020,” said Secretary of Administration and Finance Michael J. Heff ernan. “This supplemental spending proposal continues the Baker-Polito Administration’s focus on improving public infrastructure, services and programs in a reliable and fi scally disciplined way.” The supplemental spending bill also includes: • $16.3 million and a related authorizing section to ratify a recently concluded collective bargaining agreement • $12.3 million (for a total of $16.3 million including FY19 funding) for Safety Net Provider Hospitals to mitigate the cost of providing care to un- and underinsured patients • $5.4 million for service improvements for men who are civilly committed for substance use disorder treatment under Section 35 of Chapter 123 of the General Laws • $5 million to support high school students enrolled in Early College programs that give thousands of Massachusetts students, especially fi rst-generation college-goers, access to college completion and career success • $3 million for the Community Compact program to support grants for cities and towns that have entered compacts with the Commonwealth to support public interests and develop mutual standards for governing effectively In total, the supplemental budget bill consists of $74.2 million in supplemental appropriations, at a net state cost of $68.1 million. Everett resident named to the Assumption College Dean’s List W ORCESTER – Assumption College has announced that Steve Kinsey of Everett has been named to its Dean’s List for the fall 2019 semester. To be named to the prestigious list, which is announced at the completion of the fall and spring semesters, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 for a fi veclass, 15-credit semester.
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