Section 15. In accordance with the funding formulas referenced in section 15B of this chapter, the secretary, in consultation with the council and with the board of trustees for the university of Massachusetts, shall periodically prepare and submit to the budget director an estimate, in detail, for the ordinary maintenance of the entire system of public institutions of higher education, and revenue therefrom, as provided in section three of chapter twenty-nine. Said statement shall include the salaries of all officers and employees within said system and all program costs which are to be borne by any source other than the commonwealth, including such sources as federal financing or federal research, demonstration, or training grants, community contributions and other grants, endowments or trusts.
The secretary, in consultation with the council and with the board of trustees for the university of Massachusetts, shall also periodically submit requests for capital outlay for the entire system of public institutions of higher education to the secretary of administration and finance as provided by section seven of said chapter twenty-nine and to the house and senate committees on ways and means. The secretary shall use the estimates and requests prepared by each board of trustees for the purposes of this section attaching whatever recommendations she may desire or deem necessary. The general court shall appropriate funds for the system of public institutions of higher education in various line items, including, but not limited to four separate appropriations; one each for the University of Massachusetts, state universities, community colleges, and scholarships.
The board of trustees of the university shall receive its appropriation directly, in one sum. Funds appropriated for the state university system and the community college system shall be disbursed by the council to each board of trustees by the establishment of allocation accounts; provided, however, that the council shall not allocate an amount less than that appropriated by the general court for the expenses of ''01, salaries, permanent positions''; ''02, salaries, other''; or ''03, services, nonemployee'' without prior approval of the commissioner of administration; and provided, further, that no such funds allocated for the expenses of ''01 salaries, permanent'' to a board of trustees shall be transferred without the prior approval of the commissioner of administration.
Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the council shall not be prevented from amending institutional allocations or reallocating funds among institutions.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 15a - Public Education
Section 3a - Statewide Educational Technology Plan; Goals; Development and Implementation
Section 4 - Board of Higher Education; Membership
Section 5 - Public Institutions of Higher Education System
Section 5a - Governor Foster Furcolo Community Colleges
Section 7 - Mission Statements; Development, Approval and Adoption
Section 7a - Board of Higher Education; Performance Measurement System
Section 9 - Powers and Duties of Council
Section 9a - American Sign Language
Section 9b - Needs-Based Financial Assistance Program; Scholarships; Guidelines
Section 13 - Hefa; Sale or Lease of Buildings, Lands or Other Property; Proceeds
Section 15c - Expenditures and Revenues; Management and Accounting Reporting System
Section 15d - Personnel Administrative Reporting and Information System
Section 15f - Community College Workforce Training Incentive Program
Section 15g - Stackable Credentials
Section 16 - Scholarship Programs; Guidelines
Section 17 - Teaching Learning Corps Program
Section 19 - Tuition and Fee Waiver Program; Guidelines; Annual Report
Section 19a - Student Loan Repayment Program; Guidelines; Expenses for Administration
Section 19b - Teacher Signing Bonus Program; Regulations
Section 19c - Master Teacher Corps Program; Regulations
Section 19d - Scholarship Program Known as Tomorrow's Teachers Program; Guidelines
Section 19e - Principal and Superintendent Recruitment Program
Section 20 - Educational Opportunities Information Center
Section 22 - Board of Trustees of Community Colleges or State Universities; Powers and Duties
Section 22a - Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center; Establishment; Powers and Duties of Board
Section 23 - Board of Trustees; Estimate for Institution's Ordinary Maintenance and Revenues
Section 24 - Board of Trustees; Authorized Purchases
Section 24a - Cooperative Purchasing; Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium
Section 25 - Refusal to Elect and Contract With Blind Teaching Candidates
Section 26 - Summer Sessions; Evening Classes
Section 27 - Dormitories; Nonsmoking Rooms; Rules and Regulations
Section 29 - Definitions; Use of Student Fee Funds for Legislative Agents' Costs
Section 31 - Administrative Expenses; Determination of Qualifying Expenditures
Section 32 - Student Assessment System
Section 33 - Report Assessing Overall Faculty Productivity and Teacher Effectiveness
Section 34 - Benchmark Study of Public Higher Education System
Section 35 - Professional Development Schools Grant Program
Section 38 - Military Recruiters; On-Campus Recruiting
Section 39 - Secondary Education Students Qualified to Enroll in Higher Education Institutions
Section 40 - Optional Retirement System; Providers; Regulations; Participation; Funds
Section 41 - Fees for Approval of Articles or Certificates; Revenue
Section 45 - Establishment and Implementation of Comprehensive Training Program