April 18, 2019
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget

Lawmakers seek $10M to avoid UMass tuition increase

Katie Lannan ,

State House News Service / The Daily News

According to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, the Ways and Means budget bumps higher education funding $55 million above this year's spending levels, with $40 million in additional support for UMass and $12 million for state universities and community colleges, "primarily associated with collectively bargained increases in wages and salaries."