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Council unanimously asks manager to ask state to set aside $200 million from Fair Share Act for public higher education
Summary
The council voted to ask the city manager to send a letter to the state delegation and the governor requesting that $200 million from revenue generated by the Fair Share surtax be set aside to stabilize public higher education funding, after testimony from Middlesex Community College faculty.
The Lowell City Council on Sept. 23 voted to request that the city manager send a letter to the state delegation and the governor asking that $200 million be set aside from revenues generated by the Fair Share Act to support public higher education.
Stacy Haggis, who identified herself as a longtime Middlesex Community College educator, told the council that community college faculty and staff are underpaid and that the colleges lack the resources needed to…
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