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House Advances $3.275 Billion BRIGHT Act to Revitalize Public Higher Education
Summary
The Massachusetts House passed House Bill 4750, the BRIGHT Act, sending it to be engrossed after approving a consolidated amendment. The bill authorizes $3.275 billion in special-obligation bonds to fund campus repairs, decarbonization, lab modernization and other projects, with allocations for UMass, state universities and community colleges.
The Massachusetts House on Nov. 17 advanced House Bill 4750, known as the BRIGHT Act, authorizing $3.275 billion in special-obligation bonds to finance capital work across public higher education campuses. Members approved a consolidated amendment and voted to pass the bill to be engrossed.
The bill’s sponsor and floor supporters described the package as a generational reinvestment in the state’s colleges and universities. Representative Rogers of Cambridge told colleagues the bill authorizes $3,275,000,000 to ‘revitalize our public higher education campuses’ and detailed initial allocations: $1.25 billion for the UMass system, $1.25 billion for state universities and community colleges, and $275 million for the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Supporters said the authorization also includes targeted line items. Representative Rogers and…
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