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Framingham Disability Commission recommends $8,000 for Karen Dempsey scholarship, pending grant process
Summary
After extended discussion about eligibility and timing, the commission voted to recommend $8,000 for the Karen Dempsey scholarship this year, pending completion of the commission's grant application and subsequent review by the Finance Subcommittee and City Council.
The Framingham Disability Commission voted Feb. 26 to recommend allocating $8,000 toward the Karen Dempsey scholarship this year, with the award contingent on completion and legal approval of the commission’s grant application and subsequent review by the Finance Subcommittee and the City Council.
The proposal grew out of a presentation by Mark Dempsey, who described the scholarship’s history and said the commission’s request email had suggested $30,000. Dempsey said past awards ranged from a single recipient in the first year to five recipients last year, and that recent payouts provided roughly $2,000 per student over four years in one model. Commissioners…
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