MA H4227

Total appropriation of $1,387,975,000 for FY2025 supplemental funding, primarily from the Education and Transportation Innovation and Capital Fund, with funds available through June 30, 2028

$535 million for MBTA including $300 million to replenish the deficiency fund, $175 million for workforce/safety reserve addressing Federal Transit Administration safety findings, $40 million for physical infrastructure, and $20 million for low-income fare relief

$190.25 million reserve for special education circuit breaker reimbursements to school districts, plus $100 million for career technical education capacity grants with $15 million pilot for vocational annex buildings at comprehensive high schools

$115 million for public higher education capital projects to reduce deferred maintenance, including $10 million each for UMass Amherst nursing simulation lab, community college laboratory modernization, and Massachusetts College of Art repairs

$80 million for municipal road construction distributed by formula, $42.4 million for local transportation projects, and establishment of the Imagination Library of Massachusetts program to provide free monthly books to children from birth to age 5