{"id":5684,"date":"2016-04-13T16:12:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T20:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=5684"},"modified":"2016-04-13T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T23:42:00","slug":"ma-house-ways-means-budget-release-part-one-massart-cuts-mcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/issues\/ma-house-ways-means-budget-release-part-one-massart-cuts-mcc\/","title":{"rendered":"MA House Ways & Means Budget Release (Part One) – MassArt & Cuts to the MCC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts House of Representatives\u2019 Committee on Ways and Means<\/a> is responsible for crafting and releasing the House of Representatives\u2019 budget. This is the second step in our state\u2019s budget process: https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/Process<\/a>. The first step of the budget process was the release of the Governor\u2019s Budget.<\/p>\n

Today this House committee released its Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17)<\/strong> budget proposal. To review the House FY 2017 Budget<\/strong>: https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2017\/House<\/a><\/p>\n

On a positive note: The House Ways and Means Budget slightly increased Massachusetts College of Art\u2019s budget (budget line item 7117-0100) to $17,899,354. (Last year MasssArt’s funding was $17,201,537.)<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, like last year\u2019s proposed House Budget, it seeks a major cut in funding\u00a0 for Massachusetts Cultural Council<\/a><\/strong> (MCC).\u00a0The House proposed funding for the MCC is $10,000,000. The MCC\u2018s funding is currently at $14,160,000 (budget line item 0640-0300) and this proposed House budget cuts the MCC’s funding by just over four million dollars. (Of Note: The Governor\u2019s 2017 budget proposal level funded the MCC.)<\/p>\n

The MCC is the state agency that supports the arts, sciences, and humanities. It uses this money to provide services, grants, and advocacy for the cultural sector. Artists of all disciplines should be deeply concerned about the potential for $4 million to be stripped from its next budget.<\/p>\n

Support restoration of the MCC’s budget<\/h4>\n

Representative Corey Atkins<\/a>, Chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development<\/a>, filed a budget amendment to set MCC funding at $17 million in FY17. Her colleagues in the House have until 3 p.m. on Friday, April 15, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0to cosponsor her amendment (as they do all amendments).<\/p>\n

Please contact your state representative and request that he or she sign on as a cosponsor of the Atkins amendment to increase the funding for the Massachusetts Cultural Council to $17 million \u2013 budget line item 0640-0300<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To figure out who your state rep. is, click here: http:\/\/www.wheredoivotema.com\/bal\/myelectioninfo.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

The next MALC blog post will focus on the House Ways and Means budget proposal line items for the state library system.<\/p>\n

Written by John Weeks and Kathleen Bitetti<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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