![]() We think this is a sound public investment in a key economic sector in the Commonwealth. If approved, Mass Cultural Council will have additional resources to make equitable investments supporting Massachusetts artists, creative individuals, youth arts education programs, cultural organizations, and communities. If signed into law, this $25 million would be the highest state budget appropriation Mass Cultural Council has received since the late 1980s. This $25 million appropriation is a historic public investment in the sector. Mass Cultural Council, an independent state arts agency, is primarily funded through the annual state budget, and it is through this spending plan that the Commonwealth makes its main investment supporting the creative and cultural sector each year. This figure represents an 11% increase to Mass Cultural Council’s current operating budget, and is the amount the Agency requested when it testified on Governor Healey’s H. ![]() Mass Cultural Council is thrilled to report that the Committee looked favorably upon the Agency’s FY24 funding request and recommended the requested $25 million. 3, its FY24 spending recommendations, a $55.8 billion budget focused on moving Massachusetts forward towards a more inclusive and resilient post-pandemic future. On May 9 the Senate Committee on Ways and Means released S. The work to develop the Fiscal Year 2024 state budget continues on Beacon Hill, and this month it’s the Massachusetts Senate who will take up the spending plan. ![]() Thank you, Chairman Mark, for your leadership and partnership in this matter! If it is not adopted, Mass Cultural Council will work during the Conference Committee process to advance the House text to the Governor’s desk. This technical correction, if adopted, would ensure that Mass Cultural Council’s line-item text in the final Senate Budget matches language in the final House Budget. Amendment #289 strikes wording that references the Agency’s former strategic plan and replaces it with the goals of our new strategic slan, which will be in effect FY24-26. Update – May 16, 2023: Mass Cultural Council is working with Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development Chairman Paul Mark on a Senate budget amendment to change the text of the Agency’s line-item. ![]() Senate Committee on Ways & Means embraces Mass Cultural Council’s FY24 funding request Arts & Culture in Line to Receive $25M in Next State Budget ![]()
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