On January 21, Governor Healey announced plans to invest at least $2.5 billion to modernize higher public education campuses over the next decade. The investments were announced as part of a bond bill –An Act to Build Resilient Infrastructure to Generate Higher Education Transformation (the BRIGHT Act) – that will use $125 million annually in so-called Fair Share surtax revenue to leverage $2.5 billion in new borrowing capacity for higher education infrastructure needs. The Administration indicated that the investments will be used to address mounting deferred maintenance needs, in addition to building modern new classrooms, upgrading and decarbonizing energy systems, and outfitting labs with cutting-edge technology. The public higher education universe in Massachusetts includes 29 campuses: 15 community colleges, nine state universities and five UMass campuses, according to the Department of Higher Education.