An Act To Rename the Former Vocational-technical Secondary Education Schools, How Called Applied Technology Centers and Regions, Career and Technical Education Centers and Regions Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. 20·A MRS A §8301·A, as corrected by RR 1991, c. 2, §61, is amended to read: §8301-A. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 1. Affiliated unit. Affiliated unit means a school administrative unit that is affiliated with another school administrative unit that operates aR--~~~--~eaRele~y ~ center. An affiliated school administrative unit may have its secondary students served by aR--applieQ--~eaRe*9~y ~ center operated by a school administrative unit with which it is affiliated. An affiliated school administrative unit may also operate app*:i.eQ.---t@€kR9~9'JY career and technical education satellite programs. Page l-LR2255(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1649
Committee Amendment CA_A_H685 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "j)" to H.P. 1227, L.D. 1649, Bill, "An 
Act To Rename the Former Vocational-technical Secondary Education 
Schools, Now Called Applied Technology Centers, Applied Career 
Technology Centers" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act 
To 
Rename 
the Former Vocational-technical Secondary 
Education Schools, 
How Called Applied Technology Centers and 
Regions, Career and Technical Education Centers and Regions' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20·A MRS A §8301·A, as corrected by RR 1991, c. 2, 
§61, is amended to read: 
§8301-A. 
Definitions 
As 
used 
in this 
chapter, 
unless 
the 
context otherwise 
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 
1. 
Affiliated unit. 
"Affiliated unit" 
means 
a 
school 
administrative 
unit 
that 
is 
affiliated with 
another 
school 
administrative 
unit 
that 
operates 
aR--~~~--~eaRele~y 
~ 
center. 
An affiliated school administrative unit may have its 
secondary students 
served by 
aR--applieQ--~eaRe*9~y 
~ center 
operated by 
a 
school 
administrative unit with 
which it is 
affiliated. 
An affiliated school administrative unit may also 
operate 
app*:i.eQ.---t@€kR9~9'JY 
career 
and 
technical 
education 
satellite programs. 
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2. 
Budget failure. 
"Budget failure" means the failure of 
as-appliea-teehsele~y ~ region, by August 1st of any fiscal year, 
to approve a budget for the appliea-teehsele~y region that is at 
least equal to the sum of the total allocations for appliea 
t:eehsele~y career and technical education of the member school 
administrative units in the appliea-teehsele~y region. 
2-". 
Career and technical education. 
"Career and technical 
education" means a course or program of education designed to 
create or improve jOb-related skills that is part of a secondarf 
school curriculum and approved bf the commissioner according to 
this chapter. 
A school administrative unit shall make career and 
technical education available to persons residing in the school 
administrative unit who 
are eligible to receive free public 
secondarf education. 
3. 
Center. 
"Center" 
means 
an 
administrative 
entity 
established 
pursuant 
to 
this 
chapter 
that 
provides 
appliea 
t:eehsele~y career and technical education to secondary students. 
Unless otherwise specifically provided for by this chapter, as 
appliea---teeRse*e~y 
A 
center 
is 
governed, 
operated 
and 
administered by a single school administrative unit. 
As-appliea 
t:eeRse*e~y A center shall make its programs available to serve 
secondary students from school administrative units with which it 
is affiliated. 
As-appliea-teehsele~y A center may include within 
its 
administrative 
structure 
appliea---t.eehRele~y 
career 
and 
technical 
education 
satellite 
programs 
operated 
by 
school 
administrative units with which it is affiliated. 
4. 
Municipality. 
"Municipality" has the same meaning as in 
section 15603, subsection 19. 
5. 
Parent. 
"Parent" means a parent, as defined in section 
1, subsection 20, with legal custody of a minor child. 
6. 
Reqion. 
"Region" means 
a quasi-municipal corporation 
established by the Legislature to provide 
appliea--teehsele~y 
career and technical education to secondary students that is 
comprised of all the school administrative units within the 
geographical boundaries set forth for each 
appliea--t&ehRele~y 
career 
and technical 
education 
region 
in section 
8451. 
As 
applieEi--t.eehRele~y A region is governed by a cooperative board 
formed and operating in accordance with this chapter. 
7. 
Residence. 
"Residence" 
means, 
with 
reference 
to 
a 
person's eligibility to receive vocational education, the school 
administrative unit in which is located the legal residence of 
the person's parent if the person has not reached 18 years of 
age, the legal residence of the person after the person reaches 
years of age or the legal residence of the person after the 
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person becomes an emancipated minor. 
A federal reservation is 
considered part of the school administrative unit in which it is 
located. 
8. 
Satellite prograa. 
"Satellite program" means a program 
providing 
appHee--~ABelEHJY career and technical education to 
secondary students that is operated, under section 34Q6 8403-A, 
by 
a 
school 
administrative unit affiliated with aB--appliee 
6eeaB91e~y ~ center. 
9. 
State subsidy. 
"State subsidy" has the same meaning as 
in section 15603, subsection 26. 
10. 
Unit. 
"Unit" means a school administrative unit. 
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Sec. 2. 
Revision clause. 
Wherever 
in 
the 
Maine 
Revised 
Statutes the 
words 
"Bureau of 
Applied 
Technology 
and 
Adult 
Learning" appear or reference is made to that bureau within the 
Department of Education, those words are amended to read or mean, 
as the case may be, "Bureau of Career and Technical Education and 
Adult Learning." 
Sec. 3. 
Revision clause. 
Wherever 
in 
the 
Maine 
Revised 
Statutes the words "Division of Applied Technology Education" 
appear 
or 
reference 
is 
made 
to 
that 
division 
within 
the 
Department of Education, those words are amended to read or mean, 
as the case may be, "Division of Career and Technical Education." 
Sec. 4. 
Revision clause. 
Wherever 
in 
the 
Statutes the words "applied teChnology education" 
words 
are 
amended 
to 
read 
and 
mean 
"career 
Maine 
Revised 
appear, those 
and 
technical 
education." 
Sec. 5. 
Revision clause. 
Wherever 
in 
the 
Maine 
Revised 
Statutes 
the 
words 
"applied 
technology 
center," 
"applied 
technology 
region," 
"applied 
technology 
satellite," 
"applied 
technology 
program" 
or 
"applied 
technology 
course 
of 
study" 
appear or reference is made to any of those things, those words 
are amended to read or mean, as the case may be, 
"career and 
technical 
education center," 
"career 
and 
technical 
education 
region," "career and technical education satellite," "career and 
technical education program" or "career and technical education 
course of study," respectively. 
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Sec. 6. 
Revision clause. 
Wherever 
in 
the 
Maine 
Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A the words "applied technology" appear when 
referring to an educational purpose and training for careers, 
those words are amended to read and mean "career and technical." . 
SUMMARY 
This 
committee 
amendment 
changes 
technology" 
to 
"career 
and 
technical" 
Revised Statutes. 
the 
words 
"applied 
throughout 
the 
Maine 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 01127/04 ~ae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1649 
An··Act to Rename the Former Vocational-technical Secondary 
Education Schools, Now Called Applied Technology Centers, Applied 
Career Technology Centers 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
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