An Act To Rename the Former Vocational-technical Secondary Education Schools, Now Called Applied Technology Centers, Applied Career Technology Centers
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1649
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: LEDWIN, MITCHELL, ANDREWS, CUMMINGS, DAVIS, FINCH, MURPHY, DOUGLASS, WESTON

Legislative Document 
No. 1649 
HP.1227 
House of Representatives, December 15, 2003 
An Act To Rename the Former Vocational-technical Secondary 
Education Schools, Now Called Applied Technology Centers, 
Applied Career Technology Centers 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 11, 2003. Referred to the Committee on 
Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to 
Joint Rule 401. 
Presented by Representative LEDWIN of Holden. 
Cosponsored by Senator MITCHELL of Penobscot and 
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MilLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: ANDREWS of York, CUMMINGS of Portland, DAVIS of Falmouth, FINCH 
of Fairfield, MURPHY of Kennebunk, Senators: DOUGLASS of Androscoggin, WESTON of 
Waldo. 
Printed on recy<:1ed paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 20·A MRSA §8301.A, as corrected by PL 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. 
Affi1iated unit. 
"Affiliated unit" 
means 
a 
school 
administrative 
unit 
that 
is 
affiliated with 
another 
school 
administrative unit that operates an applied career technology 
center. 
An affiliated school administrative unit may have its 
secondary students served by an applied career technology center 
operated by 
a 
school 
administrative unit with which it is 
affiliated. 
An affiliated school administrative unit may also 
operate applied career technology satellite programs. 
2. 
Budqet fai1ure. 
"Budget failure" means the failure of 
an applied career technology region, by August 1st of any fiscal 
year, 
to approve 
a 
budget for the applied career technology 
region that is at least equal to the sum of the total allocations 
for applied career technology education of the member 
school 
administrative units in the applied career technology region. 
3. 
Center. 
"Center" 
means 
an 
administrative 
entity 
established pursuant to this chapter that provides applied career 
technology education to secondary students. 
Unless otherwise 
specifically provided for by this chapter, 
an applied career 
technology center is governed, operated and administered by a 
single school administrative unit. 
An applied career technology 
center shall make its programs 
available to serve 
secondary 
students 
from 
school 
administrative units with which it is 
affiliated. 
An 
applied career technology center may 
include 
within its administrative structure apploied career technology 
satellite programs operated by school administrative units with 
which it is affiliated. 
4. 
Municipa1ity. 
"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. 
tie 
Reqion. 
"Region" means 
a quasi-municipal corporation 
established 
by 
the 
Legislature 
to 
provide 
applied 
career 
technology education to secondary students that is comprised of 
all the 
school 
administrative units within the 
geographical 
boundaries set forth for each applied career technology region in 
Page l-LR2255(l) 
section 8451. 
An applied career technology region is governed by 
a cooperative board formed and operating in accordance with this 
chapter. 
7. 
Residence. 
"Residence" 
means, 
with 
referenc·e 
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 
person becomes an emancipated minor. 
A federal reservation is 
considered part of the school administrative unit in which it is 
located. 
8. 
Satellite proqram. 
"Satellite program" means 
providing 
applied 
career 
technology 
education 
to 
students that is operated, 
under 
section 8403, 
by 
administrative unit affiliated with an applied career 
center. 
a program 
secondary 
a 
school 
technology 
9. 
State subsidy. 
"State subsidy" has the same meaning as 
in section 15603,. subsection 26. 
10. 
Unit. 
"Unit" means a school administrative unit. 
11. 
Applied 
career 
technoloqy 
education. 
"Veeat::ieBal 
Applied career technology education" means a course or program of 
education designed to create or improve job-related skills that 
is part of a 
secondary school curriculum and approved by the 
commissioner according to this chapter. 
A school administrative 
unit shall make veeat::ieBal applied career technology education 
available to persons residing in the school administrative unit 
who are eligible to receive free public secondary education. 
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, that phrase 
is amended to read and mean "Bureau of Applied Career Technology 
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, that phrase is 
amended to read and mean "Division of Applied Career Technology 
Education." 
Sec. 4. Revision clause. 
Wherever 
in 
the 
Maine 
Revised 
Statutes 
the 
words 
"applied 
technology education" 
appear 
or 
reference is made to that phrase, that phrase is amended to read 
and mean ."applied career technology 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" 
and 
"applied technology course of 
study" 
appear or reference is made to those phrases, the phrases are 
amended to read and mean "applied career technology center," 
"applied career technology region," "applied career technology 
satellite," 
"applied career 
technology 
program" 
and 
"applied 
career technology course of study." 
Sec. 6. 
Revision clause. 
Wherever 
in 
the 
Maine 
Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A the words "applied technology" appear or 
reference is made to that phrase when referring to an educational 
purpose and training for careers, that phrase is amended to read 
and mean "applieq career technology." 
SUMMARY 
This bill changes the words "applied technology" to "applied 
career technology" throughout the Maine Revised Statutes.