Resolve, To Develop a Statewide Entrepreneurship Curriculum from Kindergarten through College
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1387
Committee Amendment CA_A_H482 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "ft· to H.P. 
964. L.D. 1387, "Resolve, 
To 
Develop 
a 
Statewide 
Entrepreneurship 
Curriculum 
from 
Kindergarten through College" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, To Promote Training Centers for Entrepreneurship' 
Further amend the resolve by striking out all of sections 1 
to 3 and inserting in their place the following: 
'Sec. 1. University of Maine System and Maine Community College 
System to review entrepreneurship curriculum and promote campuses as 
entrepreneur training centers. Resolved: 
That 
the University of 
Maine System and the Maine Community College System shall each 
undertake a review of their current offerings and programs with a 
goal of presenting their offerings in a way that highlights the 
University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System 
as 
training 
centers 
for 
entrepreneurship 
for 
nascent 
entrepreneurs and existing business owners and operators; and be 
it further 
Sec. 2. 
Coordination of entrepreneurship education. Resolved: 
That the Chancellor of the University of Maine System and the 
President of 
the 
Maine 
Community 
College 
System 
shall 
meet 
regularly 
to 
coordinate 
entrepreneurship 
education 
within 
postsecondary schools and report on the state of entrepreneurship 
education in postsecondary schools in the State to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs no later 
than February 1, 2006; and be it further' 
Page l-LROI06(2) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 964, L.D. 1387 . 
Further amend the resolve in that part designated "4." in 
the first line (page 2, line 1 in L.D. ) by striking out the 
following: 
"4. 
Maine" 
and 
inserting 
in 
its 
place 
the 
following: 
' Sec. 4. Maine' 
Further amend the resolve in that part designated "4." in 
the 5th line (page 2, 
line 5 in L.D.) 
by striking out the 
following: 
"include" and inserting in its place the following: 
'consist of' and in the last line (page 2, line 11 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: 
"." 
Further amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
number 
to 
read 
consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the title of the resolve and removes 
the directives for curriculum development. 
It requires that the 
Chancellor of the University of Maine System and the President of 
the 
Maine 
Community 
College 
System 
review 
course 
offerings 
relating 
to 
entrepreneurship 
and 
promote 
their 
campuses 
as 
entrepreneur training centers. 
It removes all directives to the 
Commissioner 
of 
Education 
regarding 
entrepreneurship at the 
elementary and secondary levels. 
FISCAL :\OTE REQLlRED 
(See. ~ttac~~~)_ 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/18/05 ~ac 
LD 1387 
LR 0106(02) 
Resolve, To Develop a Statewide Entrepreneurship Curriculum from Kindergarten through College 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriationsl Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
2006-07 
$185,000 
$185,000 
$185,000 
$185,000 
Projections 
2007-08 
$185,000 
$185,000 
Projections 
2008-09 
$185,000 
$185,000 
This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $185,000 per year, beginning in fiscal year 2005-06, for the 
Maine Community College System to provide an entreprenueurship training program at all of its campuses throughout 
the State. 
Additional costs to the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System to conduct the required 
review of their existing course offerings related to entrepreneurship, to promote their campuses as entrepreneur 
training centers and to coordinate entrepreneurship education within postsecondary schools can be absorbed within 
each system's existing budgeted resources. 
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