Resolve, To Develop a Statewide Entrepreneurship Curriculum from Kindergarten through College
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1387
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: RICHARDSON, MITCHELL, BURNS, CROSBY, CUMMINGS, LERMAN, NORTON, PATRICK, SCHATZ

Legislative Document 
No. 1387 
H.P.964 
House of Representatives, March 22, 2005 
Resolve, To Develop a Statewide Entrepreneurship Curriculum 
from Kindergarten through College 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Speaker RICHARDSON of Brunswick. 
Cosponsored by Senator MITCHELL of Kennebec and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BURNS of Berwick, CROSBY of Topsham, CUMMINGS of Portland, 
LERMAN of Augusta, McCORMICK of West Gardiner, NORTON of Bangor, PATRICK of 
Rumford, SCHATZ of Blue Hill. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Sec. 1. Commissioner of Education to develop entrepreneurship 
curriculum to be implemented in schools from kindergarten to grade 12. 
Resolved: 
That the Commissioner of Education shall include in 
the next review of the system of learning results, as required by 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6209, subsection 
4, entrepreneurship education as a core content in the review of 
the State's learning standards, including recommendations for the 
inclusion of entrepreneurial concepts and skills in the guiding 
principles listed in Title 20-A, section 6209, subsection 1. 
The 
review required in this section must 
consider the 
following 
desirable outcomes for students: 
1. 
The 
initiation of 
personal, 
community 
and 
business 
ventures; 
2. 
The development of an awareness and understanding of the 
economic and personal factors that contribute to the success of 
entrepreneurial 
ventures: 
development 
of 
personal 
skills 
by 
initiating, planning and implementing an entrepreneurial venture; 
and development of communication skills: and 
3. 
The development of the ability to respond to changes in 
a business environment by 
requ~r~ng a practical approach that 
uses the potential of the student and that encourages the student 
to use opportunities based on informed risk taking and problem 
solving: and be it further 
Sec. 2. University of Maine System and Maine Community College 
System to develop entrepreneurship curriculum to be implemented at 
college campuses. Resolved: 
That the University of Maine System 
and 
the 
Maine 
Community 
College 
System 
shall 
develop 
an 
entrepreneurship curriculum based on the factors described in 
section one of this resolve to be implemented at all the campuses 
and shall market 
community colleges 
as 
training centers 
for 
business owners and operators; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Establishment of Entrepreneurship Education Task Force. 
Resolved: 
That 
the 
Entrepreneurship 
Education Task 
Force 
is 
established and consists of the follow members: 
the Commissioner 
of Education, the Chancellor of the University of Maine System 
and the President of the Maine Community College System. 
The 
Entrepreneurship 
Education 
Task 
Force 
shall 
report 
on 
the 
progress of the development and implementation of entrepreneurial 
curricula in elementary, secondary and 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 
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4. Maine Community College System to implement entrepreneurial 
training program. 
Resolved: 
That 
the 
Maine 
Community 
College 
System 
shall 
implement 
a 
statewide 
entrepreneurship training 
program that covers 
key aspects of starting a business. 
The 
entrepreneurship 
training 
program 
must 
include 
a 
series 
of 
noncredit training 
seminars 
offered at all 
of 
the 
Maine 
Community 
College 
System 
campuses. 
The 
entrepreneurship 
training program must be open to the public and provide for a 
subsidy of 50" of the cost of tuition for qualified individuals 
and full and partial scholarships to make the program available 
to the widest possible audience; and be it further. 
Sec. S. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
following appropriations and allocations are made. 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAIRE 
Maine Community College System -
Board of Trustees of the 
0556 
Initiative: 
Provides 
funds 
entrepreneurial training program. 
GENERAL l'UBD 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
to 
SUMMARY 
implement 
2005-06 
$185,000 
$185,000 
a 
That 
the 
statewide 
2006-07 
$185,000 
$185,000 
This 
resolve 
requires 
the 
Commissioner 
of 
Education 
to 
include entrepreneurship education principles in the next review 
of the system of learning results and the Chancellor of the 
University of 
Maine 
System 
and 
the 
President of 
the 
Maine 
Community 
College 
System 
to 
develop 
an 
entrepreneurship 
curriculum to be implemented at all University of Maine System 
and 
Maine 
Community 
College 
System 
campuses 
and 
to 
market 
community colleges as training centers for business owners and 
operators. 
This resolve also establishes the Entrepreneurship 
Education Task Force comprised of the Commissioner of Education, 
Chancellor of the University of Maine System and the President of 
the Maine Community College System to report on the progress of 
the development and implementation of entrepreneurship curricula 
to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs 
no later than February 1, 2006. 
This resolve also directs the Maine Community College System 
to implement a statewide entrepreneurship training program that 
covers key aspects of starting a business, and it includes an 
appropriation of $370,000 over 2 years to fund the program and 
provide subsidies and scholarships to make the program available 
to the widest possible audience.