Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Program To Provide Greater Cooperation and Coordination between the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0984
Committee Amendment CA_A_S93 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 367, L.D. 984, "Resolve, To Establish 
a Pilot Program To Provide Greater Cooperation and Coordination between the 
University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System" 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Pilot program established. Resolved: 
That Southern Maine 
Community College and Kennebec Valley Community College shall develop a pilot 
program with the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine at Augusta, 
respectively, to provide a seamless transition process for students attending the Maine 
Community College System to earn an associate degree and to transfer their college 
credits to attend the University of Maine System with the goal of graduating with a 
baccalaureate degree; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Goals. Resolved: That the goals of the pilot program are to develop a 
model for further collaboration between the participating colleges and universities in the 
service of student success, retention and degree completion and to provide data for future 
academic policy for all future student success. To achieve these goals, the participating 
colleges and universities shall ensure that the pilot program is a student-centered model 
that: 
1. Leads to a seamless pathway between a community college and a university; 
2. Supports students in obtaining appropriate information leading to course selection 
that maximizes the transfer of credits between institutions; 
3. Produces a pathway that supports student completion of an associate degree at a 
participating community college and a baccalaureate degree at a participating university 
with the minimum number of credits required to graduate from each participating 
institution; 
4. 
Supports and promotes student success in and between each participating 
institution; and 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 367, L.D. 984 
5. Leads to higher completion rates for students. 
The participating colleges and universities shall ensure that they achieve their goals 
by designing an evaluation instrument to monitor progress of the pilot program; and be it 
further 
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That the Maine Community College System and the 
University of Maine System shall provide an interim report on the progress of the pilot 
program no later than January 1,2010 to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and 
Cultural Affairs. Following the completion and graduation of the first participating class 
of students involved in the pilot program, the Maine Community College System and the 
University of Maine System shall submit a report with an 
assessment and 
recommendations to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over education matters on the future of the pilot program. The joint standing committee 
is authorized to submit legislation regarding the report during the legislative session in 
which the report is submitted.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the resolve to clarify that the goals of the pilot 
program to be established by the Maine Community College System and the University 
of Maine System are to ensure that the pilot program is a student-centered model that 
provides a seamless pathway that supports student completion of an associate degree at a 
participating community college and a baccalaureate degree at a participating university. 
The amendment also provides that the Maine Community College System and the 
University of Maine System shall provide an interim report on the progress of the pilot 
program no later than January 1, 2010 to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and 
Cultural Affairs. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQLlRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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LD984 
LR 777(02) 
Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Program To Provide Greater Cooperation and Coordination between the 
University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'tl" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System to establish the pilot 
program and provide the required report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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