Resolve, To Encourage Access to Higher Education for Celiain Child Care Providers
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1069
Committee Amendment CA_A_H221 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/+" to H.P. 736, L.D. 1069, "Resolve, To 
Encourage Access to Higher Education for Celiain Child Care Providers" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To DiI"ect the Maine Children's G."owth Council To Study the Connections 
between Higher Education and Early Childhood Education' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inseliing the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Convene working group. 
Resolved: 
That the Maine Children's 
Growth Council, as established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 621, shall 
convene a working group to review and make recommendations for administrative or 
legislative action, or both, concerning the existing and potential connections between 
higher education and early childhood education, including, but not limited to, the ways in 
which the higher education system can suppOli the development of the early childhood 
education system, the ways the early childhood education system can help strengthen the 
higher education system and the suppOli needed to make this reciprocal relationship 
sustainable. The Depmiment of Health and Human Services and the Depaliment of 
Education shall paliicipate in the working group as well as representatives from public 
universities, community colleges, child care providers, Head Stali and other community 
stakeholders that the council may identify; and be it fllliher 
Sec. 2. Charge of working group. Resolved: That the working group shall 
consider ideas and make recommendations, including proposing legislation, if necessary, 
for creating a paJinership between child care providei's and state institutions of higher 
learning that will allow for ongoing communication about the health and needs of the 
State's early childhood education and higher education systems; and be it fUliher 
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That the working group shall provide a repOli to the 
Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services with findings and 
recommendations, including any draft legislation necessary, no later than January 15, 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A·· to H.P. 736. L.D. 1069 
2010. The joint standing committee is authorized to submit a bill related to the subject of 
the repOlt to the Second Regular Session of the I 24th Legislature.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the resolve and directs the Maine Children's Growth 
Council to convene a working group to make recommendations for strengthen ing the 
reciprocal relationship between the State's early childhood education system and the 
State's higher education system. 
The resolve requires the Depaltment of Health and 
Human Services and the Depaltment of Education to palticipate in the working group as 
well as representatives from public universities, community colleges, child care 
providers, Head Stmt and other stakeholders the council identifies. 
It requires the 
working group to make recommendations for creating a paltnership between child care 
providers and state institutions of higher learning that wi II allow for ongoing 
communications about the health and needs of the State's early childhood education and 
higher education systems. It requires the working group to provide a report to the Joint 
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Standing Committee on Health and Human Services with findings and recommendations, 
including any draft legislation necessary, no later than January IS, 20 I 0 and authorizes 
the committee to submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the I 24th Legislature. 
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Approved: 04/29/09 wac 
LD 1069 
LR 1406(02) 
Resolve, To Encourage Access to Higher Education for Certain Child Care Providers 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,1\ " 
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Committee: Health and Human Services 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the University of 
Maine System, the Maine Community Col1ege System and Maine Maritime Academy to participate in the working 
group can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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