An Act To Update the Career and Technical Education Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1779
Committee Amendment CA_A_S416 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §8301-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A " to S.P. 616, L.D. 1779, Bill, "An Act To 
Update the Career and Technical Education Laws" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble (page I, lines 1 to 18 in 
L.D.) 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 4 the following: 
'Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §8301-A, sub-§l-A is enacted to read: 
I-A. 
Articulation agreement. 
"Articulation agreement" means an agreement 
between a center or region and a postsecondary institution that: 
A. Sets forth a nonduplicative learning pathway for a specific program by which 
students have an opportunity to acquire a technical skill proficiency, a credential, a 
certificate or a degree; and 
B. Includes a credit transfer agreement between the 2 institutions.' 
Amend the bill in section 9 in §8306-B by striking out all of subsections 4 and 5 
(page 4, lines 19 to 25 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'4. 
Learnin2 pathways and articulation agreements with postsecondary 
institutions. To the greatest extent possible, a career and technical education program 
offered at a center or region must provide students the opportunity to take advantage of 
any applicable learning pathways, including learning pathways set forth in an articulation 
agreement with a postsecondary institution. 
5. 
Application. 
A statewide career and technical education program seeking 
approval from the commissioner after the effective date of this section must meet the 
requirements of this section. A program approved by the commissioner prior to the 
effective date of this section must certify to the commissioner not later than July 1, 2013 
that the program meets industry standards.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 10 and 11. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 616, L.D. 1779 
Amend the bill in section 12 in §840l in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 4, line 34 
in L.D.) by inserting after the following: 
"units" the following: 
'and must serve its 
affiliated units' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 23. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause. 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment does the following: 
1. It removes the emergency preamble and emergency clause; 
2. It defines "articulation agreement" in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
chapter 313. The definition is based on federal regulations under the federal Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Public Law 109-270; 
3. It requires career and technical education programs to provide learning pathways, 
including those set forth in articulation agreements with postsecondary institutions, and 
provides that an existing approved career and technical education program does not need 
to go through the entire approval process again, but only needs to certify to the 
Commissioner of Education that the program, as adopted, is designed to enable a student 
to meet industry standards. It also changes the effective date of this requirement from 
July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013; 
4. 
It reinstates the local approval requirement for reorganization of career and 
technical education centers or regions; 
5. It clarifies that a career and technical education center is not only operated in 
certain municipalities but must serve its affiliated units; and 
6. It strikes a provision relating to the late payments of assessments by member units 
of a career and technical education region. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
State Mandates 
Required Activity 
Approved: 02/29/12 wac.. 
LD 1779 
LR 2566(02) 
An Act To Update the Career and Technical Education Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A " 'S ... '+, <0 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded 
Unit Affected 
Local Cost 
Requires all career and technical education programs to be based on national 
industry standards, or state level standards if national industry standards are not 
available or applicable. 
School 
Moderate 
limited scope 
The required local activities in this bill may represent a State mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. Unless 
General Fund appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate Preamble is 
amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt this mandate from the funding 
requirement, municipalities may not be required to implement these changes. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Education to establish an industry stakeholder group and/or stakeholder groups 
to adopt or create national or state industry standards for all career and technical education programs can be absorbed 
within existing budgeted resources. 
Additional costs to local school administrative units can not be determined at this time and will depend on the industry 
standards accepted by the commissioner. 
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