An Act To Enhance Career and Technical Education
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1865
Committee Amendment CA_A_S518 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 650, L.D. 1865, Bill, "An Act To 
Enhance Career and Technical Education" 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 2-A in paragraph E in the 2nd line (page 2, 
line 6 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2012-2013" and inserting the following: 
'2013-2014' 
Amend the bill in section 4 in §8451-A in the 3rd line from the end (page 3, line 3 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "center" and inserting the following: 'region' 
Amend the bill by adding after section 5 the following: 
'Sec. 6. 
Memorandum of understanding with career and technical 
education system. 
The Chancellor of the University of Maine System and the 
President of the Maine Maritime Academy shall each enter into a memorandum of 
understanding with the Department of Education that establishes a process by which the 
University of Maine System and the Maine Maritime Academy will each review 
programs of the career and technical education centers and career and technical education 
regions established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 313 that are using 
national industry or state certification standards to determine the nature and amount of 
college credit that must be awarded upon successful completion of an approved 
secondary school program. 
College credits must be awarded upon completion of a 
program directly to the student regardless of whether the student has matriculated in the 
college or university awarding the credit. The awarding of college or university credits to 
a secondary career and technical education student does not entitle the student to 
acceptance into the college or university awarding the credits.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education 
and Cultural Affairs. The amendment provides for a one-year delay, from the 2012-2013 
school year to the 2013-2014 school year, for the implementation of the provision in the 
bill that requires that there may be no more than 5 dissimilar days in regional school 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 650, L.D. 1865 
calendars coordinated between school administrative units affiliated with career and 
technical education programs. 
The amendment makes a technical correction to the provision of the bill that provides 
that career and technical education students are eligible for academic credit in their high 
school programs for academic competencies gained through separate or integrated 
courses provided by a career and technical education region. 
The amendment also directs the Chancellor of the University of Maine System and 
the President of the Maine Maritime Academy to each establish a process for determining 
the nature and amount of college credit that must be awarded to a student upon 
completion of an approved secondary school program through a career and technical 
education program that uses national industry or state certification standards. The process 
will be set forth in a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Education. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQCIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/02/12 fi¥ac:. 
State Mandates 
LD 1865 
LR 2776(02) 
An Act To Enhance Career and Technical Education 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Unfunded 
Required Activity 
Unit Affected 
Reduces from 9 to 5 the allowable number of instructional days that school 
School 
calendars of school administrative units (SAU's) affiliated with a career and 
technical education center or within a career and technical education region are not 
aligned with the regional school calendar effective with the 2013-2014 school year. 
Local Cost 
Moderate 
statewide 
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 Maine Community College System to establish the required process can be absorbed within 
existing budgeted resources. 
Additional costs to the University of Maine System and the Maine Maritime Academy to establish the required 
process through a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Education can be absorbed within existing 
budgeted resources. 
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