Resolve, Directing the Maine Community College System To Establish the Great Works School Campus
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0911
Committee Amendment CA_A_H489 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 670, L.D. 911, "Resolve, Directing the 
Maine Community College System To Establish the Great Works School Campus" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Education Coordinating Committee To Establish a Work 
Group To Create a Seamless Workforce Development and Postsecondary Education 
Plan for the Sanford Region' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Work group established. Resolved: That the Education Coordinating 
Committee established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 9 shall 
convene a work group, referred to in this resolve as "the work group," to create a 
seamless workforce development and secondary and postsecondary education plan for the 
Sanford region. The Education Coordinating Committee shall invite the participation of 
representatives from each of the entities the committee serves by law, as well as 
representatives from interested parties in the Sanford region and the State, to participate 
in the work group. Interested parties that may be invited to participate in the work group 
include but are not limited to York County Community College, the University of 
Southern Maine, school administrative units, career and technical education centers, 
regional economic development agencies and representatives of business and industry; 
and be it further 
Sec. 2. Review. Resolved: That the work group shall, within the Education 
Coordinating Committee's existing resources, review the legal, fiscal and regulatory 
barriers to seamless workforce development and secondary and postsecondary education 
that need to be addressed in statutes and rules, such as those governing school 
construction, career and technical education and postsecondary education. The work 
group shall review previous initiatives proposed to create workforce development and 
secondary and postsecondary education plans for the Sanford region. The work group 
shall also consider the costs and benefits of establishing the Great Works School in 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT" ~"to H.P. 670, L.D. 911 
Sanford as a campus of the Maine Community College System as a collaborative service 
model of workforce development and secondary and postsecondary education that: 
1. Collaborates with other higher education entities and enters into partnerships with 
businesses and industry on workforce development, innovation, product development and 
marketing; 
2. Supports a business incubator center in manufacturing, composites and advanced 
energy systems; and 
3. Offers seamless transfer programs among associate degree programs, bachelor's 
degree programs and master's degree programs. 
The work group shall also examine whether statutory or regulatory changes are 
needed to provide clarification of the collaborative service model; .and be it further 
Sec. 3. 
Report. 
Resolved: 
That the Commissioner of Education and the 
President of the Maine Community College System shall jointly report the work group's 
findings and any recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and 
Cultural Affairs by February 15, 2012, along with any statutory changes required to 
implement a seamless workforce development and secondary and postsecondary 
education plan for the Sanford region. The Joint Standing Committee on Education and 
Cultural Affairs may submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 125th 
Legislature to implement the recommendations of the work group.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education 
and Cultural Affairs. The amendment replaces the resolve and directs the Education 
Coordinating Committee, established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
section 9, to convene a work group to create a seamless workforce development and 
secondary and postsecondary education plan for the Sanford region. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: OS/29/11 hac 
LD 911 
LR 220(02) 
Resolve, Directing the Maine Community College System To Establish the Great Works School 
Campus 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "n" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
H 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Education, the Maine Community College System and the University of Maine 
System to convene the work group to develop the required plan for the Sanford region and to submit the required 
report can be absorbed with the department's and each system's existing budgeted resources. 
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