An Act To Encourage the Use of Career Interest and Aptitude Tests in Higher Education
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0670
Committee Amendment CA_A_H244 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 462, L.D. 670, Bill, "An Act To 
Encourage the Use of Career Interest and Aptitude Tests in Higher Education" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Encourage the Use of Career Interest and Aptitude Tests in Higher 
Education' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Review options for career interest tests and priority in course 
registration. Resolved: That the Education Coordinating Committee established in 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 9 shall review the options for the 
administration of career interest tests for students enrolled in a postsecondary education 
program at the Maine Community College System, the University of Maine System or the 
Maine Maritime Academy. As part of its review, the Education Coordinating Committee 
shall consider options to allow a student to receive priority in course registration if the 
student takes and submits a career interest test prior to registration, in accordance with 
procedures approved by the Maine Community College System, the University of Maine 
System or the Maine Maritime Academy. For purposes of this section, "career interest 
test" includes any test approved by the Maine Community College System, the University 
of Maine System or the Maine Maritime Academy the results of which indicate a person's 
career interests or aptitudes; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That the Education Coordinating Committee shall 
prepare and submit a report, including its findings and any recommended legislation, 
based on its review under section 1 to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and 
Cultural Affairs by February 1, 2014. The Joint Standing Committee on Education and 
Cultural Affairs may submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature 
related to the report submitted by the Education Coordinating Committee.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT A " 
to H.P. 462, L.D. 670 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the bill with a resolve that directs the Education 
Coordinating Committee to review options that would allow a student enrolled in a 
postsecondary education program at the Maine Community College System, the 
University of Maine System or the Maine Maritime Academy to receive priority in course 
registration if the student takes and submits a career interest test prior to course 
registration, in accordance with procedures approved by the Maine Community College 
System, the University of Maine System or the Maine Maritime Academy. 
FISCAL NOTE REQ tJlRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: OS/23/13 hac 
LD670 
LR 953(02) 
An Act To Encourage the Use of Career Interest and Aptitude Tests in Higher Education 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A' (~-;(4 if) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, the University of Maine System, the 
Maine Community College System and the Maine Maritime Academy, which together comprise the membership of 
the Education Coordinating Committee, to conduct the required examination and submit the required report can be 
absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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