An Act To Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers To Strengthen the Workforce
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1492
Committee Amendment CA_A_S195 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 521, L.D. 1492, Bill, "An Act To 
Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers To Strengthen the Workforce" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 and 2. 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §8613 in the first paragraph in the last 2 lines (page 3, 
lines 32 and 33 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "in collaboration with the Office 
ofNew Mainers established in Title 5, section 25001" 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §8613 in subsection 1 in the 3rd line (page 3, line 36 in 
L.D.) by insetting after the following: "populations or" the following: 'that have' 
Amend the bill in section 5 by striking out all of subsection 1 (page 5, lines 1 to 9 in 
L.D.) and insetting the following: 
'1. 
Program requirements. 
The Department of Education's office of adult 
education and family literacy, referred to in this section as "the office," shall administer 
the program. The program must prepare immigrants for identified workforce needs of 
employers in the State to accelerate entiy into livable wage employment and enhance 
employer retention of the immigrants by combining vocation-specific English-language 
acquisition with training in the specific vocational areas required by the employers. 
Training must be conducted pursuant to a grant process under subsection 2.' 
Amend the bill by sti·iking out all of section 6 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 6. Department of Education to provide grants for English-language 
acquisition instruction for adult education programs and proposed welcome 
centers. The Depmtment of Education's office of adult education and family literacy 
shall develop and implement a grant process to provide funding on a competitive basis to 
adult education programs in communities experiencing an increase in immigrant 
populations to reduce the waiting list for English-language acquisition classes and to 
increase the level of English-language acquisition instruction offered as needed by the 
communities receiving the grants and to provide funding on a competitive basis to 
proposed welcome centers. The depmtment shall award grants under this section to 
eligible communities in a number and amount detennined by available funding. The 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A "to S.P. 521, L.D. 1492 
department shall adopt routine technical rules as defined by the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to cany out the purposes of this section.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 1 in the first 3 lines (page 6, lines 37 to 39 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "in collaboration with the Office of New Mainers 
established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 25001" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 8 and insetting the following: 
'Sec. 8. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Adult Education 0364 
Initiative: Provides funds for expansion of the Welcome Center Initiative within the City 
of Lewiston's adult education program to attract, educate and retain foreign-trained 
workers residing in Androscoggin County. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Adult Education 0364 
2017-18 
$75,000 
$75,000 
2018-19 
$75,000 
$75,000 
Initiative: Provides funds for grants to adult education programs to increase English-
language acquisition instruction in communities experiencing an increase in immigrant 
populations, which will serve 400 paiticipants in both fiscal years of the biennium, and 
for grants for proposed Welcome Centers. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Local Community Planning Support Program N256 
2017-18 
$200,000 
$200,000 
2018-19 
$200,000 
$200,000 
Initiative: Provides funds for counties, municipalities and school administrative units to 
manage new immigrant populations who have settled within the counties, municipalities 
and school administrative units or to attract immigrant populations to address 
depopulation or workforce shortages within the counties, municipalities and school 
administrative units. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
2017-18 
$150,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2018-19 
$150,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 521, L.D. 1492 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$150,000 
$150,000 
Vocation-specific English-language Acquisition and Workforce Training Program 
N255 
Initiative: Provides funds for grants to service providers to provide English-language 
instruction and vocational training and to place immigrant populations in the State with 
employers of the State. The grants will serve 400 participants in fiscal year 2017-18 and 
participants in fiscal year 2018-19. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2017-18 
$320,000 
$320,000 
2017-18 
$745,000 
$745,000 
2018-19 
$400,000 
$400,000 
2018-19 
$825,000 
$825,000 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pait letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority rep01i of the committee and removes the Office of 
New Mainers and the Office of New Mainers Advisory Committee from the bill and 
removes all references to both offices. It adds proposed welcome centers to the purpose 
for which adult education program grants may be given. The amendment also adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/27/17 feac 
LD 1492 
LR 26(02) 
An Act To Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers To Strengthen the Workforce 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ~ 
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Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$745,000 
$825,000 
$745,000 
$825,000 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
$225,000 
$225,000 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$225,000 
$225,000 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $745,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $825,000 in fiscal year 
2018-19 to the Department of Education for programs to attract, educate and retain immigrant populations in the 
State's workforce. These totals include: 
1) Ongoing General Fund appropriations of $75,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2017-18 to the Adult Education 
program for the expansion of the Welcome Center Initiative within the City of Lewiston's adult education program to 
attract, educate and retain foreign-trained workers residing in Androscoggin County; 
2) Ongoing General Fund appropriations of $150,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2017-18 to a newly created 
Local Community Planning Support Program to provide funds to counties, municipalities and school administrative 
units (SAU's) to manage new i1mnigrant populations who have settled within the counties, municipalities and SAU's 
or to attract immigrant populations to address depopulation or workforce sh01iages; 
3) One-time General Fund appropriations of $200,000 per year in both fiscal year 2017-18 and fiscal year 2018-19 to 
the Adult Education program for grants to adult education programs to increase English-language acquisition 
instruction in communities experiencing an increase in immigrant populations and for grants for proposed Welcome 
Centers; and 
4) One-time General Fund appropriations of$320,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $400,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 to a 
newly created Vocation-specific English-language Acquisition and Workforce Training Program for grants to service 
providers to provide English-language instruction, vocational training and placement of immigrant populations in the 
State with employers of the State. 
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