An Act To Amend Career and Technical Education Statutes
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1843
Committee Amendment CA_A_S466 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §8403-A, 20-A MRSA §8451-B, 20-A MRSA §15681-A, 20-A MRSA §15688-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " A" to S.P. 696, L.D. 1843, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend Career and Technical Education Statutes" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 4 to 6 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §8403-A, sub-§5, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 2, §57, is 
amended to read: 
5. Employment of teachers. The superintendent of a unit operating a satellite 
program shall, in consultation with the career and technical education director of the 
center or region with which the unit is affiliated, employ teachers for that satellite 
program in accordance with the procedures established by section 13201. 
Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §8403-A, sub-§6, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 2, §57, is 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
6. Supervision. The career and technical education director of the center or region 
with which a unit is affiliated, in consultation with the superintendent or high school 
principal of the unit operating the satellite program, shall supervise personnel working for 
that satellite program. 
Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §8451-B is enacted to read: 
§8451-B. Authority for career and technical education region satellite programs 
An affiliated unit that wishes to operate a career and technical education region 
satellite program shall comply with the satellite program authorization requirements of 
section 8403-A. 
Sec. 7. 20-A MRSA §15681-A, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: 
4-A. Costs of plans for middle school career and technical education exploration 
programs. Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, and in each subsequent fiscal year, costs 
approved pursuant to chapter 313 attributable to establishing and operating career and 
technical education exploration programs for middle school students. The commissioner 
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may establish an allocation to school administrative units for plans under this subsection. 
The plans must be implemented within the school administrative unit: and' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 1 in paragraph B in subparagraph (1) in 
division (b) in the last line (page 3, line 10 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: 
"paragraph G" the following: 'but may not exceed one full-time equivalent' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 1 in paragraph C by striking out all of 
subparagraph (2) (page 3, lines 27 to 30 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'(2) 
A per-pupil allocation for each student in each career and technical 
education center and each career and technical education region, determined by 
the commissioner based on: 
(a) The most recent available career and technical education expenditures 
amount, adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year; and 
(b) Student enrollment, as determined pursuant to paragraph G;' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 1 in paragraph E by striking out all of 
subparagraph (2) (page 4, lines 4 to 7 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'(2) Career and technical education center or career and technical education 
region student services coordinators, the allocation for which must be based on 
student enrollment, as determined pursuant to paragraph G. but no less than one 
full-time equivalent;' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraph G (page 4, 
lines 17 to 24 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'G. Student enrollment, which is determined as follows. 
(1) For each program or plan approved pursuant to chapter 313 that has 3 years 
of attending student counts on October 1st, student enrollment is a 3-year average 
of the attending student counts on October 1st for that program or plan. 
(2) For each program or plan approved pursuant to chapter 313 that is not 
governed by subparagraph (1), including a new program or plan approved 
pursuant to chapter 313, student enrollment must be based on the estimated 
attending student count submitted in accordance with the application for the 
program or plan approval. This estimated attending student count must be used 
until the program or plan has 3 consecutive years of actual attending student 
counts on October 1st.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 1 by striking out all of 3rd blocked 
paragraph from the end (page 4, lines 25 to 30 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'The total allocation for a career and technical education center or career and technical 
education region is the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E, except if the sum of 
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the components in paragraphs A to E is less than the most recent expenditure data, as 
adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, the career and technical 
education center or career and technical education region may not receive less than the 
adjusted expenditure, and if the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E is more than 
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5% greater than the most recent expenditure data, as adjusted for inflation to the year 
prior to the allocation year, then the career and technical education center or career and 
technical education region may not receive more than the adjusted expenditures plus 5%.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 1 in the 2nd blocked paragraph from the end 
in the 3rd line (page 4, line 33 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: 
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following: 'total' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 8 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 8. 20-A MRSA §15688-A, sub-§8 is enacted to read: 
8. Pilot projects for middle school career and technical education exploration. 
Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19 and for the 2 subsequent fiscal years, the commissioner 
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may expend and disburse funds to career and technical education centers and career and 
technical education regions for pilot projects for middle school level plans approved 
pursuant to chapter 313 to create career and technical education exploration programs for 
middle school level students. 
The commissioner, in collaboration with career and 
technical education directors, also may contract for services to implement pilot projects 
for middle school level plans. A middle school level plan must demonstrate to the 
commissioner a partnership between a school administrative unit and a career and 
technical education center or career and technical education region. 
Sec. 9. Report. The Commissioner of Education shall report to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs by 
January 15, 2019 on the Department of Education's progress in formalizing the 
components of the funding model for career and technical education and to address the 
framework for the evaluation of the proposed middle school career and technical 
education exploration pilot projects, including a proposed definition of "career and 
technical education exploration. 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the unanimous report of the committee, removes the 
section in the bill delaying implementation of the exclusion of career and technical 
education costs in the base year for purposes of the school funding formula. 
The 
amendment establishes that any affiliated school administrative unit that wishes to 
operate a career and technical education region satellite program must follow the same 
authorization procedure as career and technical education centers and amends the 
definition of "satellite program" to include programs affiliated with career and technical 
education regions. The amendment requires personnel working for a satellite program to 
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be supervised by the career and technical education director in consultation with the 
school administrative unit superintendent or high school principal. 
The amendment 
specifies that the middle school pilot projects established in the bill are for career and 
technical education exploration. As in the bill, the amendment allows the Commissioner 
of Education to contract for services for middle school career and technical education 
exploration programs but requires the commissioner to collaborate with career and 
technical education directors. The amendment directs the Commissioner.of Education to 
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report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
education and cultural affairs by January 15, 2019 on the progress in formalizing the 
components of the career and technical education funding model and the evaluation 
criteria for the middle school career and technical education exploration pilot projects, 
including a definition for "career and technical education exploration." 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 04/11/18 feac 
LD 1843 
LR 2731(02) 
An Act To Amend Career and Technical Education Statutes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''(:i.' (S,- lJ(J){J)) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Establishes pilot projects for CTE middle school programs 
Change in CTE funding model 
This bill establishes pilot projects for middle school career and technical education exploration (CTE) beginning in 
fiscal year 2018-19 and extending through fiscal year 2020-21. The amount of funding that will be available to be 
distributed to CTE centers and CTE regions with approved plans will depend on the amount allocated for this purpose 
in LD 1869, An Act To Establish the Total Cost of Education and the State and Local Contributions to Education for 
Fiscal Year 2018-19 and To Provide That Employees of School lvlanagement and Leadership Centers Are Eligible To 
Participate in the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. 
This bill also changes the calculation of state subsidy for career and teclmical education from an expenditure driven 
model to a model that recognizes cun-ent costs for certain areas such as direct instruction, operation of facilities and 
administrative support beginning in fiscal year 2018-19. Although the initial requirement to change the funding model 
for career and technical education was enacted in Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part C.,12 and was to begin in fiscal 
year 2014-15, legislation approved in subsequent legislative sessions delayed the implementation of this requirement 
until fiscal year 2018-19. This change in the calculation of state subsidy for CTE will increase the total cost of CTE 
education by approximately $1.2 million in fiscal year 2018-19. The cost of funding CTE education based on this new 
model is also included in LD 1869. 
Additional costs to the Department of Education to prepare the required repo1i can be absorbed within existing 
budgeted resources. 
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