An Act To Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers To Strengthen the Workforce
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1492
Committee Amendment CA_B_S368 (Senate)

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "~ " 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 
of New 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 inserting 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 inserting 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 2-year program. The program must prepare immigrants for identified workforce 
needs of employers in the State to accelerate entry 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 in section 5 in the last paragraph in the first line (page 6, line 18 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: 
112020
and inserting the following: '2021' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in the last paragraph in the last line (page 6, line 21 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: 
11129th
and inserting the following: '130th' 
Amend the bill by striking 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 Department 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 
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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 department shall award grants under this section to 
eligible communities in a number and amount determined by available funding. The 
department shall adopt routine technical rules as defined by the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to carry 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 shall implement the 
program" and inserting the following: 'shall implement the 2-year program' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 5 in the 3rd line (page 7, line 20 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "2018" and inserting the following: '2019' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 8 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 8. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Adult Education 0364 
Initiative: Provides funds in fiscal year 2018-19 for grants to adult education programs to 
increase English-language acquisition instruction in communities experiencing an 
increase in immigrant populations. The programs will serve 170 participants. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$85,000 
$85,000 
Adult Education 0364 
Initiative: Provides ongoing 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 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for grants for proposed Welcome Centers. 
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2018-19 
$75,000 
$75,000 
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GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOT AL 
Local Community Planning Support Program N256 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$50,000 
$50,000 
Initiative: Provides funds in fiscal year 2018-19 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 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$40,000 
$40,000 
Vocation-specific English-language Acquisition and Workforce Training Program 
N255 
Initiative: Provides funds in fiscal year 2018-19 for grants to service providers to provide 
English-language instruction and vocational training and to place immigrant populations 
in the State with employers in the State. The grants will serve 175 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 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$140,000 
$140,000 
2018-19 
$390,000 
$390,000 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee and removes the Office of 
New Mainers and the Office of New Mainers Advisory Committee from the bill and 
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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 and clarifies that the newly created local 
community planning support program and the newly created vocation-specific English-
language acquisition and workforce training program are intended to be 2-year programs. 
It is the intent of the majority of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural 
Affairs that the following funding be provided in fiscal year 2019-20: $75,000 in ongoing 
funds to the adult education program for the expansion of the Welcome Center Initiative 
within the City of Lewiston's adult education program; $85,000 for grants to adult 
education programs to increase English-language acquisition instruction in communities 
experiencing an increase in immigrant populations; $40,000 for the local community 
planning support program to manage newly settled immigrant populations or to attract 
immigrant populations; and $160,000 for grants to service providers to provide English-
language instruction and vocational training for 200 participants. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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LD 1492 
LR26(05) 
An Act To Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers To Strengthen the Workforce 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'i5' ( )-~l.Q, 2$' ') 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$0 
$390,000 
$0 
$390,000 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
$360,000 
$360,000 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$75,000 
$75,000 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $3 90, 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 amounts 
include: 
1) Ongoing General Fund appropriations of $7 5, 000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2018-19 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) A General Fund appropriation of $40,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 to a newly created Local Community Planning 
Support Program to provide funds to counties, municipalities and school administrative units (SAU's) to manage new 
immigrant populations who have settled within the counties, municipalities and SAU's or to attract immigrant 
populations to address depopulation or workforce shortages. It is the intent of the Legislature that an additional 
$40,000 in General Fund support be provided in fiscal year 2019-20; 
3) A General Fund appropriation of $85,000 in 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. It is the intent of the Legislature that an additional $85,000 in General Fund support be 
provided in fiscal year 2019-20; 
4) A one-time General Fund appropriation of $50,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 to the Adult Education program for 
grants for proposed Welcome Centers; and 
5) A General Fund appropriation of $140,000 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. It is 
the intent of the Legislature that an additional $160,000 in General Fund support be provided in fiscal year 2019-20. 
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