An Act To Formalize the Governance of the Maine Educational and Attainment Research Navigation System, a Longitudinal Data Series for Workforce Information
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1518
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: VACHON, AUSTIN, LOCKMAN, MASTRACCIO, STETKIS, LANGLEY
Amends: 5 MRSA §12004-G, 26 MRSA §1407

Legislative Document
No. 1518
H.P. 1042
House of Representatives, April 25, 2017
An Act To Formalize the Governance of the Maine Educational and 
Attainment Research Navigation System, a Longitudinal Data Series 
for Workforce Information
Submitted by the Department of Labor pursuant to Joint Rule 204.
Reference to the Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative VACHON of Scarborough.
Cosponsored by Representatives: AUSTIN of Gray, LOCKMAN of Amherst, MASTRACCIO 
of Sanford, STETKIS of Canaan, Senator: LANGLEY of Hancock.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  5 MRSA §12004-G, sub-§10-E, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 593, §1, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 2.  20-A MRSA c. 437, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. 3.  26 MRSA §1407 is enacted to read: 
§1407.  Maine Educational and Attainment Research Navigation System 
1.  Establishment.  The Maine Educational and Attainment Research Navigation 
System, referred to in this section as "the system," is established within the department 
for the maintenance and dissemination of information and data by the department and 
partner organizations and must include, but is not limited to, information and data on 
education and training results, program completion, graduation, credentials earned and 
employment and earnings outcomes for those who complete postsecondary education and 
other training programs in the State over time. 
2.  Executive council.  The Maine Educational and Attainment Research Navigation 
System Executive Council, referred to in this section as "the council," is established.  
Membership of the council must include, but is not limited to, the commissioner or the 
commissioner's designee, the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's 
designee, the Chancellor of the University of Maine System or the chancellor's designee, 
the President of the Maine Community College System or the president's designee and 
the directors of the Bureau of Employment Services, the Bureau of Unemployment 
Compensation and the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services.  The council shall provide 
executive oversight of the development and direction of the system, including the 
establishment and refinement of policies and procedures for governance of the system, 
and shall set the priorities of the system, approve all proposed policies and rules and 
review annual reports. 
3.  Report.  The department shall report annually to the Governor and the joint 
standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over workforce and education 
matters on the development, use and plans for the expansion of the system. 
SUMMARY 
This bill establishes in statute the Maine Educational and Attainment Research 
Navigation System, a longitudinal data series of education and training outcomes, within 
the Department of Labor and creates the Maine Educational and Attainment Research 
Navigation System Executive Council to provide oversight.  It repeals the provisions 
establishing the State Education and Employment Outcomes Task Force, which currently 
develops procedures for the data series.