Resolve, Establishing a Task Force To Study the Creation of a Comprehensive Career and Technical Education System To Support Workforce Development
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1036
Committee Amendment CA_A_H506 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "JI" to H.P. 766, L.D. 1036, "Resolve, Establishing 
a Task Force To Study the Creation of a Comprehensive Career and Technical Education 
System To Support Workforce Development" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Establishing a Task Force To Study the Creation of a Comprehensive 
Career and Technical Education System and Increased Crosswalks for Academic 
Credit between Secondary Schools and Career and Technical Education Programs' 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Task force membership. Resolved: That, notwithstanding Joint Rule 
353, the task force consists of 14 members as follows: 
1. Four members appointed by the President of the Senate as follows: 
A. One member of the Senate who is a member of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Education and Cultural Affairs; 
B. 
One member who is a current career and technical education high school 
administrator; 
C. One member who is on the State Board of Education; and 
D. One member who is a principal of a secondary school; 
2. Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House as follows: 
A. One member of the House of Representatives who is a member of the Joint 
Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs; 
B. 
One member who is a current career and technical education high school 
administrator; 
C. One member who is on the State Board of Education; and 
D. One member who is a superintendent of a school administrative unit; 
3. Five members appointed by the Governor as follows: 
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A. One member who is an administrator at a community college; 
B. One member who is on a local board of education in a Maine community; 
C. One member who is an officer of the Maine Education Association; 
D. One member who is a member of a trade union; and 
E. One member who is an administrator at the University of Maine System; and 
4. The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee.' 
Amend the resolve by strildng out all of section 5 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 5. Duties. Resolved: That the task force shall: 
1. Examine the feasibility of establishing a comprehensive 4-year high school career 
and technical education program to provide a technical high school setting for middle 
school students to attend at the completion of the 8th grade, including but not limited to 
the advantages and disadvantages of a comprehensive 4-year high school career and 
technical education model, obstacles to implementation of a comprehensive 4-year high 
school career and technical education model and other models for comprehensive 4-year 
high school career and technical education that exist around the State and on a national 
level; and 
2. 
Examine increasing crosswall(s and intersections between technical and 
occupational knowledge and curricula and academic standards in order to promote 
multiple pathways for awarding content area credit to students enrolled in career and 
technical education programs, including but not limited to building on prior and cutTent 
work among the Department of Education, superintendents of school administrative units 
and career and technical education administrators.' 
Amend the resolve by adding after section 7 the following: 
'Sec. 8. Outside funding. Resolved: That the task force shall seek funding 
contributions to fully fund the costs of the task force. All funding is subject to approval 
by the Legislative Council in accordance with its policies. If sufficient contributions to 
fund the task force have not been received within 30 days after the effective date of this 
resolve, no meetings are authorized and no expenses of any ldnd may be incurred or 
reimbursed.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment expands the membership of the task force to include a principal of a 
secondary school, a superintendent of a school administrative unit, an administrator at the 
University of Maine System and the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's 
designee and requires that the member from a community college be an administrator. 
This amendment also expands the duties of the task force to require that the task force 
examine the advantages and disadvantages of a comprehensive 4-year career and 
technical education high school, obstacles to implementation and other models of 
comprehensive 4-year career and technical education high schools around the State and 
on a national level. The task force is also required to examine increasing crosswalks and 
intersections between technical and occupational knowledge and curricula and academic 
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standards in order to promote multiple pathways for awarding content area credit to 
students enrolled in career and technical education programs. 
This amendment also requires the task force to seek funding contributions to fully 
fund the costs of the task force. If sufficient funding is not received within 30 days after 
the effective date of the resolve, no meetings are authorized and no expenses of any kind 
may be incurred or reimbursed. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 05/18/19 feac.. 
LD 1036 
LR 1668(02) 
Resolve, Establishing a Task Force To Study the Creation of a Comprehensive Career and Technical 
Education System To Support Workforce Development 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment fi(Jl~()v 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Legislative Cost/Study 
Legislative Cost/Study 
The general operating expenses of this study are projected to be $1,250 in fiscal year 2019-20. An estimated $6,190 is 
available in each of fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21 in the Legislature's proposed budget for legislative studies as 
well as any balances canied over from prior years for this purpose. Whether these amounts are sufficient to fund all 
studies will depend on the number of studies authorized by the Legislative Council and the Legislature. The additional 
costs of providing staffing assistance to the study during the interim can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted staff 
resources.The task force is required to seek outside funding contributions to fully fund the costs of the study. If 
sufficient funding is not received within 30 days of the effective date of this resolve, no meetings are authorized and 
no expenses may be incuned. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the State Board of Education, the Department of Education and the University of Maine System to 
have representatives serve on the task force can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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