An Act to Ensure Equity in Career and Technical Education Staffing Support Ratios Across Varied Regions of the State
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1942
Committee Amendment CA_A_SA_A_S762 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §8309

SENATE AMENDMENT "fr" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 791, 
L.D. 1942, "An Act to Ensure Equity in Career and Technical Education Staffing Support 
Ratios Across Varied Regions of the State" 
Amend the amendment by striking out everything after the enacting clause and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §8309 is enacted to read: 
§8309. Distribution of direct instruction funds 
The department annually shall distribute funds to a center or region with fewer than 
1,000 students in grade 9 to grade 12 within the center's or region's geographic boundaries 
as described in sections 8401 and 8451, respectively, to allow for the center or region to 
have at least one full-time instructor for evety 8 students enrolled in an approved program 
offered by the center or region. The center or region shall submit to the department no later 
than September 30th of each year a calculation of the difference between the funding 
needed to support the cost of the direct instruction component of having one full-time 
instructor for every 8 students enrolled in an approved program and the funding provided 
for the cost of the direct instruction component calculated in accordance with chapter 
606-B. The department shall verify the amount and submit a payment to the center or 
region no later than November 30th of that year. 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Career and Technical Education - Direct Instruction N499 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to be distributed to career and technical education 
• 
centers and career and technical education regions with fewer than 1,000 students in grade 
to grade 12 within the centers' or regions' geographic boundaries to support the additional 
costs of having at least one full-time instructor for every 8 students enrolled in approved 
programs offered by the centers or regions. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
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2023-24 
$0 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
2024-25 
$1,000,000 
Cf) 
0:: 
SENATE AMENDMENT "A-" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 791, L.D. 1942 {s 7f.e2) 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
$1,000,000 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends Committee Amendment "A" to provide ongoing funds to be 
distributed by the Department of Education to career and technical education centers and 
career and technical education regions with fewer than 1,000 students in grades 9 to 12 in 
the centers' or regions' geographic boundaries to support the costs of having at least one 
full-time instt;uctor for every 8 students enrolled in approved programs offered by the 
centers or regions. It requires those centers and regions to submit to the department no 
later than September 30th of each year a calculation of the difference between the funding 
needed to support the cost of the direct instruction component of having one full-time 
instructor for every 8 students enrolled in approved programs and the funding provided for 
the cost of the direct instruction component calculated in accordance with the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 606-B. The department is required to submit 
payments to the centers and regions no later than November 30th of that year. 
SPONSORED BY: __ 
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(Senator ROTUNDO, M.) 
COUNTY: Androscoggin 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/07 /24 ;!;Pae 
LD 1942 
LR 1125(04) 
.t\nAct to·Ensure Equity in Career and Technical Education Staffing Support Ratios Across Varied 
Regions of the State 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment ',;.t' to Committee Amendment II A 
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Sponsor: Sen. Rotundo of Androscoggin 
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Net Cos.t (Savings) 
General Fund 
."'-ppropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2023-24 
FY 2024-25 
Projections 
FY 2025-26 
Projections 
FY 2026-27 
($26,976,120) 
($25,976,120) 
($25,976,120) 
($25,976,120) 
($26,976,120) 
($25,976,120) 
($25,976,120) 
($25,976,120) 
This amendment strikes the ongoing General Fund appropriations of approximately $27.0 million per year to the 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program within the Department of Education beginning in fiscal year 2023-24 
included in the committee amendment and instead provides ongoing General Fund appropriations of $1.0 million per 
year beginning in fiscal year 2024-25 to a newly established Career and Technical Education - Direct Instruction 
program within the Department of Education to be distributed to career and technical education (CTE) centers and 
. CTE regions with fewer than 1,000 students in grade 9 through grade 12 within the CTE centers' or CTE regions' 
geographic boundaries to support the additional incremental costs of having one full-time instructor for every 8 
students enrolled in an approved program offered by the center or region. The cmTent funding model for career and 
technical education centers and career and technical education regions provides funding for one half-time instructor 
for approved programs that enroll less than 13 students. 
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