An Act to Allow
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1759
Committee Amendment CA_A_H376 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A,, to H.P. 1177, L.D. 1759, "An Act to Allow 
Firefighters to Be Eligible for State College Funding" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in that part designated "Sec. J-l II in the 5th line (page 1, 
line 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
11$6,500.000
and inse1ting the following: 
1$7.100.000
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inse1ting the following: 
1Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made, 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
MCCS Free Community College -Two Enrollment Years Z335 
Initiative: Reduces one-time funding provided in Public Law 2025, chapter 2 for the State
1s 
community colleges to continue offering student scholarships through the. State1s free 
community college tuition program for eligible persons who graduate high school or obtain 
. tht equivalent of a high school diploma in 2024 or 2025. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Regional Fire Service Training Fund Z356 
2025-26 
($200,000) 
($200,000) 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to the Maine Fire Service Institute. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2025-26 
$200,000 
$200,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2026-27 
$0 
$0 
2026-27 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 1177, L.D. 1759 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF 
TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2025-26 
$200,000 
($200,000) 
$0 
2026-27 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Patt letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority repo1t of the committee, reduces one-time 
funding by $200,000, instead of $800,000 as in the bill, to the 7 community colleges to 
continue offering student scholarships through the State's free community college tuition 
program for eligible persons who graduate high school or obtain the equivalent of a high 
school diploma in 2024 or 2025 in fiscal year 2025-26. The amendment apprnpriates 
$200,000 on a one-time basis to the Maine Fire Service Institute. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/21/25 LRL 
LD 1759 
LR 1410(02) 
An Act to Allow Firefighters to Be Eligible for State College Funding 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A• { H-3 7 ~ \ 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2025-26 
FY 2026-27 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2027-28 
Projections 
FY 2028-29 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$200,000 
($200,000) 
$200,000 
($200,000) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Public Law 2025, chapter 2, Part J transfers $7,300,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the 
Maine Community College System's (MCCS's) Free Community College -Two Enrollment Years Program on or 
before June 30, 2026, This bill reduces that amount by $200,000, Because the funding provided in PL 2025, chapter 
2, Part J is to support the cost of students already participating in the free college program, the Maine C01mnunity 
College System will not be able to absorb the loss of this funding without impacting other programs and services it 
offers, 
This bill also includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $200,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 to the Regional Fire Service 
Training Fund within MCCS to support the Maine Fire Service Institute, 
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