Title 20-A, Title 20-A

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2003, c. 710, §2 (NEW).] 1. Authority. "Authority" means the Finance Authority of Maine. 2. Chief executive officer. "Chief executive officer" means the Chief Exe…

The Maine Engineers Recruitment and Retention Program is established to provide assistance to eligible employers seeking to recruit engineers for full-time employment in this State by providing financial assistance to eligible individuals who fill such positions.

Beginning July 1, 2007, an eligible employer seeking to fill an eligible employment position with an eligible individual who has outstanding student loans from financial institutions may apply on behalf of that individual to obtain one or more program loan repayment agreements un…

The maximum program loan repayment amount available to each eligible individual, excluding the employer's match under section 12526, is $2,500 per year, for a maximum of 4 years. No more than 10 program loan repayment agreements may be awarded in any year. The authority may not a…

1. Program loan repayment agreement. A program loan repayment agreement may be given only to an individual who is employed in this State in an eligible employment position and who has met other eligibility criteria established by rules of the authority. 2. Matching funds. An elig…

The authority shall enter into a program loan repayment agreement with an eligible individual on terms and conditions that are acceptable to the authority and that at a minimum must require the eligible individual and the eligible individual's employer to certify annually, before…

1. Creation of fund. The Maine Engineers Recruitment and Retention Program Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is created as a nonlapsing, interest-earning, revolving fund to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The fund must be deposited with, maintained and admi…

The authority shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. Rules adopted by the authority pursuant to this chapter are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2005, c. 427, §1 (NEW).] 1. Authority. "Authority" means the Finance Authority of Maine. 2. Eligible employment position. "Eligible employment position" means a f…

1. Establishment; administration. There is established the Future for Youth in Maine Loan Repayment Program, referred to in this chapter as "the program." The program is established to recruit and retain college graduates in the State to start new technology-based businesses. The…

A nonlapsing, interest-earning, revolving fund under the jurisdiction of the authority is created to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The authority may receive, invest and expend, on behalf of the fund, money from gifts, grants, bequests and donations in addition to money …

The authority shall establish rules necessary to implement this chapter. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.

The authority shall report on the program to the Department of Economic and Community Development, to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters and to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over busines…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2007, c. 469, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).] 1. Accredited Maine community college, college or university. "Accredited Maine community college, college or university" means an…

1. Program created; goals. The Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program, referred to in this chapter as "the program," is created to provide a student loan repayment tax credit. The program is designed to achieve the following goals: A. Promote economic opportunity fo…

It is the intent of the Legislature that neither the existence of the program nor the benefits provided under the student loan repayment tax credit serve as justification to decrease other funds appropriated or allocated to accredited Maine community colleges, colleges or univers…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1999, c. 216, §1 (NEW).] 1. Authority. "Authority" means the Finance Authority of Maine. 2. Family foster home. "Family foster home" means the same as defined in …

Any person who was in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services and resided in foster care or subsidized adoptive care or was a minor ward of a subsidized permanency guardian as provided in Title 22, section 4038‑D at the time that person graduated from high scho…

1. Application. A person desiring a tuition waiver under this chapter may apply to the authority for determination of eligibility. Application must be on forms and in a manner prescribed by rule of the authority. Rules adopted pursuant to this chapter are routine technical rules …

The Finance Authority of Maine shall administer an outreach program of post-secondary education information services as provided in this chapter. [PL 1989, c. 698, §73 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 698, §76 (AFF).] 1. Duties. The authority shall implement a program that: A. Provides middle …

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1985, c. 695, §11 (NEW).] 1. Administrative council. 2. Board of trustees. "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of the system. 3. President. "President…

There is established the Maine Community College System which shall be a body corporate and politic and a public instrumentality of the State and the exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be the performance of essential governmental function…

The basic mission of the Maine Community College System is to provide associate degree, diploma and certificate programs directed at the educational, career and technical needs of the State's citizens and the workforce needs of the State's employers. [PL 2011, c. 679, §23 (AMD).]…

The tasks of the system shall include, but not be limited to: [PL 1985, c. 695, §11 (NEW).] 1. Long-term and short-term training. Providing, in close cooperation with the private sector, both the long-term education and training required for certain career and technical occupatio…

The board of trustees is the policy-making authority of the system. [PL 1991, c. 140, §1 (AMD).] 1. Membership. The board of trustees consists of 13 appointed voting members, one ex officio voting member and 1 ex officio, nonvoting member as follows: A. [PL 1991, c. 140, §2 (RP).…

The powers and duties of the board of trustees shall include the following: [PL 1985, c. 695, §11 (NEW).] 1. Policies. To develop and adopt policies for the operation of the system, the Maine Community College System Office and the colleges; establish the presidents' council; and…

The board of trustees shall appoint the president of the system who must be qualified by education and experience and shall serve at the pleasure of the board of trustees.

The president of the system shall implement the policies of the board of trustees and be responsible for the operation of the system. The powers and duties of the president of the system include: [PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. I, §8 (AMD).] 1. Leadership. To develop policies, goals and ob…

The Maine Community College System Office shall implement the policies of the board of trustees and shall provide staff and technical assistance to each college and state-level coordination and leadership to the system.

The president of the system shall nominate the presidents for appointment by the board of trustees. The presidents must be qualified by education and experience and shall serve at the pleasure of the board of trustees.

The presidents shall implement the policies of the board of trustees and be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the colleges. The powers and duties of the presidents shall include the following. [PL 1989, c. 443, §48 (AMD).] 1. Administration of the colleges. The presiden…

The presidents' council is a nonvoting, advisory council composed of the presidents of the colleges to advise the board of trustees and the president of the system. The presidents' council shall advise the president of the system in the performance of the duties assigned under th…

The program of the community colleges shall be designed to educate, train and prepare high school graduates, or the equivalent, for possible employment as technicians or technologists, including health technicians and technologists, engineering assistants, business and office adm…

The colleges may seek and maintain membership in the appropriate regional accrediting association and shall strive to satisfy the requirements necessary to achieve and maintain accreditation as community colleges and to meet the requirements necessary to receive federal aid. When…

1. Scholarships and campus employment. The board of trustees shall develop and administer programs of scholarships and campus employment for college students. Scholarships must be based on evidence of individual need and worth. Students selected to receive a scholarship or campus…

The board of trustees shall establish and administer an Instructional Projects Revolving Fund to aid instruction at the colleges. The fund shall be used to pay necessary costs of projects which are carried out as part of the instructional program. No project may be undertaken unl…

The board of trustees shall prepare an annual report by January 1st of each year, to be submitted to the Governor and joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and over appropriations and financial affairs. This report must include: [PL 1991,…

The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may invite the system president to appear in January of each year before a joint session of the Legislature to address the Legislature on the status of the system and such other matters as the system pres…

Upon the development of any system-wide strategic planning document that has been approved by the board of trustees, the system shall distribute copies of that plan to each member of the Legislature.

1. Eligibility; plan contents. Subject to applicable bargaining agreements, the board of trustees may authorize persons employed in the faculty and instructors and the administrative staff bargaining units to participate in a defined contribution retirement plan offered by the bo…

For the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years, the system shall provide a waiver of tuition and fees to any student who graduated from a high school in this State in the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 school year and who has completed an application for federal student aid financial aid p…

There are established, under the Maine Community College System, the Maine Quality Centers, in this chapter referred to as the "centers." The mission of the centers is to meet the workforce education and training needs of new and expanding businesses in the State and provide new …

The primary purposes of the Maine Quality Centers are as follows: [PL 1993, c. 707, Pt. CC, §1 (NEW).] 1. Job creation. To encourage and facilitate the creation of new jobs in the State by offering customized education and training programs at the community colleges free of charg…

1. State and regional delivery. The centers are located at the Maine Community College System Office and the community colleges. Staff of the centers shall work in close coordination with the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Office of the Governor and other s…

If an education or training requirement can not be delivered directly by a community college, staff of the centers shall work with other education and training providers to develop and deliver the program.

The President of the Maine Community College System shall provide to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic development matters an annual report that must include the following for each business assisted under this chapter: the name and …