APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 16, 2021 237
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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S.P. 340 - L.D. 1072
An Act Regarding Career and Technical Education, Adult Education and
Memoranda of Understanding with Community Colleges and the University
of Maine System
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §8308 is enacted to read:
§8308. Memorandum of understanding for educational programs
A center or region, adult education program pursuant to chapter 315 and a community
college or university may enter into a memorandum of understanding with one another
pursuant to this section to provide educational programs to career and technical education
and adult education students. For the purposes of this section, "community college" means
a community college of the Maine Community College System and "university" means a
university of the University of Maine System. A memorandum of understanding under this
section must include the following components.
1. Schedules. The center or region, adult education program and the community
college or university must address how to align schedules to allow students to take courses
through the community college or university.
2. Postsecondary credit. The community college or university shall grant full credit
to any student who successfully completes a course at the community college or university
provided pursuant to this section. The course must apply to graduation requirements at the
community college or university in which it was taken or be transferable to another
community college or university on an equal basis with a course taken by any other student
at the community college or university.
3. Funding. Funding for career and technical education students attending courses at
a community college or university may be provided in accordance with section 15689-A,
subsection 23 or chapter 208-A.
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