Maine § 20-A §12704 Tasks

Maine Statutes

§ 20-A §12704 — Tasks

Maine § 20-A §12704

Title 20-AEDUCATION

Part 5POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

Ch. 431MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 20-A §12704 (2026).

Text

The tasks of the system shall include, but not be limited to:

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 occupations, including occupational health and safety aspects of those occupations, and the short-term training necessary to meet specific private sector and economic development needs;

2.Statewide and regional planning and coordination. Coordinating, on a statewide and regional basis, the planning and operation of the post-secondary career and technical education programs offered by the institutes with the planning and operation of:

3.Job skills and flexibility. Providing each college student with the opportunity to obtain job skills and an understan

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The tasks of the system shall include, but not be limited to:
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 occupations, including occupational health and safety aspects of those occupations, and the short-term training necessary to meet specific private sector and economic development needs;
2.
Statewide and regional planning and coordination.
Coordinating, on a statewide and regional basis, the planning and operation of the post-secondary career and technical education programs offered by the institutes with the planning and operation of:
3.
Job skills and flexibility.
Providing each college student with the opportunity to obtain job skills and an understanding of how to adapt these skills to the requirements of an evolving technology and a changing economy;
4.
General and related education.
Offering each college student a general education designed to complement specific career and technical skills and offering courses and curricula designed to teach students to think clearly, logically and analytically and to comprehend the multiple dimensions and facets of public and private issues and problems;
5.
Adult training and retraining.
Providing supplementary education programs designed to upgrade the skills of persons already employed or retrain persons for new employment opportunities;
6.
Special training and education.
Providing, directly or through contractual or other arrangements, remedial and special training and education programs for persons who are disadvantaged or disabled, designed to enable them to make maximum use of their aptitudes and abilities and achieve meaningful employment and economic self-sufficiency; and
7.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program.
In cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Welfare Employment, provide, directly or through contractual or other arrangements, preparatory, educational and training programs for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, designed to enable them to achieve meaningful employment and economic self-sufficiency.

Legislative History

PL 1985, c. 695, §11 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 534, §§B11,B23 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 443, §36 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 700, §A66 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 615, §A1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 716, §§3,6 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §G5 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §G29 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 530, §A34 (AMD). RR 2003, c. 2, §69 (COR). PL 2003, c. 114, §3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 545, §§3,6 (REV). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2011, c. 679, §§24, 25 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 110, §6 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 348, §26 (AMD).