Maine § 20-A §12901 State Education and Employment Outcomes Task Force

Maine Statutes

§ 20-A §12901 — State Education and Employment Outcomes Task Force

Maine § 20-A §12901

Title 20-AEDUCATION

Part 5POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

Ch. 437STATE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES TASK FORCE

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 20-A §12901 (2026).

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1.Task force established. The State Education and Employment Outcomes Task Force, established in Title 5, section 12004‑G, subsection 10‑E and referred to in this chapter as "the task force," is established to develop procedures to maintain and disseminate information and data from the Department of Labor's educational outcome database, referred to in this chapter as "the database," including but not limited to information and data on education results, program completion, graduation, credentials earned and employment and earnings outcomes for graduates of postsecondary educational institutions in the State over time.

2.Membership. The task force consists of 15 members as follows:

3.Meetings. The task force may meet no more than 4 times per calendar year.

4.Chairs. The first-named Sena

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1.
Task force established.
The State Education and Employment Outcomes Task Force, established in Title 5, section 12004‑G, subsection 10‑E and referred to in this chapter as "the task force," is established to develop procedures to maintain and disseminate information and data from the Department of Labor's educational outcome database, referred to in this chapter as "the database," including but not limited to information and data on education results, program completion, graduation, credentials earned and employment and earnings outcomes for graduates of postsecondary educational institutions in the State over time.
2.
Membership.
The task force consists of 15 members as follows:
3.
Meetings.
The task force may meet no more than 4 times per calendar year.
4.
Chairs.
The first-named Senate member is the Senate chair and the first-named House of Representatives member is the House chair of the task force.
5.
Terms of appointment.
Nonlegislative appointed members of the task force are appointed for terms of 3 years and may serve beyond their designated terms until their successors are appointed. Terms of appointment of Legislators coincide with their respective legislative terms of office.
6.
Staffing.
The Legislative Council shall provide staff support to the task force, except that the Legislative Council staff support is not authorized when the Legislature is in regular or special session. The Department of Education and the Department of Labor shall provide assistance and information to the task force as is consistent with the departments' current federal grants related to the work of the task force and to the extent time and funding allow as determined by the departments.
7.
Duties.
The task force shall:
8.
Reports; legislation.
The task force shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters, the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters and the joint select or joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over workforce training matters by November 1st each year on the status of the database. The reports must describe funding sources for the database and the sustainability of that funding, how the website under subsection 7, paragraph C is used, including by whom and how frequently they use it, efforts to incorporate its use into secondary schools and any other issues the task force determines necessary. The task force shall as part of its report recommend whether the task force should continue its work, or if its work could best be handled by another entity. If the task force recommends that the task force should continue its work, it shall recommend any suggested changes in the membership and size of the task force. The task force may submit with the reports legislation required to implement its recommendations.