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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Promote Degree Completion by Maine Community College Students’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following:
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Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE
 
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the annual costs of expanding student work study opportunities.

GENERAL FUND	2015-16	2016-17	
All Other	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	

Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the annual costs of 27 College Navigator positions.

GENERAL FUND	2015-16	2016-17	
All Other	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	

COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2015-16	2016-17	
			
GENERAL FUND	$3,800,000	$3,800,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$3,800,000	$3,800,000	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, strikes and replaces the concept draft with a bill to appropriate funds from the General Fund to the Maine Community College System for adding College Navigator positions and expanding student work study opportunities.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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