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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Employ Veterans in Health Care To Meet Workforce Needs and Provide Funding to the Community College System To Support the Training of Nursing Students’
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. 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 ongoing funds to support the hiring of additional nursing faculty to create a new cohort of nursing students at Central Maine Community College.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$200,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$200,000	

Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556
 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to support the hiring of additional nursing faculty and the acquisition of equipment and instructional space to expand student capacity at Eastern Maine Community College.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$250,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$250,000	

Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to support the acquisition of a nursing simulator at Northern Maine Community College.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$200,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$200,000	

Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556
 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to support the hiring of additional nursing faculty and the acquisition of equipment to create a new cohort of nursing students at Southern Maine Community College.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$200,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$200,000	

COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$850,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$850,000	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment provides $650,000 in ongoing funding to support the hiring of additional nursing faculty and the acquisition of equipment and instructional space to expand nursing classes at Southern Maine Community College, Central Maine Community College and Eastern Maine Community College as well as $200,000 in one-time funding to support the acquisition of a nursing simulator at Northern Maine Community College.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)