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Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 8 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 8. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Adult Education 0364
 
Initiative: Provides funds for expansion of the Welcome Center Initiative within the City of Lewiston's adult education program to attract, educate and retain foreign-trained workers residing in Androscoggin County.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$75,000	$75,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$75,000	$75,000	

Adult Education 0364
 
Initiative: Provides funds for grants to adult education programs to increase English-language acquisition instruction in communities experiencing an increase in immigrant populations, which will serve 170 participants in both fiscal years of the biennium.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$85,000	$85,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$85,000	$85,000	

Adult Education 0364
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for grants for proposed Welcome Centers.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$50,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$50,000	

Local Community Planning Support Program N256
 
Initiative: Provides funds for counties, municipalities and school administrative units to manage new immigrant populations who have settled within the counties, municipalities and school administrative units or to attract immigrant populations to address depopulation or workforce shortages within the counties, municipalities and school administrative units.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$40,000	$40,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$40,000	$40,000	

Vocation-specific English-language Acquisition and Workforce Training Program N255
 
Initiative: Provides funds for grants to service providers to provide English-language instruction and vocational training and to place immigrant populations in the State with employers of the State. The grants will serve 175 participants in fiscal year 2017-18 and 200 participants in fiscal year 2018-19.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$140,000	$160,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$140,000	$160,000	

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$340,000	$410,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$340,000	$410,000	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the appropriations and allocations section in Committee Amendment "A."
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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