Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8308 – Memorandum of understanding for educational programs
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A center or region, adult education program pursuant to chapter 315 and a community college or university may enter into a memorandum of understanding with one another pursuant to this section to provide educational programs to career and technical education and adult education students. For the purposes of this section, “community college” means a community college of the Maine Community College System and “university” means a university of the University of Maine System. A memorandum of understanding under this section must include the following components. [PL 2021, c. 237, §1 (NEW).]
1. Schedules. The center or region, adult education program and the community college or university must address how to align schedules to allow students to take courses through the community college or university.
[PL 2021, c. 237, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8308
- Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Adult education: means education programs primarily operated for individuals beyond the compulsory school ages and administered by school administrative units. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Career and technical education: means a course or program of education designed to create or improve job-related skills that is part of a secondary school or middle school level curriculum and approved by the commissioner according to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
- Center: means an administrative entity established pursuant to this chapter that provides career and technical education to secondary students and middle school level students. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
- Region: means a quasi-municipal corporation established by the Legislature to provide career and technical education to secondary students and middle school level students that is comprised of all the school administrative units within the geographical boundaries set forth for each career and technical education region in section 8451. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
2. Postsecondary credit. The community college or university shall grant full credit to any student who successfully completes a course at the community college or university provided pursuant to this section. The course must apply to graduation requirements at the community college or university in which it was taken or be transferable to another community college or university on an equal basis with a course taken by any other student at the community college or university.
[PL 2021, c. 237, §1 (NEW).]
3. Funding. Funding for career and technical education students attending courses at a community college or university may be provided in accordance with section 15689?A, subsection 23 or chapter 208?A.
[PL 2021, c. 237, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 237, §1 (NEW).