§12714. Name and program of the colleges

The program of the technical colleges shall must be designed to educate, train and prepare high school graduates, or the equivalent, for possible employment as technicians or technologists, including health technicians and technologists, engineering assistants, business and office administrators or workers, mechanics or repairers, craft workers, construction workers or precision production workers or other skilled workers, in accordance with the mission and goals set forth in section 12703. Unless and until the board of trustees deems considers it necessary to adopt other nomenclature to fulfill the purposes of this chapter, the names of the colleges shall be are:

1. Central Maine. Central Maine Technical Community College;

2. Eastern Maine. Eastern Maine Technical Community College;

3. Kennebec Valley. Kennebec Valley Technical Community College;

4. Northern Maine. Northern Maine Technical Community College;

5. Southern Maine. Southern Maine Technical Community College;

6. Washington County. Washington County Technical Community College; and

7. York County. York County Technical Community College.

Sec. 77. 20-A MRSA §12715, as amended by PL 1989, c. 443, §51, is further amended to read:

§12715. Accreditation

The colleges may seek and maintain membership in the appropriate regional accrediting association and shall strive to satisfy the requirements necessary to achieve and maintain accreditation as technical community colleges and to meet the requirements necessary to receive federal aid. Whenever feasible and appropriate, programs of study offered by the colleges shall must meet the requirements of the corresponding occupations for licensing, certification or registration. As provided in Title