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Transfers to the Department of Health and Human Services, the | Department of Education and the Maine Community College System must | be made in the following amounts and priority order: |
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| A.__As the first priority, of the amount transferred | pursuant to subsection 4, $2,000,000 to the Department of | Health and Human Services to expand preschool child care | including Head Start and other child programs and services.__ | The Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall | determine the amounts to be distributed to each program; |
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| B.__As the 2nd priority, of the amount transferred pursuant | to subsection 4, $1,000,000 to the General Purpose Aid for | Local Schools program within the Department of Education to | provide targeted funds for after-school programs pursuant to | Title 20-A, section 15681; |
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| C.__As the 3rd priority, of the amount transferred pursuant | to subsection 4, $500,000 to the Support Services program | within the Department of Education to expand funding for | eligible students to take postsecondary education courses | pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 208-A; and |
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| D.__As the 4th priority, the amount transferred pursuant to | subsection 5 to the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community | College System to provide funds to offset the decline in | tuition revenues resulting from the tuition waiver program | for eligible students enrolled at each of the Maine | Community College System campuses after the 2006-2007 | academic year pursuant to Title 20-A, section 12706, | subsection 7-A. |
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| | Sec. B-4. 5 MRSA §1536, sub-§7 is enacted to read: |
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| | 7.__Transferred amounts.__Notwithstanding section 1667-B, the | amounts transferred by the State Controller for the purposes | listed in subsection 6 may be allotted by financial order upon | recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the | Governor.__The State Budget Officer shall provide the joint | standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over | appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education | and cultural affairs with a report of the transferred amounts no | later than September 15, 2007 and each subsequent September 15th. |
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