To assist the State in increasing higher education attainment and developing a skilled workforce, the program shall provide career and college transition services to young adults who are not currently enrolling in higher education and who could benefit from enrolling in a community college.__These services may include scholarships, internships and other work-based learning experiences; career exploration and planning; assistance in completing the community college application and financial aid processes; academic planning; and information related to continuing higher education beyond the certificate, diploma and associate degree levels, consistent with the student's educational and career objectives.__These services must be provided either directly by the program or through referrals to other programs and services available within the Maine Community College System or by other education and service providers.__To participate in any of these services, young adults must be enrolled in a public secondary school or a state community college or have recently completed a public secondary education program.__The program shall provide those activities and services that best serve the goals of the program as defined in this chapter and the needs of students and the State and that are consistent with the Maine Community College System's goals and resources.

Sec. 34. 20-A MRSA §13101, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 457, Pt. GG, §1, is amended to read:

2. Appointments. The Governor shall appoint the 22 members of the board specified in subsection 1, paragraphs A to M from nominations submitted by the education profession and interested persons. Members representing practitioner groups must be active practitioners and are appointed from a list of nominees presented by the largest organization in the State representing education paraprofessionals, elementary and secondary teachers, university faculty and each administrator specialty.

Sec. 35. 20-A MRSA §13506, sub-§3-A, ¶B, as corrected by RR 1993, c. 1, §51, is amended to read:

B. The impact on local communities of the School Finance Act of 1985 Essential Programs and Services Funding Act and of implementing increased curriculum and graduation requirements, including recommended ways to meet increased local needs. The commissioner shall estimate projected local costs, including catastrophic costs, and propose alternative methods for meeting those costs, including recommendations for additional state funding of education costs; and