| (2)__One youth who has attained 16 years of age and is | enrolled in an equivalent instruction program under | Title 20-A, chapter 211, subchapter 1-A; and |
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| (3)__Two members of the Senate. |
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| B.__The Speaker of the House shall appoint the following 10 | members: |
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| (1)__Seven youths who have attained 16 years of age and | who are enrolled in programs that lead to a secondary | school diploma or certificate of attendance or a | general equivalency diploma, enrolled in equivalent | instruction programs under Title 20-A, chapter 211, | subchapter 1-A or enrolled at postsecondary educational | institutions located in the State; |
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| (2)__One youth who has attained 16 years of age and who | is enrolled in an equivalent instruction program under | Title 20-A, chapter 211, subchapter 1-A; and |
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| (3)__Two members of the House of Representatives. |
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| | Sec. B-3. 3 MRSA §168-A, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, | c. 481, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | 4. Chairs. There is a legislative chair and a youth chair of | the council. The legislative chair alternates every 2 years | between the first-appointed member of the House of | Representatives and the first-appointed member of the Senate, | beginning in 2003 with the first-appointed member of the House of | Representatives serving as the legislative chair for the 121st | Legislature. The members shall elect one of their youth members | to serve as the youth chair for a term of one year that biennium. |
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| | Sec. B-4. 3 MRSA §168-A, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. | PPPP, §1 and affected by §4, is amended to read: |
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| | 5. Integration with learning results. The Department of | Education may seek the cooperation of the council shall work | cooperatively with the Department of Education on the integration | of council experience into the learning results standards in | student service and career preparation. |
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| | Sec. B-5. Transition provisions; youth appointments. Notwithstanding the | provision of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 168-A, | subsection 3, youth members of the Legislative Youth Advisory | Council established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, | section 168-A who were appointed to the council prior to the | effective date of this Act for a term of |
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