An Act To Save the Marine Technology Center and Strengthen Maine's Boatbuilding Workforce

Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

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Initiative: Appropriates funds for the Marine Technology Center of Washington County Community College, to ensure the requisite core level of staffing at the center; to allow the center to deliver boatbuilding training at various sites along the Maine coast; and to subsidize the cost of planning and delivering a statewide expansion of the registered apprenticeship program and customized training of existing workers.

GENERAL FUND	2005-06	2006-07
All Other	$0	$433,877
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$433,877

SUMMARY

This bill appropriates funds for the following purposes for the Marine Technology Center of Washington County Community College, or "MTC":

1. To ensure the core level of staffing necessary to maintain a sustainable and world-class boatbuilding program at the MTC;

2. To allow the MTC to deliver boatbuilding training at various sites along the Maine coast in order to more fully meet the statewide workforce needs of Maine’s marine industry; and

3. To subsidize the cost of planning and delivering a statewide expansion of the registered apprenticeship program and customized training of existing workers.