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PART B

Sec. B-1. Boards of trustees of University of Maine System and Maine Community College System directed to remove barriers to student transfer within and between systems. The boards of trustees of the University of Maine System and Maine Community College System shall develop and implement a consistent policy regarding the transfer of credits between campuses within each system and between the 2 systems. The policy must apply to all campuses and must not discriminate against any particular campus. The policy must specifically address the transfer of credits with respect to academic majors and minors and must be designed to remove barriers to student transfer within and between campuses and to facilitate completion of the students' education in a timely and affordable manner. At a minimum, the policy developed by the boards of trustees must provide for the approval of credits in courses that a student has satisfactorily completed in that student's academic major and minor areas of study and is transferring to a different college campus of the university system or the community college system or between the university system and community college system. The courses accepted for credit in a student's academic major or minor must be relevant to the areas of study in which the student is seeking a degree. The boards of trustees are urged to develop and implement a policy that reflects a truly unified system of higher education in the State.

Sec. B-2. Reporting date established. The boards of trustees of the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System shall report on the development and implementation of the transfer credit policy described in section 1 of this Part to any policy-making body established in state law to direct a coordinated effort to develop, realign, streamline and oversee the State's economic development policy and specific efforts to retain and attract young people and to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters no later than January 15, 2005.

PART C

Sec. C-1. University of Maine System and Maine Community College System directed to develop entrepreneurship education. The University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System shall work together to develop a unified, comprehensive approach to entrepreneurship education. This initiative must include specific courses and