3. Postsecondary education. Encourage students to pursue postsecondary education by assisting and assist them in securing appropriate part-time work to accompany that education;

4. Lifelong learning. Encourage lifelong learning by introducing students to the importance of skills training and demonstrating how learning is relevant to skills necessary in the workplace;

5. Youth apprenticeship. Assist schools and private sector corporations in the development of youth apprenticeship systems to connect more closely schools and the workplace; and

6. Other. Engage in other activities designed authorized by its board of directors and consistent with this chapter.;

7.__Service learning.__Encourage learning by implementing community-based service learning projects;

8.__Coordination of services.__Assist schools, nonprofit entities state agencies and private sector corporations in the participation of youth development systems to connect more closely with schools and the workplace; and

9.__Research.__Provide for research on students' needs and effective interventions for their education, their career preparation and their successful transition to adult roles.

Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §6903, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 348, §1, is amended to read:

The Board of Directors of Jobs for Maine's Graduates InspireME consists of 17 private sector directors representing private businesses and labor organizations in the State; 14 public sector directors, representing public or quasi-public educational entities; and 2 nonvoting ex officio directors, representing the Commissioner of Labor and the Commissioner of Education. The membership of the board must be representative of geographic diversity and gender balance. Each voting director is entitled to one vote. In addition, the executive director shall attend and participate in board meetings but is not entitled to a vote.