PART A

Sec. A-1. 20-A MRSA §4772, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 758, §2, is repealed.

Sec. A-2. 20-A MRSA §4772, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

2-A.__Recommendation.__The student has received a recommendation to take a postsecondary course or courses at an eligible institution either from the student's school administration following an assessment of the student by the school administration or from one of the student's secondary school teachers;

Sec. A-3. 20-A MRSA §4772, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 758, §2, is amended to read:

4. School approval. The school unit approves; and

Sec. A-4. 20-A MRSA §4772, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 758, §2, is amended to read:

5. Parental approval. The student's parent approves.; and

Sec. A-5. 20-A MRSA §4772, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Eligible institution approval.__The student has been approved for participation in a course or courses by an eligible institution.

Sec. A-6. 20-A MRSA §4772-A, as corrected by RR 1999, c. 1, §25, is repealed.

Sec. A-7. 20-A MRSA §10910 is enacted to read:

§10910.__Limitation on tuition increase

This section applies only to those undergraduate students who meet the state residency requirements that are established by the trustees and who first enroll in the university after the 2006- 2007 academic year.__For 4 continuous academic years following initial enrollment, or for those undergraduate programs that the university determines normally take more than 4 years to complete, the tuition charged to an undergraduate student may not exceed the amount that the student was charged at the time the student first enrolled in the university.__If a student changes majors during this time period, the tuition charged to the student must equal the amount the student would have been charged