Sec. A-8. 20-A MRSA §12706, sub-§7-A is enacted to read:

7-A.__Tuition for Maine residents; fees and charges.__To establish and collect room and board fees and tuition and to set policies relating to other charges, including fees for the reasonable use of the colleges' facilities by others, as determined necessary by the board of trustees for the efficient administration of this chapter, to be credited to a separate fund and used for the purposes of this chapter.__This subsection applies only to those students who meet the state residency requirements that are established by the board of trustees, who are accepted for admission in a college and who first enroll in the system after the 2006-2007 academic year.__A student who is a resident of this State may attend a college free of tuition charges for the first academic year following initial enrollment in the system; and such a student may receive a 50% tuition waiver for the 2nd and subsequent academic years following initial enrollment. By February 15, 2007 and every February 15th thereafter, the board of trustees shall estimate the cost to the system of providing the tuition assistance for the next academic year and report that amount to the Governor and to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs.

Sec. A-9. 20-A MRSA §15681, sub-§1, ¶D is enacted to read:

D. To receive after-school program funds calculated pursuant to subsection 5, the school administrative unit must be in compliance with any applicable federal or state program requirements for after-school programs, including requirements of the 21st Century Communities Learning Centers program authorized under Title IV, Part B of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 United States Code, Chapter 70.

Sec. A-10. 20-A MRSA §15681, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:

4-A.__After-school program funds.__For after-school program funds, the commissioner shall calculate one amount that may be made available to the elementary school level and middle school