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Transfers to the Department of Health and Human Services, the | | Department of Education and the Maine Community College System must | | be made in the following amounts and priority order: |
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| | | A.__As the first priority, of the amount transferred | | pursuant to subsection 4, $2,000,000 to the Department of | | Health and Human Services to expand preschool child care | | including Head Start and other child programs and services.__ | | The Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall | | determine the amounts to be distributed to each program; |
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| | | B.__As the 2nd priority, of the amount transferred pursuant | | to subsection 4, $1,000,000 to the General Purpose Aid for | | Local Schools program within the Department of Education to | | provide targeted funds for after-school programs pursuant to | | Title 20-A, section 15681; |
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| | | C.__As the 3rd priority, of the amount transferred pursuant | | to subsection 4, $500,000 to the Support Services program | | within the Department of Education to expand funding for | | eligible students to take postsecondary education courses | | pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 208-A; and |
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| | | D.__As the 4th priority, the amount transferred pursuant to | | subsection 5 to the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community | | College System to provide funds to offset the decline in | | tuition revenues resulting from the tuition waiver program | | for eligible students enrolled at each of the Maine | | Community College System campuses after the 2006-2007 | | academic year pursuant to Title 20-A, section 12706, | | subsection 7-A. |
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| | | Sec. B-4. 5 MRSA §1536, sub-§7 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 7.__Transferred amounts.__Notwithstanding section 1667-B, the | | amounts transferred by the State Controller for the purposes | | listed in subsection 6 may be allotted by financial order upon | | recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the | | Governor.__The State Budget Officer shall provide the joint | | standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over | | appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing | | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education | | and cultural affairs with a report of the transferred amounts no | | later than September 15, 2007 and each subsequent September 15th. |
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