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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1759H.P. 1177House of Representatives, April 22, 2025
An Act to Allow Firefighters to Be Eligible for State College
Funding
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HYMES of Waldo.
Cosponsored by Representative: LANCE of Paris. Page 1 - 132LR1410(01)
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6 law to the contrary, on or before June 30, 2026, the State Controller shall transfer
7 $7,300,000 $6,500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the MCCS
8 Free Community College - Two Enrollment Years program, Other Special Revenue Funds
9 account within the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System to continue
10 support of the 2 years of free community college for all eligible students who meet the
11 conditions in Public Law 2023, chapter 412, Part QQQ, section 3, subsection 2.
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16 Initiative: Reduces one-time funding provided in Public Law 2025, chapter 2 for the State's
17 7 community colleges to continue offering student scholarships through the State's free
18 community college tuition program for eligible persons who graduate high school or obtain
19 the equivalent of a high school diploma in 2024 or 2025.
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
2025-26 2026-27All Other ($800,000) $0
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL
($800,000) $0
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25 Initiative: Provides one-time funding to the Maine Fire Service Institute.
GENERAL FUND
2025-26 2026-27All Other $800,000 $0
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$800,000 $0
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS
2025-26 2026-27
GENERAL FUND $800,000 $0OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ($800,000) $0
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS
$0 $0
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32 This bill reduces one-time funding provided in Public Law 2025, chapter 2 for the
33 State's 7 community colleges to continue offering student scholarships through the State's
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34 free community college tuition program for eligible persons who graduate high school or
35 obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma in 2024 or 2025 by $800,000 in fiscal year
36 2025-26 and appropriates $800,000 on a one-time basis to the Maine Fire Service Institute.
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