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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 736H.P. 478House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
An Act to Improve Ferry Service Reliability by Providing
Scholarships at the Maine Maritime Academy
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative RAY of Lincolnville.
Cosponsored by Representative: DODGE of Belfast. Page 1 - 132LR1229(01)
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2 The Maine Maritime Academy shall create the
3 Workforce Development Scholarship Program to provide scholarships in an amount not to
4 exceed $1,250 for each student for a minimum of 115 students at the academy to assist
5 those students in earning the initial credits necessary to work at a state, municipal, private
6 or quasi-public ferry service operator located in and serving residents of the State.
7 The Maine Maritime Academy shall consult with
8 the Maine State Ferry Service or a state, municipal, private or quasi-public ferry service
9 operator located in and serving residents of the State in the development and
10 implementation of the Workforce Development Scholarship Program under section 1 for
11 the purposes of aligning operator needs with applicant training. The Maine Maritime
12 Academy and one or more ferry service operators shall jointly develop a method for
13 processing applications that allows flexibility for operator administrative capacities.
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15 This bill requires the Maine Maritime Academy to create the Workforce Development
16 Scholarship Program to assist students in earning the initial credits necessary to work at a
17 state, municipal, private or quasi-public ferry service operator located in and serving
18 residents of the State. The bill also requires the Maine Maritime Academy to consult with
19 the Maine State Ferry Service or a state, municipal, private or quasi-public ferry service
20 operator in the development and implementation of the Workforce Development
21 Scholarship Program and jointly develop a method for processing applications.
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