LD1759 • 2025

An Act to Allow Firefighters to Be Eligible for State College Funding

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Sponsor: Representative Benjamin Hymes
Last action: 2025-06-03
Official status: Reports Read On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 314 Yeas 18 - Nays 15 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Allow Firefighters to Be Eligible for State College Funding

An Act to Allow Firefighters to Be Eligible for State College Funding Sponsor: Representative Benjamin Hymes Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

An Act to Allow Firefighters to Be Eligible for State College Funding Sponsor: Representative Benjamin Hymes Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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C-A (H-376)

Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1410(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

Page 1 - 132LR1410(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
1759 2 Date: (Filing No.
H- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

2025-06-03 Senate
Reports Read On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 314 Yeas 18 - Nays 15 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-06-02 House
Reports READ . On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-30 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM
2025-05-15 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-15 Committee
Voted; Divided Report
2025-04-22 Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow Firefighters to Be Eligible for State College Funding
Sponsor:
Representative Benjamin Hymes
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1759
H.P. 1177 House 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)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. PL 2025, c. 2, Pt. J, §1 is amended to read:
3Sec. J-1. Transfer from General Fund; Board of Trustees of the Maine
4Community College System, MCCS Free Community College - Two
5Enrollment Years Program; fiscal year 2025-26. Notwithstanding any provision of
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.
12Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
13 allocations are made.
14COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE
15MCCS Free Community College - Two Enrollment Years Z335
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 2026-27
All Other ($800,000) $0
__________ __________
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL ($800,000) $0
20Regional Fire Service Training Fund Z356
25 Initiative: Provides one-time funding to the Maine Fire Service Institute.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
All Other $800,000 $0
__________ __________
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 $0
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ($800,000) $0
__________ __________
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $0
31SUMMARY
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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