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| 2. Statewide and regional planning and coordination. | Coordinating, on a statewide and regional basis, the planning | and operation of the post-secondary applied technology and | technical education programs offered by the institutes colleges | with the planning and operation of: |
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| A. The college and university programs offered by the | several other institutions of higher learning in the | State; |
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| B. The adult, continuing and community education programs | overseen by the Department of Education, Division of Adult | and Community Education, or its successor; |
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| C. The secondary occupational and applied technology | education programs overseen by the Department of | Education, Division of Applied Technology Education, or | its successor; |
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| D. The employment and training programs funded under the | United States Job Training Partnership Act, Public Law 97- | 300, or its successor, and overseen by the Department of | Labor, Bureau of Employment Services, or its successor; | and |
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| E. The economic development programs overseen by the | Department of Economic and Community Development, or its | successor, and other economic development programs and | agencies throughout the State; |
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| | Sec. 69. 20-A MRSA §12705, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 1995, c. 688, | §11, is further amended to read: |
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| G. One member who is from the student body of one of the | technical college campuses at the time of appointment and | who is a permanent resident of the State. To be eligible | for appointment as a student member, a student must be | enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester. |
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| The student member is a full voting member of the board of | trustees and serves for a 2-year term and until a successor is | qualified. By January 1st of every 2nd year, the president of | the system shall solicit a list of 6 eligible students from | the student governments from 6 of the campuses within the | Maine Technical Community College System, the 7th campus being | excluded in accordance with this subsection. The Governor | shall then nominate a student trustee chosen from the list | within 30 days of receiving the list of names. The nomination | is subject to review by the joint standing committee of the | Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters and to | confirmation | by the Legislature. The student trustee may not come from the | same |
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