4. Cost to trainees. Education and training programs developed through the centers must be offered to trainees free of charge.

5. Certification of competencies. Upon completion of a program, trainees are issued certification from the technical community college providing the training that delineates the education or skill competencies obtained through the program.

6. Training guarantee. If the employer of the trainee finds that the trainee fails to meet any of the competencies listed on the certification, the technical community college providing the training must retrain the employee at no cost to the employer or trainee.

7. Placement of trainees. Placement of trainees in jobs with the employer for which a program has been provided is not guaranteed. Final determination of hire rests with the employer.

Sec. 81. 20-A MRSA §§12728 and 12729, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 707, Pt. CC, §1, are amended to read:

§12728. Coordination with education providers

If an education or training requirement can not be delivered directly by a technical community college, staff of the centers shall work with other education and training providers to develop and deliver the program.

§12729. Report

The President of the Maine Technical Community College System shall provide to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic development matters an annual report that must include the following for each business assisted under this chapter: the name and location of the business; the number of employees trained or retrained; the dollar amount expended; and, where applicable, the number of new jobs created.

Sec. 82. 20-A MRSA §12731, as amended by PL 1995, c. 515, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: