Alan,
I agree with you. It appeared redundant to me also. I kept rereading it to
see what I was missing. Can someone help me and provide more clarity?
Betty

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Alan Parks <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> - MEEOA-L - Maine Educational Opportunity Association members
> communication <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> >Attached is the testimony delivered on March 4, 2015 in support of LD 215
> from:
> >LD 215 sponsor - Sen. Justin Alfond
> >Jobs for Maine's Graduates - Craig Larrabee
> >Maine Community College System - Gary Crocker
> >University of Maine System - Rosa Redonnett
> >Maine State Chamber of Commerce - Dana Connors
> >JMG student - Nicole Padilla
> >USM student - Carleigh Boston
> >USM Muskie - Marty Zanghi
> >JMG & Thomas College - Matt Reynolds
> >
> >This testimony gives a more detailed sense of what JMG envisions for this
> college access/success initiative. On Monday, March 9th, Craig Larrabee
> again testified in support of this request as part of the Governor's budget
> and indicated that there
> >was a 2 to 1 match proposed or $500,000 in private funds to match the
> $250,000 of state funds requested. The committee work session has not yet
> been scheduled for this bill.
>
> Thanks for the updates, Laurie. It sounds like a duplication of what we're
> already doing, particularly those of us in SSS--and we're all well
> established on our campuses. I can't imagine a JMG advisor being plopped
> down on the UMaine campus and
> successfully integrating into all the departments, and having an impact on
> retaining high risk students. And would UMaine give a non-employee access
> to MaineStreet?
>
> I have even more questions about this bill now that you've provided the
> updates.
>
> Alan
>



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