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Education committee recommends confirmation of Haley Farden to Maine Maritime Academy board
Summary
The Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs voted unanimously to recommend confirmation of Haley Farden of Standish as the student trustee on the Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees after a public hearing and brief questioning.
Senator Joe Rafferty, chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, said the committee voted to recommend the governor’s nominee, Haley Farden of Standish, to serve as the student member of the Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees.
The recommendation followed a public hearing in which a representative of the governor and the nominee spoke about her qualifications. Under statute and joint rules of the Legislature, the committee must hold a public hearing and then recommend confirmation or denial by majority vote of members present; the committee’s recommendation is forwarded in writing to the president of the Senate.
Joe Bushey, speaking on…
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