Section 597-2-4 - HIGH COMPENSATION OCCUPATION SWITH DEMAND FOR SKILLED LABOR1.Choosing industries and occupations. The education or training provided through CSSP must be for full-time employment with high compensation occupations with significant demand for skilled labor in Maine. The industries that meet these criteria are chosen by the following process: A.Review of Statewide recommendations. At least annually, the Commissioner will review recommendations and labor market analysis from the Maine Department of Labor's Center for Workforce Research and Information (CWRI) listing high compensation occupations in significant demand in Maine, will seek a recommendation from the State Workforce Investment Board , and will approve a final list (hereinafter referred to as the "occupations list") annually . Once approved, the list will be posted on the Maine Career Center website on the Competitive Skills Scholarship Page.B.Regional and industry specific recommendations. If a regional organization, including a Local Workforce Investment Board established pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act, a business or business organization, industry partnership, an educational institution, a labor organization or similar group, perceives a demand for an occupation or occupations with high compensation in their region that are not included on the approved occupations list, they may petition the Commissioner by sending a letter of request with supporting evidence of high demand and high compensation to include them.C.Individual petition. An applicant who seeks to pursue training or education for an occupation in Maine that is not on the occupations list, may petition by letter the Director of the Bureau for a determination that the education or training that they seek may be supported by CSSP. The petition will be granted if the applicant can demonstrate that the occupation offers high compensation and is in sufficient demand that the applicant is likely to find employment in the region(s) where they intend to seek work. To demonstrate demand, applicants must include documented evidence from at least one employer that the occupation being requested for inclusion on the approved occupations list is a high-wage, high demand occupation in Maine.2.Honoring educational commitments . The removal of an occupation from a list applies only to those newly eligible for CSSP and does not apply to participants enrolled in CSSP before the occupation was removed.3.Informing Applicants and Participants . The Maine occupations list and a list of services provided by CSSP must be provided to every CSSP applicant or participant prior to the development of the ISS.12- 597 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 4