Proposed Rules & Rule Changes

As a state agency, the Department of Education is charged with adopting rules to implement laws passed by the Maine Legislature. This page lists the rule chapters to which the Department is proposing changes and the rule chapters the Department is proposing for the first time.

This page also contains rule changes proposed by the State Board of Education. All proposed rules and rule changes below have been filed by the Maine Department of Education unless otherwise specified.

The Department adopts all rules in accordance with Maine's Administrative Procedure Act, which requires public and legislative notice of rulemaking and the submission of all major substantive rules to the Legislature for review and approval.

Note: A provisionally adopted rule is the version of the rule the Department of Education sends to the Legislature for final adoption. A provisionally adopted rule has gone through a process that offers the public an opportunity to comment.

Chapter 4-A

• Rule Title:  Procedural Rule, Equal Educational Opportunity
• Action Proposed: Rule Revision
• Notice: Administrative Letter 83, June 7, 2012
• Comment Deadline: July 5, 2012
• Rule Status: Finally Adopted, Effective Sept. 12, 2012
• Rule Language: Secretary of State's Rule Chapters

Chapter 13

• Rule Title: Qualifying Examinations for Teachers, Educational Specialists, and Administrators
• Filing Agency: This is a rule of the State Board of Education.
• Action Proposed: Rule Revision
• Notice: Administrative Letter 87, June 27, 2012
• Comment Deadline: July 30, 2012
• Rule Status: Finally Adopted, Effective Aug. 27, 2012
• Rule Language: Secretary of State's Rule Chapters

Chapter 33

• Rule Title: Rule Governing Physical Restraint and Seclusion
• Action Proposed: Rule Revision
• Notice: Published April 24, 2013
• Rule Status: Finally Adopted, Effective April 29, 2013
• Rule Language: Secretary of State's Rule Chapters
• More Information
  • Resolve 2013, Chapter 8 (PDF, 21KB)
  • Restraint and Seclusion website

Chapter 61

• Rule Title: Rules for Major Capital School Construction Projects
• Filing Agency: This is a rule of the State Board of Education.
• Action Proposed: Rule Revision
• Notice: Published Oct. 17, 2012
• Public Hearing: Nov. 5, 2012
• Comment Deadline: Nov. 16, 2012, 3 p.m.
• Rule Status: Proposed
• Rule Language: Proposed Ch. 61 Language (PDF, 376KB)

Chapter 101

• Rule Title: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty
• Action Proposed: Revisions to Regulation
• Notice: Published Oct. 22, 2012
• Comment Deadline: Dec. 26, 2012, 5 p.m.
  • Comments and Responses
• Rule Status: Proposed
• Rule Language:
  • Proposed Ch. 101 Language (PDF, 1.20MB)
  • 2012 Table of Refinements (PDF, 84KB)
  • Provisionally Adopted, January 2013 (PDF, 1.45MB)

Chapter 114

• Rule Title: Purpose, Standards and Procedures for the Review and Approval of Preparation Programs for Educational Personnel
• Filing Agency: This is a rule of the State Board of Education.
• Action Proposed: Rule Change
• Notice: Administrative Letter 86, June 27, 2012
• Public Hearing: July 6, 2012
• Comment Deadline: July 23, 2012
• Rule Status: Finally Adopted, Effective Sept. 15, 2012
• Rule Language: Secretary of State's Rule Chapters
• More Information: Rule Change Background and Process

Chapter 140

• Rule Title: Public Charter Schools
• Action Proposed: Rule Adoption
• Notice: Administrative Letter 69, Nov. 2, 2011
• Comment Deadline: Dec. 2, 2011
  • Comments and Responses
• Rule Status: Finally Adopted, Effective Dec. 2, 2012
• Rule Language: Secretary of State's Rule Chapters

Chapter 180

• Rule Title: Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth Systems
• Action Proposed: Rule Adoption
• Notice: Published Nov. 27, 2012
• Public Hearing: Jan. 28, 2013
• Comment Deadline: Feb. 7, 2013, 5 p.m.
  • Summary of Comments Received; DOE Response to Comments (RTF, 288KB)
  • Text of the Comments (RTF, 2.4MB)
• Rule Status: Provisionally Adopted
• Rule Language: Provisionally Adopted, March 2013 (RTF, 228KB)

 

View all Maine Department of Education rule chapters on the Secretary of State's website.

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