EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
LD 24 -- SP0026
An Act to Clarify the School Budget Approval Process.
LD 37 -- SP0039
An Act to Permit Schools to Allow Credit toward a High School Diploma for Paid Driver Education Courses.
LD 38 -- SP0040
An Act to Exempt Schools with One Teacher from Continued Contracts for Teachers.
LD 54 -- HP0029
An Act to Encourage Art Education in the State.
LD 67 -- HP0042
An Act to Provide for the Position of President of the University of Maine System.
LD 90 -- HP0065
Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Study and Make Recommendations to Alleviate Sexual Harassment in Schools.
LD 98 -- HP0073
An Act Regarding Balances Remaining in General Purpose Aid for Local Schools.
LD 100 -- HP0075
An Act to Require Elementary and Secondary School Teachers to Be Certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Basic First Aid.
LD 185 -- HP0142
An Act to Reward Schools for Exceptional Student Performance on the 4th-grade Maine Educational Assessment Exam.
LD 186 -- HP0143
An Act to Limit Reimbursement for Public School Construction and Renovation to $80 per Square Foot.
LD 187 -- HP0144
Original Title: An Act to Provide That Students Receiving Any Services from a School Be Counted as Students for Purposes of State Aid.
New Title An Act to Provide That Students Receiving Any Services from a School Be Counted as Students for Purposes of State Aid.
LD 190 -- HP0147
An Act to Require a Revote by Referendum on a School Budget and to Clarify the Budget Referendum Approval Process.
LD 236 -- HP0181
An Act to Strengthen the Requirements for Acquisition of Driver's Licenses by Minors.
LD 237 -- HP0184
An Act to Increase the Funding for School Construction.
LD 241 -- HP0188
An Act to Reward Schools for Computer Competency.
LD 319 -- HP0255
An Act Regarding Rabies Vaccinations for Animals on School Grounds.
LD 320 -- HP0256
An Act to Set the Amount of State Funding for School Building Projects at $75 a Foot.
LD 323 -- HP0259
An Act to Assist Smaller School Districts Regarding Hiring Practices.
LD 327 -- HP0263
An Act to Expand Access to Maine's Technical Colleges.
LD 352 -- HP0288
An Act to Provide Additional Funds to Educate Students with Limited English Proficiency.
LD 365 -- HP0301
Original Title: An Act to Require That Public Schools Adopt a Conflict Resolution Model.
New Title Resolve, to Encourage Public Schools to Adopt a Conflict Resolution Model.
LD 392 -- SP0113
An Act to Prohibit Schools from Charging Activity Fees for Participation in Extracurricular Events.
LD 399 -- SP0120
An Act to Extend Certain Survivor Benefits to the Spouses of Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers and Expand the Definition of Law Enforcement Officers.
LD 428 -- SP0149
An Act to Clarify Tuition Rates for Middle School Students.
LD 432 -- HP0310
An Act to Allow Municipalities to Set Tuition Rates for Nonresident Students.
LD 463 -- HP0341
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Ensure the Rights of Parents to Direct the Upbringing and Education of Their Children.
LD 503 -- SP0174
An Act to Provide for State and Federal Criminal Record Checks on Educational Personnel in the State.
LD 505 -- HP0360
An Act to Establish a Tuition Rate for Education in the Unorganized Territory.
LD 556 -- HP0411
Resolve, to Establish a Study Group to Examine the Issue of School Choice.
LD 586 -- HP0436
An Act to Ensure that Children in Kindergarten to Grade 6 Have Complete School Vision Screening.
LD 600 -- SP0182
Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Review the Laws Governing Applied Technology Centers and Regions.
LD 623 -- SP0195
An Act to Provide Opportunities for Choice within the Public School System.
LD 639 -- HP0468
An Act Regarding the Filing of School Administrative Reports.
LD 654 -- HP0483
An Act to Amend the Charter of the University of Maine.
LD 684 -- HP0493
An Act to Organize Schools in the Unorganized Territory as a Single School Administrative Unit.
LD 685 -- HP0494
An Act to Limit Reimbursement for Administrative Expenses Based on the Size of a Local Educational Unit.
LD 694 -- HP0503
An Act to Repeal the Guiding Principles of the Learning Results System.
LD 697 -- HP0506
An Act to Give Municipal Officials Oversight of School Administrative District Budgets.
LD 701 -- HP0510
Resolve, to Establish a Tuition Rate for the Town of Dennysville.
LD 705 -- HP0514
An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding the Approval Process of Budgets of School Administrative Districts.
LD 714 -- HP0523
An Act to Prohibit the Hiring of Tutors in Lieu of Employing Education Technicians.
LD 721 -- HP0530
An Act to Reduce School Truancy.
LD 754 -- HP0563
Resolve, to Create a Study Committee to Examine School Union Organization and Governance Issues.
LD 793 -- SP0224
An Act to Require that Medication in Schools be Administered by Licensed Personnel.
LD 801 -- SP0232
An Act to Strengthen the Complaint Investigation Process Regarding Students with Disabilities.
LD 811 -- SP0242
An Act to Integrate Sources of Support for Children with Special Needs.
LD 815 -- SP0246
An Act to Integrate Teacher Retirement and Other Educational Support Funds into the System for Distributing General Purpose Aid to Education.
LD 833 -- HP0608
An Act to Amend the Charter of Foxcroft Academy.
LD 846 -- HP0621
An Act to Have One Standard of Measurement for School State Assessment Examinations.
LD 852 -- HP0627
An Act to Prohibit the State from Dictating Educational Curricula.
LD 854 -- HP0629
An Act Regarding the Obligation of the State to Fund Adult Education.
LD 856 -- HP0631
Resolve, to Review Special Education Laws to Determine if They Exceed Federal Requirements.
LD 857 -- HP0632
Original Title: Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Review the Methods Used to Determine the Tuition Rates of a Receiving School for a Student from Another School District.
New Title Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Review the Methods Used to Determine the Tuition Rates of a Receiving School for a Student from Another School District.
LD 861 -- HP0636
An Act to Require That School Administrative Units Provide Additional Appropriate Personnel When Transporting Students with Special Needs.
LD 872 -- SP0264
An Act to Clarify Certain Provisions of Law Relating to the Method of Sharing of School Costs in the Wells-Ogunquit Community School District.
LD 873 -- SP0265
Resolve, to Appoint a Study Group to Determine How to Consolidate and Preserve the Health Sciences Library in Maine.
LD 929 -- HP0677
An Act to Amend the School Construction Laws to Allow School Construction Projects That Expand Existing School Facilities beyond 8,000 Square Feet to Be Eligible for State School Construction Subsidies.
LD 947 -- SP0296
An Act to Include Youth in Public Service.
LD 953 -- HP0689
An Act to Ensure That the Technical College System Is More Responsive to the Needs of the State.
LD 973 -- HP0709
An Act to Allow Towns within a Community School District to Vote on a School Budget by Referendum.
LD 1010 -- SP0302
An Act Regarding Nonresident School Tuition.
LD 1012 -- SP0304
Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Develop a Framework for the Study of Social Studies in Public Schools.
LD 1036 -- HP0759
Resolve, to Review the Components of the Operating Costs in the School Finance Formula.
LD 1045 -- HP0768
Resolve, to Create the Task Force on Research and Development Investment.
LD 1048 -- HP0771
Original Title: Resolve, to Establish a Task Force to Review the Applied Technology Centers and Applied Technology Regions.
New Title Resolve, to Establish a Task Force to Review the Applied Technology Centers and Applied Technology Regions.
LD 1080 -- HP0792
An Act to Establish Public Charter Schools.
LD 1085 -- HP0797
An Act to Give Authority to Set Acreage Necessary for Building or Reconstruction of Schools Solely to the Local Authorities.
LD 1099 -- HP0811
An Act to Modify School Construction Laws for Renovation Projects.
LD 1109 -- SP0331
An Act to Amend the State Share Percentage for Public School Tuition Students.
LD 1121 -- SP0344
An Act to Enhance Parental Involvement in Developing Educational Programs for Students with Disabilities.
LD 1124 -- HP0819
Resolve, Requiring the Department of Education to Replace the Building Code for Schools.
LD 1141 -- HP0836
Resolve, Regarding School Construction and Renovation Projects.
LD 1144 -- HP0839
An Act Pertaining to Parental Access to School Records.
LD 1147 -- HP0842
An Act to Ensure Consistency Between State and Federal Special Education Requirements.
LD 1149 -- HP0844
An Act to Protect Local Education Agencies from Excess Costs Attributable to Special Education Students.
LD 1158 -- HP0853
An Act to Amend the Laws Concerning Special Education of Exceptional Students BY REQUEST.
LD 1164 -- HP0859
An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Child Development Services.
LD 1165 -- HP0860
An Act to Allow School Choice.
LD 1168 -- SP0349
Resolve, to Reorganize the University of Maine System.
LD 1187 -- HP0870
An Act to Improve the Transition of People with Disabilities from Children's to Adult Services.
LD 1195 -- HP0878
An Act to Establish Funding for Repair and Renovation Projects under the State School Construction Program.
LD 1203 -- HP0886
An Act Regarding Student Financial Aid Programs.
LD 1207 -- HP0890
An Act Concerning Authorization of Educational Technicians.
LD 1209 -- HP0892
An Act Regarding the School Administrative District No. 46 Applied Technology Center.
LD 1229 -- SP0370
An Act to Authorize the Conversion and Reuse of the Perry Hayden Hall at Pineland Center as an Elementary School.
LD 1236 -- SP0377
An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to State Agency Clients.
LD 1260 -- HP0917
An Act Allowing Schools to Remain on the School Construction Account Priority List.
LD 1271 -- SP0386
An Act Pertaining to Truancy.
LD 1273 -- SP0388
An Act to Establish the Maine Center for Arts Education.
LD 1274 -- HP0927
An Act to Include Training in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation As a High School Graduation Requirement.
LD 1281 -- HP0934
An Act to Require Individuals to Pass At Least 2 National Teachers Examination Core Battery Tests before Being Able to Be Recertified BY REQUEST.
LD 1295 -- SP0400
An Act Relating to Applied Technology in Western Washington County.
LD 1308 -- HP0945
An Act to Authorize School Units to Consolidate Administrative Functions.
LD 1315 -- HP0952
An Act to Make the University of Maine System Board of Trustees an Elected Body.
LD 1325 -- HP0962
An Act to Make the State Board of Education Elected.
LD 1329 -- SP0408
An Act to Amend the Reimbursement Policy Pertaining to Vocational Education.
LD 1337 -- SP0416
An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to Education.
LD 1338 -- SP0417
An Act to Restructure Public Higher Education.
LD 1340 -- SP0419
An Act to Establish a Public Education Assessment Advisory Commission.
LD 1341 -- SP0420
An Act to Improve Maine's School Construction Laws.
LD 1353 -- HP0973
An Act to Establish a Pilot School Choice Program.
LD 1355 -- HP0975
An Act to Fully Fund Local Education with Income and Sales Tax Revenues.
LD 1363 -- HP0983
Resolve, that the Department of Education Establish a Grant Program to Promote Consolidation and Efficiency in Education.
LD 1365 -- HP0985
Resolve, to Change the Name of the University of Maine at Augusta to Maine State University.
LD 1394 -- HP1002
An Act to Establish a State Residential Treatment Center for Certain Students.
LD 1398 -- HP1006
An Act to Clarify the Law Regarding the Discipline of Exceptional Students.
LD 1399 -- HP1007
An Act to Allow an Appeal Concerning the Date to Determine Age for Kindergarten.
LD 1404 -- HP1012
An Act to Create School Enrichment Funds for Public Schools.
LD 1410 -- HP1018
Original Title: Resolve, to Establish Additional Funding for the University of Maine System.
New Title Resolve, to Establish Additional Funding for the University of Maine System.
LD 1415 -- SP0441
Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Review Certain Procedures Regarding Special Education.
LD 1416 -- SP0442
An Act Concerning Eligibility for Service on a School Board.
LD 1425 -- SP0451
An Act to Provide for Direct Reimbursement of Special Education Costs.
LD 1436 -- SP0464
An Act to Amend School Construction Laws.
LD 1442 -- HP1025
An Act to Prohibit the Denial of Teacher Certification Based on Refusal to Participate in Learning Results.
LD 1447 -- HP1030
Original Title: Resolve, to Require the Department of Environmental Protection to Review the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986.
New Title Resolve, to Require the Department of Environmental Protection to Review the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986.
LD 1449 -- HP1032
Resolve, to Restructure the University of Maine System and Enhance the Role of the Faculty in Campus Governance.
LD 1459 -- HP1042
An Act to More Equitably Distribute General Purpose Aid to Schools Based on Property Values.
LD 1460 -- HP1043
An Act Requiring the Department of Education to Perform Annual Cost-benefit Analysis of Special Education Programs in the State.
LD 1495 -- SP0487
An Act to Repeal the Special Education Laws.
LD 1516 -- HP1079
Resolve, to Establish a Task Force to Review and Reform the System of Learning Results.
LD 1529 -- HP1086
Resolve, to Determine How to Increase the Number of Students Consuming School Meals.
LD 1536 -- HP1093
Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 131: Rules for Learning Results, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education.
LD 1538 -- HP1095
An Act to Promote Adult Education.
LD 1542 -- HP1099
Original Title: An Act Concerning Time-out Areas.
New Title An Act Concerning Time-out Areas.
LD 1544 -- HP1101
An Act to Amend the Process by Which School Construction Is Approved.
LD 1545 -- HP1102
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Correction of Student Education Records.
LD 1553 -- HP1110
Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Restructuring of the University of Maine System.
LD 1557 -- HP1114
An Act to Create Efficient and Effective Administration of the University of Maine System.
LD 1560 -- SP0498
Original Title: Resolve, to Establish the Committee to Study the Development of the Charter School Initiative.
New Title Resolve, Directing the State Board of Education to Study Charter Schools and School Choice.
LD 1565 -- SP0503
Resolve, to Assist the Sanford Regional Vocational Center.
LD 1581 -- HP1125
An Act to Improve the Child Development Services System and Encourage Collaboration in Early Childhood Programs with School Administrative Units.
LD 1597 -- SP0513
An Act to Make Certain Changes in the University of Maine System to Promote Lifelong Learning.
LD 1601 -- SP0517
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require the Legislature to Provide a Statewide System of Uniform and High-quality Education.
LD 1622 -- HP1158
An Act to Require That a Course in Multicultural Education Be Included in All Teacher Preparation Programs in the State.
LD 1626 -- HP1162
An Act Requiring Voter Approval for the Relocation of an Elementary School Class.
LD 1628 -- SP0523
An Act to Expand the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System.
LD 1632 -- SP0527
An Act to Improve Taxpayer Equity in School Funding.
LD 1637 -- SP0532
Original Title: An Act to Authorize the Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport Community School District to Construct School Facilities.
New Title An Act to Authorize Interest-only Interim Financing in the School Construction Funding Process.
LD 1638 -- SP0533
An Act to Establish a Higher Standard for Appropriate Education of Students with Disabilities.
LD 1643 -- HP1166
Resolve, Directing the State Board of Education to Add Consolidation to the School Construction Rating System.
LD 1652 -- HP1175
An Act to Establish the Dirigo Higher Education Bond Program to Provide Financial Aid to Maine Students.
LD 1653 -- HP1176
An Act to Abolish the State Board of Education.
LD 1671 -- HP1180
An Act Concerning the Calculation of the State's Share of School Funding.
LD 1685 -- SP0559
An Act to Encourage the Development of Charter Schools.
LD 1688 -- HP1189
Resolve, to Promote School Choice by Establishing a Voucher Program.
LD 1695 -- HP1195
An Act to Provide Early Childhood Education Opportunities.
LD 1699 -- HP1199
An Act to Expand the Law Pertaining to Nepotism.
LD 1717 -- HP1217
An Act Establishing a Higher Education Trust as an Instrumentality of the State.
LD 1718 -- HP1218
An Act to Create a Prepaid Tuition Plan.
LD 1721 -- SP0564
An Act Regarding Appointment to the Maine Public Broadcasting Board of Trustees.
LD 1725 -- SP0568
An Act to Authorize Interlocal Agreements for Construction and Operation of Public Education Fiber-optic Transmission Systems.
LD 1735 -- HP1223
An Act to Promote Higher Education.
LD 1739 -- HP1227
An Act to Amend the Formula Determining the Local Share in the School Funding Process.
LD 1765 -- HP1245
An Act to Amend the Structure of the University of Maine System.
LD 1769 -- HP1250
An Act to Authorize Additional Adjustments to the State Share of School Funding.
LD 1772 -- SP0593
Resolve, to Promote the Health of Maine's Children.
LD 1778 -- SP0599
An Act to Establish the Maine Prepaid College Tuition Program.
LD 1805 -- HP1275
Original Title: An Act to Change the School Calendar.
New Title Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Education to Establish Plans for an Alternative School Calendar.
LD 1825 -- SP0622
An Act to Authorize a Tuition Savings Plan to Encourage Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education.
LD 1832 -- HP1287
Resolve, to Establish the Task Force to Study Strategies to Support Parents as Children's First Teachers.
LD 1861 -- SP0639
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide Equal Educational Funding.
 

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