EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

LD 623 -- -- SP0195
Original Title: An Act to Provide Opportunities for Choice within the Public School System.
New Title Resolve, to Provide Educational Placement Options within the Public School System.
LD 1045 -- -- HP0768
Resolve, to Create the Task Force on Research and Development Investment.
LD 1168 -- -- SP0349
Resolve, to Reorganize the University of Maine System.
LD 1260 -- -- HP0917
An Act Allowing Schools to Remain on the School Construction Account Priority List.
LD 1325 -- -- HP0962
An Act to Make the State Board of Education Elected.
LD 1340 -- -- SP0419
An Act to Establish a Public Education Assessment Advisory Commission.
LD 1398 -- -- HP1006
An Act to Clarify the Law Regarding the Discipline of Exceptional Students.
LD 1416 -- -- SP0442
An Act Concerning Eligibility for Service on a School Board.
LD 1436 -- -- SP0464
An Act to Amend School Construction Laws.
LD 1544 -- -- HP1101
An Act to Amend the Process by Which School Construction Is Approved.
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 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 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
Original Title: An Act to Authorize Interlocal Agreements for Construction and Operation of Public Education Fiber-Optic Transmission Systems.
New Title An Act to Authorize School Administrative Units to Enter into Multi-year Agreements for Telecommunications Services.
LD 1769 -- -- HP1250
An Act to Authorize Additional Adjustments to the State Share of School Funding.
LD 1778 -- -- SP0599
An Act to Establish the Maine Prepaid College Tuition Program.
LD 1825 -- -- SP0622
An Act to Authorize a Tuition Savings Plan to Encourage Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education.
LD 1861 -- -- SP0639
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide Equal Educational Funding.
LD 1967 -- -- SP0725
An Act to Allow for Greater Efficiency in School Construction.
LD 1969 -- -- SP0727
An Act to Protect Students of Barbering, Cosmetology and Other Proprietary Schools.
LD 1973 -- -- HP1409
An Act Regarding the Energy Testing Laboratory of Maine.
LD 1983 -- -- HP1419
An Act Regarding the State Subsidy for Kindergarten Programs.
LD 2001 -- -- HP1437
An Act to Amend the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act Regarding Education Funding.
LD 2040 -- -- HP1449
An Act to Amend the Law Relating to Special Education Out-of-district Placements.
LD 2042 -- -- HP1451
An Act Relating to the Maine School Administrative District 49 Arts and Technology Center.
LD 2044 -- -- HP1453
An Act to Promote Access to Public Higher Education.
LD 2048 -- -- HP1457
Original Title: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief and to Ensure Equitable School Funding.
New Title An Act to Ensure Equitable School Funding.
LD 2061 -- -- HP1470
An Act to Establish the Endowment Incentive Program.
LD 2106 -- -- SP0779
An Act to Provide Degree-granting Authority to the SALT Center for Documentary Field Studies.
LD 2129 -- -- HP1507
Resolve, to Approve a Maine Technical College System Lease with the South Portland Housing Authority.
LD 2140 -- -- HP1518
An Act to Implement the Maine Arts Commission's Arts in Education Program.
LD 2142 -- -- HP1520
Original Title: An Act to Provide Educators More Authority to Remove Violent Students from Educational Settings.
New Title Resolve, To Establish the Commission to Study Providing Educators with More Authority to Remove Violent Students from Educational Settings.
LD 2143 -- -- HP1521
Original Title: An Act to Restore Advocacy for Handicapped Students.
New Title An Act to Restore Advocacy Services for Handicapped Students.
LD 2163 -- -- HP1536
An Act to Require the State to Be Responsible for the Costs of School Employee Record Checks and Fingerprinting.
LD 2227 -- -- HP1601
Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 181: Child Development Services System: Regional Provider Advisory Boards, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education.
LD 2252 -- -- HP1622
An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Governor's Commission on School Facilities. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 2256 -- -- HP1628
An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force to Study Strategies to Support Parents as Children's First Teachers.
LD 2260 -- -- HP1632
Resolve, Charging the Children's Cabinet Agencies to Support Efforts of Parents as First Teachers of Their Children.
LD 2271 -- -- HP1637
An Act to Include Locally Funded Debt Service in the Formula for Purposes of the Circuit Breaker Program.