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Education and Cultural Affairs

Maine - Joint

ME - Senator Joseph Rafferty (D)

Title:

Chair

ME - Senator James Libby (R)

Title:

Member

ME - Senator Teresa Pierce (D)

Title:

Member

ME - LD11 An Act Regarding Temperature Standards for School Buildings

ME - LD21 An Act to Update the Provision of Law Concerning Student Codes of Conduct in Order to Reflect Best Practices Regarding Behavioral Threat Assessment and Response

ME - LD22 An Act to Update the Laws Governing Education in the Unorganized Territory

ME - LD31 An Act Regarding School Enrollment for Military-connected Students

ME - LD34 An Act to Increase the Minimum Salary for Teachers

ME - LD46 An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Increase Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Students with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder

ME - LD71 An Act Regarding Special Education Funding

ME - LD74 An Act to Update the System of Learning Results Review Timeline

ME - LD78 An Act to Require Elementary School Students to Learn Cursive Writing

ME - LD81 An Act to Foster Innovation in Maine Schools by Updating the Requirements of School Innovation Waivers

ME - LD86 An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Education

ME - LD98 An Act to Include School Counselors in the Educators for Maine Program

ME - LD109 Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Companies and Users and to Monitor Educational Use

ME - LD198 An Act to Prohibit the University of Maine System Campus Police from Issuing a Citation or Summons Related to a Parking Violation to a Visitor of the University of Maine System

ME - LD155 An Act to Make Menstrual Products Available in Certain Schools

ME - LD165 An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level

ME - LD168 An Act to Improve Safety in Public Schools by Requiring Silent Electronic Notification Systems in Classrooms

ME - LD170 Resolve, Establishing a Pilot Program to Reduce Personal Electronic Device Distractions During the School Day

ME - LD174 An Act to Restore Religious Exemptions to Immunization Requirements

ME - LD181 An Act to Modify the Calculation of Pupil Counts Used for Determination of School Administrative Unit Operating Costs

ME - LD193 An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness

ME - LD242 An Act to Extend the Maximum Time Period for Certain School Construction Bonds

ME - LD211 An Act to Make School Safer for Students with Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders by Requiring Seizure Action Plans and Training in Schools

ME - LD217 An Act to Require Schools to Provide Access to Free Condoms for Students in Grades 9 to 12 in the School Nurse's Office

ME - LD218 An Act to Make Student Transfer Agreements Renew Automatically Except in Certain Circumstances

ME - LD220 An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program in Order to Provide Funding for Students Attending Certain Private Schools and Students Receiving Home Instruction

ME - LD281 An Act to Provide Support for Certain Maine Discovery Museum Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Educational Programming Throughout the State

ME - LD282 An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools

ME - LD354 An Act to Improve Education in Maine

ME - LD360 An Act Supporting the Dirigo Reads Literacy Program

ME - LD361 An Act to Support the Francis Malcolm Science Center

ME - LD369 An Act to Grant or Extend Conditional Teaching Certificates Under Certain Circumstances

ME - LD370 An Act to Raise the Minimum State Standard for Mathematics Education for a High School Diploma

ME - LD375 An Act to Require the University of Maine School of Law to Provide an Online Degree Program

ME - LD295 An Act Regarding Education

ME - LD315 An Act to Add a Personal Finance Course to the State Graduation Requirements in High Schools

ME - LD318 An Act Regarding School Funding and General Purpose Aid for Local Schools

ME - LD322 An Act to Promote Student Attendance in Schools by Requiring the Commissioner of Education to Implement School Attendance Best Practices

ME - LD323 An Act to Fund Staff Support for the State Board of Education

ME - LD324 An Act to Increase Reading Proficiency in Public Schools

ME - LD339 Resolve, to Provide Funds to the Maine Indian Education School District to Develop a Wabanaki-centered Curriculum

ME - LD377 An Act to Establish a University of Maine Medical School and to Dedicate Funds from Raising the Cigarette Tax to the School

ME - LD384 An Act to Prevent Student Homelessness

ME - LD396 An Act to Provide for a Later Starting Time for High Schools

ME - LD420 An Act to Fund the Carleton Project to Provide Additional Access to a Nontraditional Secondary School

ME - LD437 An Act Directing the Department of Education to Develop Pilot Programs to Place Child Care Facilities in Selected School Administrative Units

ME - LD457 An Act to Fund Climate Resiliency Projects Related to the Repair of Campus Infrastructure Used for Active Transportation and Outdoor Recreation

ME - LD470 An Act to Require School Administrative Units to Adopt Mentoring Programs for Teachers and to Improve Existing Programs

ME - LD471 Resolve, to Establish a Pilot Program to Expand Intensive English Language Learner Programs

ME - LD482 An Act to Expand Educational Opportunities and Broaden Educational Services for Students Enrolled in Equivalent Instruction Programs

ME - LD501 An Act to Fairly Fund School Administrative Units for Economically Disadvantaged Students

ME - LD512 An Act to Provide Educational Opportunities for Students in Secondary Schools with 200 or Fewer Students

ME - LD513 An Act to Allow the Spouse of a School Board Member to Serve as a Stipend Employee Within the School Board's Jurisdiction

ME - LD525 An Act to Strengthen Maine Citizens' Second Amendment Rights by Allowing the Discharge of Firearms on Private Property That Is Within 500 Feet of School Property in Certain Circumstances

ME - LD543 An Act to Enhance Maine's Wildlife Conservation Efforts and Preserve Maine's Sporting Heritage by Requiring Hunter Safety Education in Schools

ME - LD577 An Act to Address Student Hunger and Nutrition Through Expanded Access to Free Milk in Schools

ME - LD581 An Act to Fund the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program

ME - LD587 An Act to Require Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Athletic Emergency Action Plans for Schools and School-sponsored Athletic Events

ME - LD673 An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units

ME - LD680 An Act to Support Higher Education in Maine by Providing Funds to Maine's Community Colleges

ME - LD681 An Act Regarding Public Higher Education Funding in the State

ME - LD692 An Act to Increase Support for Statewide Emergency Broadcast Messaging

ME - LD696 An Act to Bolster the Maine Teacher Residency Program

ME - LD700 An Act to Promote Student Enrollment and Degree Completion in the University of Maine System by Awarding Waivers of Tuition and Fees to Eligible Students

ME - LD607 An Act to Require the Approval of Superintendent Agreements Regarding Transfers of Students Between School Administrative Units

ME - LD628 An Act Regarding Eligibility to Apply for a Department of Education Diploma

ME - LD642 An Act to Provide Students in the University of Maine System Who Are Parents or Pregnant Individuals Priority Registration for Courses

ME - LD643 Resolve, to Study the Effects of Artificial Intelligence, Cellular Telephones and Social Media on Public Education

ME - LD651 An Act to Fund the Maine Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program

ME - LD660 An Act to Provide Transparency and Public Access to Public School Curricula

ME - LD730 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 132: Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD701 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Report on Financial Literacy Education in the System of Learning Results

ME - LD722 An Act to Fund an Administrative Structure of an Emergency Medical Services Education Program in the Community College System

ME - LD727 An Act to Repeal Certain Immunization Requirements for Schools

ME - LD734 An Act to Promote Voter Registration for Students in Maine's High Schools

ME - LD736 An Act to Improve Ferry Service Reliability by Providing Scholarships at the Maine Maritime Academy

ME - LD776 An Act to Provide Free School Lunches to Special Purpose Private Schools That Receive Students from the Public School System

ME - LD783 An Act to Continue Support for the Maine Multicultural Center

ME - LD787 An Act to Clarify Residency Requirements for and Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics

ME - LD803 An Act to Address Certification Violations for School Staff

ME - LD808 An Act to Require School Boards and Governing Bodies of Approved Private Schools to Implement Wearable Panic Alert Systems

ME - LD817 An Act to Remove Restrictions That Prohibit School Administrative Units from Making Purchases Through Cooperatives

ME - LD823 An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Provide for Statewide and Equitable Access to Experiential Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Competition Programs

ME - LD828 An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Be Designated as School Health Advisors

ME - LD854 An Act to Provide Equitable Capital Construction Funding for Maine's Charter Schools

ME - LD858 An Act to Ensure Behavioral and Mental Health Services Are Available to Students by Providing Grants to Schools That Contract for Those Services

ME - LD884 Resolve, to Establish the Criminal Justice Legal Aid Clinic Pilot Project at the University of Maine School of Law

ME - LD885 An Act to Allow Certain Persons with a Permit to Carry Concealed Handguns to Possess or Discharge a Firearm on School Property

ME - LD919 An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools

ME - LD927 An Act to Require Chaplains in School Administrative Units

ME - LD933 An Act to Increase to 100 Percent the State Share of Funding for Special Education Costs of All School Administrative Units

ME - LD957 An Act to Integrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History into the Statewide System of Learning Results

ME - LD972 An Act to Change the Entity Responsible for Operating the Career and Technical Education Center in Machias to Regional School Unit 37

ME - LD973 An Act to Establish the Community Partnerships with Public School Systems Grant Program

ME - LD974 Resolve, to Increase the High School Graduation Rate by Creating the Maine Promise Initiative

ME - LD988 An Act to Allow Hunting on University of Maine System Property

ME - LD1011 An Act to Change the Residency Requirements for State Funding for Student Tuition at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics

ME - LD1069 An Act to Require Personal Finance to Be Taught as a Separate Course in Order for a Student to Obtain a High School Diploma

ME - LD1071 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Conduct a Review of the Implementation of Public Law 2021, Chapter 295 and Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Consult with School Administrators Regarding Developing a Plan for Community-based Crisis Receiving Centers

ME - LD1076 An Act to Hire School Security Officers to Protect Students and Make Schools Safer

ME - LD1087 An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School Construction Costs

ME - LD1097 An Act to Provide De-escalation and Behavior Intervention Training for School Personnel

ME - LD1098 An Act to Ensure Equal Access to a Full School Day for All Students

ME - LD1103 An Act Regarding Unallocated Balances in a School Administrative Unit School Budget

ME - LD1118 An Act to Establish a Permanent Free Community College Program for Maine

ME - LD1123 An Act to Provide Funding for MaineCare-related Services for Public Schools

ME - LD1202 An Act to Establish the African American Studies Advisory Council and Provide Funding to Support African American Studies

ME - LD1203 An Act to Provide Grants to Schools That Contract for Behavioral and Mental Health Services

ME - LD1219 An Act to Increase State Funding for the Campuses of the University of Maine System and to Raise the Minimum Hourly Wage for Employees of the System

ME - LD1162 Resolve, to Establish a Hybrid Juris Doctor Program at the University of Maine School of Law to Address Access to Justice in Rural Maine

ME - LD1163 An Act to Foster Career and Technical Education in Maine Schools by Creating an Additional Pathway to Certify Industrial Arts Teachers

ME - LD1282 An Act Regarding Eligibility for Historic Preservation Bond Proceeds

ME - LD1285 An Act to Prohibit the Consideration of Legacy Preferences or Donor Preferences in Postsecondary Educational Institution Admissions

ME - LD1225 An Act to Amend the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

ME - LD1234 An Act to Ban Cellular Telephones from Public School Classrooms

ME - LD1248 An Act Regarding Physical Escort and Restraint and Seclusion of Students in Schools

ME - LD1255 An Act to Ensure In-state Tuition for Postsecondary Students Who Are Registered to Vote in the State and to Amend Eligibility Requirements for the Free Community College Tuition Program

ME - LD1256 An Act to Support Healthy Meal Programs in Maine Schools by Allowing the School Revolving Renovation Fund to Make Loans to Repair and Renovate School Kitchens and Cafeterias

ME - LD1271 An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of Superintendents or School Board Members

ME - LD1327 An Act to Improve and Expand Student Teaching Opportunities in Maine by Compensating Student Teaching

ME - LD1332 An Act to Establish the Community Schools Success Fund to Ensure the Implementation and Success of Community Schools Programs

ME - LD1357 An Act to Create Alternative Pathways for Certification or Endorsement of Industrial Arts Teachers

ME - LD1369 An Act to Provide Emergency Medical Services Training Through the Maine Community College System

ME - LD1395 An Act Regarding Human Trafficking Prevention Instruction and Dissemination of and Access to Obscene Material in Schools

ME - LD1398 An Act Regarding Behavioral Health Support for Students in Public Schools

ME - LD1404 Resolve, to Create a Working Group on the Status of School Libraries and on Public Libraries in Maine

ME - LD1433 Resolve, to Establish a Working Waterfront Infrastructure Engineer Corps Pilot Program and to Conduct a Feasibility Study of a Higher Education Service Corps Program

ME - LD1439 An Act to Protect the Health and Welfare of Children in Public Schools by Requiring Parental Consent for Certain Tests, Analyses and Diagnoses

ME - LD1461 An Act to Prohibit School Boards from Implementing or Enforcing Mask Mandates

ME - LD1466 An Act Related to Excusing a School from Making Up Missed Days When It Cannot Operate During a Declared State of Emergency

ME - LD1474 An Act to Strengthen the Teaching of Wabanaki Studies in Maine Schools

ME - LD1482 An Act to Require Education Regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Other Allied Communities

ME - LD1495 An Act to Make the Professional Standards Board Responsible for the Educator Certification Process

ME - LD1533 An Act to Ensure the Retention of R1 Research Institution Status by the University of Maine

ME - LD1518 An Act to Clarify the Amount and Use of Unallocated Balances in a School Administrative Unit Budget

ME - LD1543 An Act to Establish the Maine Green Schools Network

ME - LD1558 Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Update Maine's Public Policy on Higher Education

ME - LD1571 An Act to Modify Certification Standards for Full-time Teachers in Public Charter Schools and for Educational Technicians

ME - LD1579 An Act to Abolish School Budget Referenda

ME - LD1586 An Act to Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Referendum Law

ME - LD1588 An Act to Ensure Transparency in Student Transfer Requests

ME - LD1639 An Act to Codify Minimum Instructional Hours in the State's Schools

ME - LD1614 Resolve, to Facilitate the Ability of the Maine State Museum to Acquire and Preserve Special Collections

ME - LD1624 An Act to Provide Funding for Summer School Programming

ME - LD1626 An Act to Improve Professional Development for Educational Technicians and School Support Staff

ME - LD1627 An Act Regarding Workforce Development, Education Reform and Talent Retention

ME - LD1648 Resolve, to Honor Margaret Chase Smith and Joshua Chamberlain in the National Statuary Hall

ME - LD1653 An Act to Develop Maine's Credentialed Workforce

ME - LD1718 An Act to Establish the Maine Charter School Commission as a Public Instrumentality of the State

ME - LD1719 An Act Regarding Superintendent Agreements for Transfer Students

ME - LD1689 An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Study Expansion of Public Preschool and Early Care and Education

ME - LD1691 An Act to Expand Access to Justice in Rural Maine by Incentivizing Attorneys to Practice in Underserved Areas

ME - LD1701 An Act to Support the Implementation of Learning Standards and Results in Public Schools

ME - LD1705 An Act Regarding Adult Education Funding and Oversight

ME - LD1740 An Act to Establish the Maine Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Matching Grant Program

ME - LD1753 An Act to Establish the Upper St. John Valley Recovery High School Program

ME - LD1759 An Act to Allow Firefighters to Be Eligible for State College Funding

ME - LD1760 An Act to Promote Public Education in Maine by Amending the Laws Governing Student Transfers

ME - LD1764 An Act to Ensure Equitable Staffing Ratios Across the State for Career and Technical Education Programs in Areas with Smaller Student Populations

ME - LD1833 An Act to Expand Law Education and Training by Creating a Night Law School Program

ME - LD1858 An Act to Promote Local Seafood in Schools

ME - LD1881 An Act to Ensure the Rights of Parents of Minor Children in Education

ME - LD1887 Resolve, To Improve Air Quality and Ventilation in Newly Constructed Schools

ME - LD1891 An Act to Address the Dental Professional Workforce Shortage by Establishing Scholarship and Loan Programs and Updating the Dental Care Access Tax Credit

ME - LD1892 An Act to Establish Procedures for School Construction Projects

ME - LD1992 An Act to Create a Process for the Residents of a Municipality to Withdraw from a School Union

ME - LD2003 An Act to Improve Localization of Emergency Broadcast Messaging

ME - LD2008 An Act to Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics and Clarify Sending School Administrative Unit Obligations

ME - LD2014 An Act to Update the Funding Method for Career and Technical Education Programs

ME - LD2015 An Act to Require Superintendents of School Administrative Units to Report Data Related to Educator Vacancies

ME - LD2017 An Act to Update Certain Statutes Governing School Nutrition

ME - LD2020 An Act to Update Department of Education Reporting Requirements

ME - LD2034 An Act to Support Funding for Educational Programs and Opportunities

ME - LD2050 An Act to Dissolve the Great Salt Bay Community School District

ME - LD2052 Resolve, to Study the Use of Technology in Classrooms and Study Safeguards Related to Its Use

ME - LD2045 An Act to Amend the Education Laws Regarding the State Board of Education's Authority Concerning Degree-granting Institutions

ME - LD2046 An Act to Update Certain Duties Regarding Student Health Related to Communicable and Infectious Disease

ME - LD2064 An Act to Expand Access to Early Childhood Nutrition by Establishing a Grant Program for Public Preschools

ME - LD2147 An Act to Provide Funding to Improve the College and Career Readiness of Certain Students in Androscoggin and Oxford Counties

ME - LD2091 An Act to Continue Training Programs for Emergency Medical Services

ME - LD2098 An Act to Update Certain Higher Education Statutes

ME - LD2099 An Act to Amend Certain Eligibility Requirements for Secondary Students Receiving State Subsidies for Postsecondary Courses

ME - LD2109 An Act to Define "Public Education" and Clarify That a Private School Receiving Approval for Public Tuition Must Be Located in the State

ME - LD2111 An Act to Amend the Charter of the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District

ME - LD2114 An Act Regarding Public Preschool Programs Serving Children Who Are 3 Years of Age

ME - LD2172 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 33: Rule Governing Physical Restraint and Seclusion, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education, State Board of Education

ME - LD2175 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: The Credentialing of Education Personnel, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education, State Board of Education

ME - LD2192 An Act to Protect Students by Ensuring Schools Have Complete Information About School Employees and Applicants for Employment

ME - LD2204 An Act to Allow Schools to Expel Students for Committing Sexual Assault

ME - LD2226 An Act to Amend the Essential Programs and Services School Funding Formula

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