Education and Cultural Affairs

ME - Senator Rebecca Millett (U)

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Chair

ME - Senator Christopher Johnson (U)

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Member

ME - Senator Brian Langley (U)

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Member

ME - Representative W. Bruce MacDonald (D)

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Chair

ME - Representative Mary Pennell Nelson (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Helen Rankin (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Matthea Elisabeth Larsen Daughtry (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Brian L. Hubbell (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Victoria P. Kornfield (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Peter B. Johnson (R)

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Ranking Minority Member

ME - Representative Joyce A. Maker (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Michael D. McClellan (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Matthew G. Pouliot (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Madonna M. Soctomah (U)

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Member

ME - LD370 An Act To Increase Elementary School Applied Learning Opportunities

ME - LD1566 An Act Regarding School Budgets

ME - LD1551 An Act Regarding the Board of Trustees of the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation

ME - LD1542 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 180: Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth Systems, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD1540 An Act To Fix and Improve the System Used To Evaluate or Rate Public Schools in Maine

ME - LD1533 An Act To Amend the Maine Online Learning Program

ME - LD1530 An Act To Establish a Process for the Implementation of Universal Voluntary Prekindergarten Education

ME - LD1529 An Act To Expand School Choice for Maine Students

ME - LD1526 An Act To Include Debt Service for Local School Construction Projects in the Required Local Share of Education Funding

ME - LD1524 An Act To Address the Burden Placed on Students as a Result of Requirements To Take Remedial Courses

ME - LD1522 An Act To Protect Children from Exposure on the Internet without Parental Consent

ME - LD1510 An Act To Ensure Statewide School Accountability and Improvement

ME - LD1505 An Act Regarding Insured Value Factor Payments for Public Tuition Students Attending a Private School

ME - LD1503 An Act To Ensure Student Access to Postsecondary Military Options

ME - LD1502 An Act To Expand Student Access to Certain Career Information and Opportunities

ME - LD1481 An Act To Ensure the Success of Maine Students

ME - LD1441 An Act To Align the Formation of Governing Boards of Career and Technical Education Regions with That of Other Public Schools

ME - LD1412 An Act To Create an Educational Collaborative To Implement a Program That Enables Career and Technical Education Students To Earn College Credits while Attending High School

ME - LD1361 An Act To Strengthen the Teaching of Writing and Mathematics and Improve Maine High School Graduates' College and Career Readiness

ME - LD1353 An Act To Further Reduce Student Hunger

ME - LD1350 An Act Regarding School Administrator Effectiveness

ME - LD1349 An Act To Change the Process for Approval of Charter Schools

ME - LD1347 An Act To Improve the School Administrative Unit Consolidation Laws by Allowing a Regional School Unit To Dissolve Itself

ME - LD1346 An Act To Ensure That Charter Schools Are Funded by the State

ME - LD1332 An Act To Increase the College Graduation Rate in Maine

ME - LD1330 An Act To Establish in Law a Method for Alternative Certification of Teachers

ME - LD1301 An Act To Create the Maine Education Investment Board

ME - LD1300 An Act To Promote and Expand Awareness of the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit

ME - LD1290 An Act To Require High School Students To Complete Community Service

ME - LD1241 An Act To Protect School Athletes from Head Injuries

ME - LD1144 An Act To Further Ensure Effective Teaching and School Leadership

ME - LD1106 An Act To Develop a Grant Program To Establish a Teacher-led School Model

ME - LD1096 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Students Experiencing Education Disruption

ME - LD1261 An Act To Improve Access for Maine Students to Postsecondary Education

ME - LD1235 An Act Regarding School Construction

ME - LD1231 An Act To Amend the Compulsory School Attendance Laws

ME - LD1184 An Act Regarding Special Education Requirements for School Administrative Units That Do Not Operate Any Schools

ME - LD1160 An Act To Reduce Obesity among Schoolchildren

ME - LD1143 An Act To Develop Young Readers

ME - LD1132 An Act To Achieve Economic Growth by Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and To Meet Workforce Needs

ME - LD1131 An Act To Improve Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers and Other Public School Employees

ME - LD1130 An Act To Create a Virtual School Managed by the State

ME - LD1129 An Act To Promote Innovation in Public Schools

ME - LD1128 An Act To Provide for Greater Public Input and Local Control in the Chartering of Public Schools

ME - LD1123 An Act To Allow the Town of Bancroft To Withdraw from Its Regional School Unit without Penalty

ME - LD1098 An Act To Encourage Teacher Input in Education Policy

ME - LD1093 An Act To Clarify the Criteria of the Health Professions Loan Program as It Affects Physicians Practicing Neurology-psychiatry

ME - LD1083 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Develop a Process To Provide Alternative Pathways To Learning for Certain High School Students

ME - LD944 Resolve, To Review the Impact of Unfunded Education Mandates and Evaluate the Efficacy of Education Laws

ME - LD1057 An Act Related to Public Funding of Charter Schools

ME - LD1056 An Act To Require Local Voter Approval for Charter Schools

ME - LD1055 An Act To Create a Maine Financial Education Portal

ME - LD1027 An Act To Provide an Improved Process for Voter Approval of Withdrawal from a Regional School Unit

ME - LD1019 An Act To Protect the State's Property Rights in Maine State Museum Research

ME - LD1003 Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study Accessibility and Affordability of Higher Education

ME - LD995 An Act To Establish a Moratorium on the Approval and Operation of Virtual Public Charter Schools

ME - LD994 An Act To Change the State's Share of Education Costs Including Teacher Retirement Costs

ME - LD963 An Act To Expand Access to Early Postsecondary Education

ME - LD959 An Act To Require That Seed Money Generated at an Individual College of the Maine Community College System Be Returned to That College for the Purpose of Enhancement

ME - LD905 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Develop School Building Security Plans

ME - LD880 An Act To Change the Process for Student Transfers from an Alternative Organizational Structure

ME - LD868 An Act To Expand Funding for Early Childhood Education

ME - LD862 An Act To Assist York County Community College

ME - LD843 An Act To Promote the Financial Literacy of High School Students

ME - LD822 An Act To Establish a Program To Invite Legislators To Visit Public School Classrooms

ME - LD821 An Act To Allocate the Balance of Funds Not Expended by the Task Force on Franco-Americans

ME - LD773 Resolve, To Enhance the Study of Franco-American History in Schools

ME - LD751 An Act To Limit the Effect of Standardized Tests on Teacher Evaluations

ME - LD750 An Act To Make the Completion of an Internship a Requirement for High School Graduation

ME - LD823 An Act To Require Institutions of Higher Learning To Comply with the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act

ME - LD792 An Act To Ensure That Essential Programs and Services Targeted Funding Follows the Secondary Student

ME - LD742 An Act To Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Process

ME - LD723 An Act To Ensure the Proper Treatment of Bullying Situations in Schools

ME - LD709 An Act To Require Students To Receive Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated External Defibrillator prior to Graduation

ME - LD699 An Act To Allow Public Schools To Offer Classes Limited to Students of a Single Gender

ME - LD1716 An Act To Increase the Rate of Reimbursement for Providing Career and Academic Advising and Counseling Services to Adult Education Students

ME - LD1699 An Act To Fund the Maine HIV Prevention Education Program within the Department of Education

ME - LD1684 An Act Regarding Eligibility of Children Placed in Guardianship for the School Lunch and Milk Program

ME - LD1657 An Act To Ensure Equity in Teacher Retirement Costs for Private Academies

ME - LD1726 An Act Directing the Department of Education To Formulate and Implement a Citizenship Educational Component for the School Curriculum

ME - LD1727 An Act To Establish Guidelines for the Stocking and Administration of Epinephrine Autoinjectors in Schools

ME - LD1747 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 180: Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth Systems, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD1768 An Act To Allow All Veterans To Be Eligible for In-state Tuition Rates

ME - LD528 An Act To Require Parental Consent for a School To Conduct Mental Health or Behavioral Screening on a Student

ME - LD1366 An Act To Require Students To Receive Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated External Defibrillator prior to Graduation

ME - LD1797 An Act Expanding Access to Early Postsecondary Education

ME - LD1769 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Report Defining Cost Responsibility for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students Receiving Services from the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

ME - LD1728 An Act To Prohibit Possession of a Replica or Simulated Firearm on or near School Property

ME - LD1774 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: Certification, Authorization and Approval of Education Personnel, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD18 An Act To Fund Public Education for Kindergarten to Grade 12 at 55%

ME - LD1805 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Review Committee Established To Examine the Impact of Unfunded Education Mandates and Other Regulatory Burdens

ME - LD673 An Act To Ensure the Least Restrictive Learning Environment in Public Schools for Students with Food Allergies

ME - LD530 An Act To Apply the Standard of Best Educational Interest to Superintendent Agreements for Transfer Students

ME - LD671 An Act To Protect Charter Schools by Requiring Them To Be Operated as Nonprofit Organizations

ME - LD670 An Act To Encourage the Use of Career Interest and Aptitude Tests in Higher Education

ME - LD669 An Act Requiring School Administrative Units To Adopt School Volunteer Policies

ME - LD609 An Act To Increase Suicide Awareness and Prevention in Maine Public Schools

ME - LD667 An Act To Increase Funding to Schools

ME - LD665 An Act To Facilitate the Transition to a Standards-based Educational System

ME - LD485 An Act To Amend and Clarify Certain Education Laws

ME - LD666 An Act To Limit the Amount a School Administrative Unit May Spend without Voter Approval

ME - LD623 An Act To Promote the Attainment of Higher Education Degrees

ME - LD615 An Act To Protect School Administrative Units from a Sudden Decrease in Funding due to Reduced Enrollments

ME - LD595 An Act To Exempt School Administrative Units That Do Not Directly Serve Children with Disabilities from Certain Reporting Requirements

ME - LD521 An Act To Change the Budget Approval Process for Alternative Organizational Structures

ME - LD532 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Maine State Library

ME - LD422 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force on Franco-Americans

ME - LD351 An Act To Authorize the Provision of Insurance on Student Loans

ME - LD300 An Act To Protect School Administrative Units and Taxpayers

ME - LD533 An Act To Eliminate the Requirement That Local Funding Follow a Pupil to a Charter School

ME - LD529 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Develop Safety Standards for School Access

ME - LD442 Resolve, To Ensure the Continued Accessibility and Affordability of a High School Equivalency Exam for Maine Residents

ME - LD1617 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Approval Process for and the Operation of Virtual Public Charter Schools in the State

ME - LD1591 An Act To Amend the Process Controlling the Transfer of a Student between School Administrative Units

ME - LD1703 An Act To Increase College Affordability and the Rate of Degree Completion

ME - LD1702 Resolve, Directing the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System To Study the Establishment of a Pilot Program Based on Oregon's "Pay Forward, Pay Back" Model of Funding Public Postsecondary Education

ME - LD1638 An Act To Improve Educational Outcomes for Students in Poverty in Maine's Public Schools

ME - LD1635 An Act To Clarify the School Budget Development Process in Certain Charter Municipalities

ME - LD1630 An Act To Increase Transparency of Administration Costs within the University of Maine System

ME - LD1849 Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study College Affordability and College Completion

ME - LD1850 Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Strengthen the Adequacy and Equity of Certain Cost Components of the School Funding Formula

ME - LD1852 An Act To Amend the Process Regarding the Transfer of Students between School Administrative Units

ME - LD531 An Act To Allow Students To Audit Classes at University of Maine System Campuses

ME - LD466 An Act To Provide an Honorary Diploma to Veterans

ME - LD462 An Act To Dedicate Funds for Emergency Back-up Power for Schools

ME - LD417 An Act To Ensure That All Voters Are Able To Vote in Regional School Unit Budget Elections

ME - LD439 An Act To Improve Maine's Charter School Laws

ME - LD409 An Act To Establish a Veteran-to-farmer Training Pilot Program

ME - LD384 An Act To Allow Spouses and Children of Veterans Killed in the Line of Duty To Receive the State Tuition Waiver

ME - LD383 An Act To Increase Public Awareness Regarding School Budget Elections

ME - LD367 An Act To Repeal the Repeal Provision in the Law That Limits the Reduction of State Subsidy for Education

ME - LD301 An Act To Remove Unnecessary Agenda from the School Day

ME - LD299 RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Require the State Share of Education Funding To Be at Least Fifty-five Percent of the Total Cost and One Hundred Percent of the Cost of Special Education

ME - LD322 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 61: State Board of Education Rules for Major Capital School Construction Projects, a Major Substantive Rule of the State Board of Education

ME - LD233 An Act To Require the Department of Education To Report on the Costs and Sources of Funding of Charter Schools

ME - LD113 An Act To Make Changes to the Maine College Savings Program

ME - LD195 An Act To Fund Education by Providing Equal State Funding for Each Student

ME - LD91 An Act To Raise the School Construction Bond Cap

ME - LD194 An Act To Ensure That a Curtailment in School Funding Is Shared by All Institutions

ME - LD193 An Act To Authorize InterCoast Career Institute To Grant the Degree of Associate Degree in Applied Science

ME - LD178 Resolve, To Provide Consistency in Rules of the Department of Education Regarding Visual and Performing Arts Requirements for High School Graduation

ME - LD93 An Act To Require Public Secondary Schools To Offer a Course in Gun Safety and Handling

ME - LD130 An Act To Stabilize Education Funding by Reducing the Impact of Changes in Property Valuation

ME - LD112 An Act To Make Changes to the Educators for Maine Program

ME - LD61 An Act To Amend Standards for Participation in Certain Public School Services by Students Who Are Homeschooled

ME - LD56 An Act To Ensure Equity in School Costs Borne by Municipalities within Consolidated School Units

ME - LD34 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee and the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability Regarding Child Development Services

ME - LD6 An Act To Prohibit a Requirement That a Superintendent Reside in the School Administrative Unit

ME - LD1579 An Act To Authorize Public Safety Personnel and Members of the Military To Wear Their Uniforms When Visiting Schools in Their Official Capacities

ME - LD1780 An Act To Prohibit Providers of Cloud Computing Service to Elementary and Secondary Educational Institutions from Processing Student Data for Commercial Purposes

ME - LD1394 An Act To Make Parents More Aware of Eating Disorders

ME - LD783 An Act To Change the Voting Requirements for the Withdrawal of a Municipality from a Regional School Unit

ME - LD729 An Act To Allow Charter Schools To Request Waivers from Certain Requirements

ME - LD772 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force on Franco-Americans Regarding the Reporting of Franco-American Ethnicity Data

ME - LD244 An Act To Amend the Student Membership Criteria of the State Board of Education

ME - LD92 An Act Relating to Private School Student Participation in Public School Cocurricular, Interscholastic and Extracurricular Activities

ME - LD160 An Act To Amend the Laws Pertaining to Archaeological Sites

ME - LD243 Resolve, To Direct the Department of Education To Amend Its Rules Regarding Restraint of Students

ME - LD1812 An Act To Reduce the Burden Placed on Students as a Result of Requirements To Take Remedial Courses

ME - LD1002 An Act Regarding the Required Local Contribution in the School Funding Formula

ME - LD1322 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Withdrawal of a Municipality from a Regional School Unit

ME - LD1819 Resolve, To Create the Task Force To End Student Hunger in Maine

ME - LD889 An Act To Adjust Funding Forwarded from School Districts to Charter Schools

ME - LD323 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD638 An Act To Require That School Budget Referenda Be Held on the Same Day as Primary Elections

ME - LD668 An Act To Make Agriculture Studies a Part of the Maine Curriculum

ME - LD791 An Act To Increase Transparency and Improve Equity in Appeals to Superintendents' Agreements

ME - LD1321 An Act To Promote Healthy School Lighting

ME - LD962 An Act To Increase Access to Higher Education

ME - LD1100 An Act To Update and Revise the Laws Governing the Maine Arts Commission

ME - LD1736 Resolve, To Create a State-run Virtual Academy Providing Maine Students with Access to Online Learning through Their Existing School Districts