Education and Cultural Affairs

ME - Senator Joyce Maker (U)

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Member

ME - Representative Victoria P. Kornfield (U)

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Chair

ME - Representative Matthea Elisabeth Larsen Daughtry (U)

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Member

ME - Representative Richard R. Farnsworth (U)

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Member

ME - Representative Teresa S. Pierce (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Roger Jason Fuller (D)

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Member

ME - Representative David Harold McCrea (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Phyllis A. Ginzler (R)

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Ranking Minority Member

ME - Representative Beth Peloquin Turner (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Heidi H. Sampson (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Harold L. Stewart III (R)

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Member

ME - LD48 An Act To Provide for Fairness in the Transfer of Students

ME - LD51 An Act Regarding the Withdrawal of a Single Municipality from a Regional School Unit

ME - LD49 An Act To Improve Science and Engineering Education for Maine's Students

ME - LD50 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Teacher Certification

ME - LD129 An Act To Include Locally Funded School Construction Projects in the School Funding Formula

ME - LD158 An Act To Improve the Certification and Evaluation of New Educators and Administrators by Consolidating Standards

ME - LD404 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: Certification, Authorization and Approval of Education Personnel, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the State Board of Education

ME - LD397 An Act To Ensure the 3 Percent Tax on Incomes over $200,000 Is Distributed Proportionally Based on Student Counts

ME - LD312 An Act To Support Workforce Development by Increasing Engineering Capacity

ME - LD468 An Act To Provide for a Later Starting Time for High Schools

ME - LD528 An Act To Create a Maine Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Studies Educational Component

ME - LD526 An Act To Increase the State Share of the Cost of Health Insurance for Retired Teachers

ME - LD527 An Act To Prohibit Corporal Punishment in Schools

ME - LD1073 An Act To Clarify Laws Regarding Maine's Community Colleges

ME - LD1074 An Act To Support Public Charter School Enrollment Options for Certain Students

ME - LD1051 An Act To Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest

ME - LD749 An Act To Ensure Municipal Equity for the Town of Frye Island

ME - LD228 An Act To Amend the Mathematics Requirements for High School Graduation

ME - LD738 An Act To Make the School Budgeting Process a Biennial Process

ME - LD1130 An Act To Provide Traffic Safety Education in Schools

ME - LD1156 An Act To Address Administrative Shortages in Maine Schools by Amending the Law Regarding the Salaries of Retired Public School Administrators Who Return to Service

ME - LD1233 An Act To Provide Veterans and Gold Star Families Free Admission to the Maine State Museum

ME - LD1576 An Act To Enable Earlier Introduction of Career and Technical Education in Maine Schools

ME - LD1569 An Act To Revise Certification Statutes for Educational Personnel

ME - LD1531 An Act To Amend Education Statutes

ME - LD1578 An Act Regarding Educational Standards for Maine Students

ME - LD816 An Act To Promote Academic Achievement through Hunger Relief for Maine Children

ME - LD809 An Act To Address Student Hunger with a "Breakfast after the Bell" Program

ME - LD1234 An Act To Amend Maine's Truancy Laws by Specifying Penalties for Noncompliance

ME - LD1603 An Act To Provide Flexibility for Education Technology Programs in Maine Schools

ME - LD1129 An Act Regarding College Affordability

ME - LD1902 An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Task Force To Identify Special Education Cost Drivers and Innovative Approaches to Services

ME - LD420 An Act To Require Same-year State Valuations for Education Funding Purposes for Municipalities That Lose More Than 35 Percent of Their Tax Base

ME - LD1290 An Act To Provide Student Loan Debt Relief to Maine Teachers

ME - LD1294 Resolve, To Convene a Study Group To Study Proficiency in Content Areas for Secondary School Graduation Standards

ME - LD1286 An Act To Require Background Checks for All School Employees

ME - LD43 Resolve, To Establish the Task Force To Study Higher Education Attainment and Completion Goals

ME - LD1370 An Act To Enhance Safety on College and University Campuses by Allowing Firearms To Be Carried on the Campuses of Public Colleges and Universities

ME - LD1396 An Act To Remove Certain Restrictions Imposed on Retired State Employees Who Return to Work as Educators

ME - LD1434 An Act To Clarify the Laws Regarding Education in the Unorganized Territories

ME - LD1452 An Act To Ensure Student Privacy in the Digital Age

ME - LD1335 An Act To Provide Youth Mental Health First Aid Training to Secondary School Health Educators

ME - LD1404 An Act To Ensure the Integrity of For-profit Colleges

ME - LD1337 An Act To Define "Surrogate" for Student Residency Purposes

ME - LD1344 An Act To Assess and Improve the Quality of Physical Education in Kindergarten to Grade 12

ME - LD1321 An Act To Promote Social and Emotional Learning and Development in Early Childhood

ME - LD1297 An Act To Set Standards in the System of Learning Results for Financial Literacy

ME - LD1334 An Act To Authorize the Town of Atkinson To Withdraw from School Administrative District No. 41

ME - LD1336 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Process for a Single Municipality To Withdraw from a Regional School Unit

ME - SC303 EDU, Confirmation, Amber M. Oakes of Milford, for appointment to the School Board of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

ME - SC304 EDU, Confirmation, Jason R. White of Rockland, for reappointment to the School Board of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

ME - SC302 EDU, Confirmation, Amy B. Arata of New Gloucester, for appointment to the State Board of Education

ME - SC305 EDU, Confirmation, Robin L. Foster of Orrington, for appointment to the School Board of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

ME - SC306 EDU, Confirmation, Deborah L. Camire of Biddeford, for reappointment to the School Board of the Governor Baxter School

ME - LD1319 An Act To Ensure Federal Title I Funding Is Directed to Classroom Learning

ME - LD1416 An Act To Amend High School Diploma Standards

ME - LD1371 An Act To Address Costs for Certain Special Education Students

ME - LD1470 An Act To Facilitate Voluntary Cooperation among School Systems

ME - LD1471 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Deduction for MaineCare Payments from a School Administrative Unit's State Subsidy

ME - LD1483 An Act To Safeguard Student Contact Information Provided to Schools

ME - LD1492 An Act To Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers To Strengthen the Workforce

ME - LD507 An Act To Establish Regional School Leadership Academies

ME - LD95 An Act To Provide a Method for a Student To Be Excused from Standardized Testing

ME - LD355 An Act Regarding Special Education Costs

ME - LD354 An Act To Address the Shortage of School Administrative Professionals

ME - LD353 An Act To Reduce Absenteeism in Students from Kindergarten to Third Grade

ME - LD356 An Act To Repeal Certain Requirements for Graduation from Secondary School

ME - LD334 An Act To Clarify the Uses of the Fund To Advance Public Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education

ME - LD333 An Act To Stabilize Maine's Educational Leadership and Vision

ME - LD380 An Act To Implement the Federal Every Student Succeeds Act in Maine

ME - LD378 An Act To Promote Physical Activity for Schoolchildren

ME - LD633 An Act To Amend Teacher Evaluation Requirements

ME - LD603 An Act To Provide Funding for Preschool Programs

ME - LD602 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Membership of the Advisory Committee on College Savings

ME - LD573 Resolve, To Audit Standardized Testing in Maine's Schools

ME - LD570 An Act To Create the Maine Institute of Technology

ME - LD891 An Act To Support the Professional Development of Principals in Maine Schools

ME - LD965 Resolve, To Create the Task Force To Study School Board Member Training

ME - LD978 An Act To Simplify the In-service Days Requirement in Education

ME - LD926 An Act To Improve Equity in State Aid to Schools

ME - LD940 An Act To Increase Student Learning Time

ME - LD941 An Act To Facilitate the Purchase of Textbooks for Low-income College Students

ME - LD996 An Act To Maintain the Current Number of Appointees to the Maine Arts Commission

ME - LD997 An Act To Increase Funding to Schools by Repealing Unnecessary and Burdensome Regulations

ME - LD1015 An Act To Improve the Student Transfer Process

ME - LD1016 An Act To Provide Funding for Career and Technical Education Based on Projected Enrollment

ME - LD1026 An Act To Assist Student Achievement

ME - LD987 Resolve, To Direct the Department of Education To Form a Study Group To Improve Public Education

ME - LD988 An Act Regarding Possession of a Firearm on School Property

ME - LD1697 An Act To Establish Alternative Pathways to the Completion of Secondary School Mathematics Requirements

ME - LD1698 An Act To Promote Innovation and Growth in Maine's Traditional Industries

ME - LD1696 An Act To Provide Funding for the Maine Bicentennial Commission

ME - LD1694 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Adopt Protocols Designed To Prevent Youth Suicide

ME - LD1184 An Act To Exempt Public Safety Buildings from Historic Preservation Restrictions

ME - LD1143 Resolve, Providing for the Official Observance of the 200th Anniversary of the Formation of the State of Maine

ME - LD1756 An Act To Allow The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Governor Baxter School for the Deaf To Lease Space to Maine's Protection and Advocacy Agency for Persons with Disabilities

ME - SC210 Gov, Nominating Amy B. Arata of New Gloucester for appointment to the State Board of Education

ME - SC258 EDU, Confirmation, Dr. Robert G. Hasson, Jr. of South Portland, for appointment as the Commissioner of the Department of Education

ME - SC134 EDU, Confirmation, Lisa Marchese Eames, Esq. of Cumberland, for appointment to the University of Maine System, Board of Trustees

ME - SC135 EDU, Confirmation, Honorable Karl W. Turner of Cumberland Foreside, for reappointment to the University of Maine System, Board of Trustees

ME - SC121 EDU, Confirmation, Laurence R. Grondin of Scarborough, for reappointment to the Maine Community College System, Board of Trustees

ME - SC122 EDU, Confirmation, Honorable W. Thomas Sawyer, Jr. of Richmond Hill, GA, for reappointment to the Maine Maritime Academy, Board of Trustees

ME - SC120 EDU, Confirmation, David M. MacMahon, Ph.D. of Poland, for reappointment to the Maine Community College System, Board of Trustees

ME - SC42 Governor, Nomination Letter, Honorable Karl W. Turner, University of Maine System, Board of Trustees

ME - SC133 EDU, Confirmation, Kelly A. Martin of Fort Kent, for appointment to the University of Maine System, Board of Trustees

ME - SC215 Gov, nominating Dr. Robert G. Hasson, Jr. of South Portland for appointment as Commissioner of the Department of Education

ME - SC211 Gov, nominating Amber M. Oakes of Milford for appointment to the School Board of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

ME - LD1761 An Act Regarding the Prohibition on the Possession of a Firearm on School Property

ME - LD1132 An Act To Create Education Savings Accounts for Students with Special Needs

ME - LD1228 An Act To Ensure That Charter School Students Have Access to Extracurricular Activities

ME - LD1898 An Act To Amend Maine's High School Diploma Standards and Ensure Maine Students Meet State Standards upon Graduation

ME - LD1852 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: the Credentialing of Educational Personnel, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD1861 Resolve, To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Computer Science Education Task Force

ME - LD1851 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 180: Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth Systems, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD1843 An Act To Amend Career and Technical Education Statutes

ME - LD1870 An Act To Reorganize the Provision of Services for Children with Disabilities from Birth to 5 Years of Age

ME - LD1866 An Act To Increase Youth Mental Health Awareness in Schools

ME - LD1860 An Act To Prepare All Students for Work and Life by Requiring that Students Receive Instruction in Vocational Preparation and Practical Life Skills

ME - LD1845 An Act To Provide Incentives To Attract Trained Firefighters to Maine and To Retain Trained Firefighters by Expanding the Provision of Live Fire Service Training

ME - LD1869 An Act To Establish the Total Cost of Education and the State and Local Contributions to Education for Fiscal Year 2018-19 and To Provide That Employees of School Management and Leadership Centers Are Eligible To Participate in the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

ME - LD1858 An Act To Include Security Installations and Upgrades in Maine's School Revolving Renovation Fund

ME - LD753 Resolve, To Promote Internet Safety in Schools

ME - LD748 An Act To Require at Least a 30-minute Lunch Period for Students

ME - LD750 An Act To Provide $500,000 of Matching Funds over 4 Years through Appropriations and Allocations To Preserve Rural Heritage and Living History Pertaining to Science and Technology in Penobscot and York Counties

ME - LD1206 An Act To Increase State Funding to Maine Public Charter Schools

ME - LD747 An Act To Amend Minimum Age Eligibility for School Enrollment

ME - LD1131 An Act To Create Education Savings Accounts for Maine Students

ME - LD1555 An Act To Facilitate a Statewide Teacher Contract

ME - LD1158 An Act To Remove the Limit on the Number of Public Charter Schools That May Be Approved

ME - LD1171 An Act To Sustain and Attract Skilled Workers to Maine by Improving the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program

ME - LD127 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age 20, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD1656 An Act To Allow Veterans Free Admission to the Maine State Museum

ME - LD1666 An Act To Ensure the Successful Implementation of Proficiency-based Diplomas by Extending the Timeline for Phasing in Their Implementation

ME - LD322 An Act To Reintroduce Civics to High School Graduation Requirements

ME - LD181 An Act To Improve Teacher Preparation Programs

ME - LD32 An Act To Increase the Size of Grants under the Maine State Grant Program

ME - LD736 An Act To Create Equity in Funding of Rural Schools

ME - LD674 An Act To Provide Public Charter Schools with Access to State Funds for Capital Expenses

ME - LD642 Resolve, To Establish the Task Force To Identify Special Education Cost Drivers and Innovative Approaches to Services

ME - LD679 An Act To Reform School Testing Procedures

ME - LD678 An Act To Protect Students from Identity Theft

ME - LD681 An Act Regarding Sexual Activity and Sexual Assault at Secondary and Postsecondary Educational Institutions

ME - LD682 An Act To Eliminate the Regional Adjustment for Public School Systems

ME - LD680 An Act To Allow the Employment or Service in a School of a Spouse of a School Board or Committee Member

ME - LD601 An Act To Return the Normal Cost of Teacher Retirement to the State

ME - LD919 An Act To Establish the Summer Success Program Fund

ME - LD862 Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Program To Install Video Cameras in School Buses

ME - LD840 An Act To Expand Educational Opportunities for Students in the Unorganized Territories

ME - LD841 An Act To Provide Stability in MaineCare Payments for Educational Programming

ME - LD866 An Act To Provide Additional Funds to Schools That Offer Residential Options

ME - LD865 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Determine the Effectiveness and Success of Charter Schools

ME - LD863 An Act To Create a Standard Kindergarten Entry Assessment

ME - LD864 An Act To Provide for a Statewide Contract for School Teachers

ME - LD1113 An Act To Improve Antihunger Programs in Maine Schools

ME - LD1104 An Act To Exempt School Resource Officers from Department of Education Background Check and Fingerprinting Requirements

ME - LD1080 An Act To Prevent Economic Hardship in Maine School Administrative District 44

ME - LD462 An Act To Require a Capstone Project as a Condition of High School Graduation

ME - LD1749 An Act To Shorten the Residency Requirements for In-state Tuition

ME - LD1731 An Act To Recognize the Accreditation of Certain Private Schools

ME - LD1733 An Act Concerning Locations for Career and Technical Education Regions and Centers

ME - LD1689 An Act To Repeal Certain Provisions Regarding the System Administration Allocation Affecting Maine School Districts in the 2018-2019 Biennial Budget

ME - LD1684 An Act Forbidding Food Shaming, Food Denial and the Use of Food as Discipline Involving Any Child in Maine's Public Schools

ME - LD1093 An Act To Clarify That Involuntary Transfers of Teachers and Municipal Public Employees Are Subject to Collective Bargaining

ME - LD1924 An Act To Improve Information Sharing Relating to Investigations of Educators

ME - LD737 An Act To Allow Public Schools To Reserve Funds Designated for Operating Costs

ME - LD1829 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Education

ME - LD1900 An Act To Repeal Proficiency-based Diplomas

ME - LD1215 An Act To Clarify Collective Bargaining in School Districts

ME - LD180 An Act To Enhance Higher Education in Maine through the Creation of a Unified Board of Higher Education

ME - LD412 An Act To Require the Completion of Courses of Study in Home Economics and Industrial Arts Education Prior to Graduation from High School

ME - LD818 An Act To Improve the Quality of Teachers

ME - SC32 Governor, Nomination Letter, Dr, David M. MacMahon of Poland, ME Comm. College System, BD of Trustees

ME - SC30 Governor, Nomination Letter, Hon. W. Thomas Sawyer, Jr., of Richmond Hills, GA, ME Maritime Acad.

ME - LD96 An Act To Improve Attendance at Public Elementary Schools

ME - SC123 EDU, Confirmation, Earle A. Cianchette of Saco, for reappointment to the Maine Maritime Academy, Board of Trustees

ME - LD1029 An Act To Abolish the 5-year Cap for Retired State Employees Who Return to Work

ME - LD1288 An Act To Promote Computer Science and Efficient Communication between Schools and the Department of Education

ME - LD751 An Act To Establish Districtwide Standardized Assessment Policies

ME - LD826 An Act To Prioritize the Renovation of Existing Underutilized Schools in Conjunction with the Closing of Nearby Schools Due to Declining Enrollment

ME - LD1160 Resolve, To Require a Study of Wages and Working Conditions for Child Development Educators and Staff

ME - LD398 An Act To Recognize Computer Science in the Path to Proficiency