Education and Cultural Affairs

ME - Senator Joseph Rafferty (D)

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Chair

ME - Senator James Libby (R)

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Member

ME - Senator Teresa Pierce (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Michael F. Brennan (D)

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Chair

ME - Representative Barbara A. Bagshaw (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Janice S. Dodge (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Sheila A. Lyman (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Rebecca J. Millett (D)

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ME - Representative Kelly Noonan Murphy (D)

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ME - Representative Edward J. Polewarczyk (R)

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ME - Representative Heidi H. Sampson (R)

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ME - Representative Holly T. Sargent (D)

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ME - Representative James Mark Worth (D)

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ME - Representative J. Mark Worth (D)

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ME - LD33 An Act to Expand Access to Career and Technical Education Opportunities for Middle School Students

ME - LD15 An Act to Amend the Law Governing the State Grant Program Administered by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission

ME - LD18 An Act to Provide Ongoing Funding for up to 2 Years of Community College for Certain Maine Students

ME - LD19 An Act to Authorize the National Institute of Funeral Service to Grant Associate Degrees

ME - LD51 An Act to Restore Religious and Philosophical Exemptions to Immunization Requirements

ME - LD52 An Act to Allow Certain School Employees to Carry Firearms on School Property

ME - LD64 An Act to Ensure In-state Tuition for Postsecondary Students Who Are Registered to Vote in the State

ME - LD67 An Act to Increase the Number of Educational Professionals by Accepting Out-of-state Certification

ME - LD79 An Act to Ensure a High-quality Education for Students with Disabilities by Clarifying the Definition of "State Agency Client" and Who Provides Special Education Programs and Services

ME - LD123 An Act to Eliminate the Educational Purposes Exception to the Prohibition on the Dissemination of Obscene Matter to Minors

ME - LD98 An Act to Update the Special Education Laws

ME - LD100 An Act to Require Annual Financial Audits of Certain Private Schools Approved for Tuition Purposes

ME - LD129 Resolve, to Direct the University of Maine System to Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Public Allopathic Medical School in Penobscot County

ME - LD142 An Act to Fund Climate-related Service Work

ME - LD143 An Act to Support Rural Service Programming and Promote Volunteerism

ME - LD154 An Act Regarding Special Education Funding for So-called Minimum Receiver School Administration Units

ME - LD156 An Act to Require Outdoor Recess Time for Students from Grade 6 to Grade 8

ME - LD173 An Act Regarding the Responsibility for Technology Instruction Marketing Costs by the Maine Community College System

ME - LD174 An Act to Return the Name of the Maine Community College System to the Maine Technical College System

ME - LD204 An Act to Ensure Safe Access to Schools by Implementing Interlocking Door Controller Technology

ME - LD213 An Act to Maintain the Authority of the Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering

ME - LD222 An Act to Require Students to Demonstrate Knowledge of the Constitution of Maine and the United States Constitution

ME - LD232 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Bonding Restrictions for School Administrative Units

ME - LD241 An Act to Reform Education

ME - LD253 An Act to Add Health and Physical Education Requirements to High School Diploma Standards

ME - LD254 An Act to Provide Funds for Comprehensive Family Life Education Services

ME - LD257 An Act to Provide for a Later Starting Time for High Schools

ME - LD271 An Act Requiring the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System to Offer a For-credit Course on Hunting, Fishing, Recreational Shooting and Trapping

ME - LD273 An Act to Provide Funds to the Malaga 1912 Scholarship Fund

ME - LD280 An Act to Make Maine Schools Safer and Healthier by Increasing the Maximum Debt Service Limit

ME - LD293 An Act to Revise the School Funding Formula

ME - LD309 An Act to Ensure Equitable Access to All Higher Education Institutions

ME - LD310 An Act to Increase the Workforce in the State

ME - LD317 An Act Regarding Safe Schools

ME - LD320 An Act to Support the Maine Multicultural Center

ME - LD335 An Act to Improve Educator Certification Response Times

ME - LD338 An Act to Allow Education Funding to Follow the Student

ME - LD343 An Act to Invest in an Educational Technician Training Program to Address Shortages in Public Schools

ME - LD345 An Act to Transition the Responsibility for Child Find Activities and for Ensuring a Free, Appropriate Public Education for Eligible Children from the Child Development Services System to School Administrative Units

ME - LD348 An Act to Make Menstrual Products Available in Certain Schools

ME - LD385 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Examine Alternative Metrics for Determining the Disadvantaged Student Factor in the School Funding Formula

ME - LD386 An Act to Assist Schools with Heating and Transportation Fuel Costs During the School Year

ME - LD393 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 33: Rules Governing Physical Restraint and Seclusion, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD394 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 117: Rule Regarding the Duties of School Counselors and School Social Workers, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD436 An Act to Provide Career and Technical Education Students with Credit Toward High School Graduation for Work Completed in Career and Technical Education Centers and Regions

ME - LD447 An Act to Support Higher Education in Maine by Providing Funds to Maine's Community Colleges

ME - LD477 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education, Maine School Safety Center to Convene a Stakeholder Group to Develop Best Practices for Lockdown Drills and Active Shooter Drills and Allowing Parents to Opt Out of Active Shooter Drills for Their Children

ME - LD485 Resolve, Directing the State Board of Education to Study Educator Credential Requirements

ME - LD489 An Act to Provide Equal Educational Opportunity by Adopting Rules Ensuring Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Protected Class Status in Educational Institutions

ME - LD512 An Act to Promote Student Enrollment and Degree Completion in the University of Maine System by Providing Tuition Waivers to Eligible Students

ME - LD515 An Act to Require School Board Approval of Superintendent Rules and Administrative Procedures

ME - LD518 An Act to Allow Armed Security in Schools

ME - LD570 Resolve, to Provide Information to Maine's School Administrators and Maine Communities About the Financial Advantages of Modern Wood Heating

ME - LD612 An Act to Create a Green Schools Coordinator in the Department of Education

ME - LD617 An Act to Foster Career and Technical Education in Maine Schools by Creating an Additional Pathway to Certify Industrial Arts Teachers

ME - LD618 An Act to Eliminate Critical Race Theory, Social and Emotional Learning and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from School Curricula

ME - LD631 An Act to Change the Notification Law for School Truancy

ME - LD725 An Act to Add an Adult Education Pathway to a High School Diploma

ME - LD730 An Act to Provide Traffic Safety Education in Schools

ME - LD753 An Act to Allow Retired Teachers and Educational Technicians to Be Recertified

ME - LD669 An Act to Create the Public Art Fund

ME - LD684 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Study the Educare Model

ME - LD703 An Act to Clarify the Requirements Regarding Fingerprinting Law Enforcement Officers in Schools

ME - LD712 An Act to Extend or Waive Requirements for Certain Teaching Certificates

ME - LD808 An Act to Amend the Pupil Counts Used for Determination of School Administrative Unit Operating Costs

ME - LD809 An Act to Allow Regional School Units with School Choice to Opt Out of School Choice

ME - LD829 An Act to Improve Behavioral Health Support for Students in Public Schools

ME - LD830 Resolve, Directing the Maine Community College System to Study Providing On-campus Housing on All Campuses

ME - LD837 An Act to Ensure College Credit Classes Taken in Secondary School Are Credited at the University Level

ME - LD867 An Act Regarding Undesignated Ready-to-use Glucagon Rescue Therapies in Schools

ME - LD869 An Act to Protect Education Access by Prohibiting a Mandate for Schoolchildren for a COVID-19 Vaccine or a Vaccine Under an Emergency Use Authorization

ME - LD871 An Act to Provide Support for the Maine Discovery Museum's Informal Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Programs Throughout the State

ME - LD873 An Act to Continue the Department of Education Diploma Program Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

ME - LD881 Resolve, Directing the University of Maine System to Study the Barriers to Use of Cross-laminated Timber

ME - LD889 An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units

ME - LD892 An Act to Improve School Safety and Preparedness Through Comprehensive Health and Safety and Emergency Management Planning

ME - LD897 An Act Regarding the University of Maine System Hiring Practices

ME - LD921 An Act to Allow the Local Foods Fund for Public Schools to Be Used for Processed and Value-added Maine Food Products

ME - LD944 An Act to Allow Refugees, Asylees and Asylum Seekers to Qualify for In-state Tuition

ME - LD947 An Act to Support the Distribution of Free Summer Lunches for Children

ME - LD948 An Act to Create a Liaison Position Between the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services on Early Childhood Education Matters

ME - LD951 An Act to Amend the State Education Funding Formula to Create Equity Between Municipalities by Adding Median Income to the Formula

ME - LD955 An Act to Address Shortages of School Support Staff by Increasing the Minimum Hourly Wage for Those Staff

ME - LD957 An Act Requiring Water Bottle Filling Stations in New and Renovated Public Schools

ME - LD974 An Act to Establish Minimum Pay for Educational Technicians and Other School Support Staff

ME - LD992 An Act to Create a Fund for the Abatement and Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in School Construction Projects

ME - LD1002 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Study the School Day

ME - LD1008 An Act to Establish a Rating System for Books in School Libraries

ME - LD1018 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Establish a Working Group to Review the State Board of Education's Membership, Responsibilities, Functions and Staffing

ME - LD1020 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Update Course Requirements for Certification of Industrial Arts Teachers and to Finally Adopt Major Substantive Rules

ME - LD1026 Resolve, to Direct the University of Maine System to Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Dental Therapy Degree Program at the University of Maine at Augusta

ME - LD1028 An Act to Expand the Higher Education Tuition Waiver for Persons Who Have Resided in Foster Care

ME - LD1033 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop and Distribute Guidance for Diploma Options at the Arthur R. Gould School

ME - LD1042 An Act to Update Youth Sports Concussion and Injury Prevention Protocols

ME - LD1053 An Act to Allow School Activity Buses for Public Schools

ME - LD1064 An Act to Increase the Minimum Teacher Salary

ME - LD1084 An Act to Enhance Wildlife Conservation Efforts and Preserve Sporting Heritage by Making the Elements of a Hunter Safety Course a Part of Public School Curriculum

ME - LD1089 An Act to Require Presentation of the Maine Charter School Commission's Annual Report

ME - LD1098 An Act to Restore Religious and Philosophical Exemptions Regarding Immunization Requirements

ME - LD1113 An Act to Require Transparency Regarding School Construction Spending

ME - LD1128 An Act to Address Student Hunger and Nutrition Through Expanded Access to Free Milk in Schools

ME - LD1129 An Act to Enact the Curriculum Transparency Act

ME - LD1139 An Act to Improve Ferry Service Reliability by Providing Scholarships at the Maine Maritime Academy

ME - LD1144 An Act to Ban Monitoring Software Targeting Maine Students

ME - LD1148 An Act to Prohibit COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Students Enrolled in Public Institutions of Learning

ME - LD1158 An Act to Recognize the Critical Nature of Workforce Development Through Career and Technical Education by Establishing an Adjustment for Career and Technical Education Centers in the School Funding Formula

ME - LD1160 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Analyze Data on the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula and Allocation Methodology

ME - LD1164 An Act to Continue the Department of Education Diploma Program Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

ME - LD1183 An Act to Establish the School Meal Equipment and Program Improvement Fund

ME - LD1196 An Act to Require Public Schools to Allow Parents and Guardians to Opt Out Their Children with Respect to Portions of the Curriculum

ME - LD1199 An Act to Provide Transparency in Public School Curricula

ME - LD1209 An Act to Reinstate the Religious and Philosophical Vaccine Exemptions for Private Schools and Virtual Public Charter Schools

ME - LD1217 Resolve, to Create a Pilot Program for Alternative Teacher Certification

ME - LD1228 An Act to Prohibit Certain Higher Education Institutions from Requiring Vaccines Approved Under Emergency Use Authorization for Admission or Attendance

ME - LD1237 An Act to Establish a Minimum Hourly Wage for School Support Staff

ME - LD1263 An Act to Require Certain School Identification Cards to Include the Telephone Number of a Suicide and Crisis Hotline

ME - LD1264 Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Update Maine's Public Policy on Higher Education

ME - LD1283 Resolve, to Reestablish the Task Force to Study the Creation of a Comprehensive Career and Technical Education System

ME - LD1284 Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Education to Review the Placement of Personal Finance in the System of Learning Results

ME - LD1300 An Act to Give the Governing Board of a Municipality Input into the Budget Developed by a School Board

ME - LD1314 An Act to Establish a Minimum Salary for Educational Specialists, Educational Technicians and School Teaching Professionals

ME - LD1315 An Act to Require Public Schools to Offer Training for Secondary Students on the Administration of Naloxone Hydrochloride

ME - LD1309 An Act to Clarify Requirements for Payment of Tuition for Children with Disabilities by the Department of Education's Child Development Services System

ME - LD1326 An Act to Increase School Security Through Design and Protocol

ME - LD1389 An Act to Establish a Mobile Learning Lab

ME - LD1333 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Report on School Internet and Student Data Collection Best Practices

ME - LD1366 An Act to Address Educational Technician Shortages in Public Schools by Establishing an Alternative Certification Pathway

ME - LD1367 An Act Regarding the Funding Formula for Adult Education

ME - LD1369 An Act to Amend the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula to Include All Costs for the Transportation of Students

ME - LD1370 An Act to Simplify the School Budget Validation Process

ME - LD1398 An Act to Increase Teacher Salaries

ME - LD1402 An Act Regarding Unobligated Balances from Amounts Appropriated for General Purpose Aid for Local Schools and to Require Annual Reports on School Demographics

ME - LD1458 An Act to Increase Funding for the Maine School of Science and Mathematics

ME - LD1415 An Act to Expand Access to School Construction Funding

ME - LD1420 An Act to Strengthen Maine's Elementary and Secondary Education System by Clarifying Purposes and Procedures for Reviews of Schools

ME - LD1421 Resolve, to Provide Funds to the Maine Indian Education School District

ME - LD1491 An Act to Establish a Teacher Shortage Coordinator

ME - LD1510 Resolve, to Provide Grants to Promote Innovative Learning Strategies

ME - LD1518 An Act Regarding the Rights of Parents to Withdraw Their Children from Public School Classes or Activities That Include Certain Controversial Viewpoints

ME - LD1520 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services to Study Placing Child Care Facilities in Schools

ME - LD1526 Resolve, to Provide Grants to Support Reading Proficiency Programming in Schools

ME - LD1527 An Act to Promote the Community School Program

ME - LD1528 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Submit a Report on Services Provided By the Child Development Services System and by School Administrative Units

ME - LD1532 An Act to Require the Timely Reimbursement by the State of Costs Incurred by a School Administrative Unit for Special Education Programs

ME - LD1472 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education and the Maine Municipal Bond Bank to Amend Their Rules Regarding the Maine School Facilities Finance Program and the School Revolving Renovation Fund

ME - LD1556 An Act to Provide a Private Support Organization for the Maine Maritime Academy

ME - LD1557 An Act to Increase and Enhance School Safety by Allowing Individuals with Concealed Carry Permits to Possess Handguns on School Property

ME - LD1565 Resolve, to Establish a Pilot Program to Provide Grants to Expand Age Eligibility for Life Skills and Vocational Programs in Public Schools

ME - LD1567 An Act to Create a Training Program for School Board Members and Establish School Board Meeting Standards

ME - LD1571 An Act to Provide Meaningful Public Participation at Local School Board Meetings

ME - LD1589 Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Adopt Rules Prohibiting Teachers in Public Schools from Engaging in Political, Ideological and Religious Advocacy in the Classroom

ME - LD1608 An Act to Address Teacher Shortages Through Financial Assistance and Career Advancement Opportunities

ME - LD1642 An Act to Strengthen the Teaching of Wabanaki Studies in Maine Schools

ME - LD1643 An Act Regarding Instructional Materials, Surveys, Analyses, Evaluations and Events at Public Schools

ME - LD1656 An Act to Allow Student Representation Within the Governance of the University of Maine System

ME - LD1697 An Act to Implement Background Checks for School Board Members

ME - LD1702 Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Improve the Educational Experience of People Who Are Resettling in Maine

ME - LD1741 An Act to Promote Educational Opportunity Through the Educational Choice Tax Credit Program, Eliminating Certain Restrictions on Charter Schools and Virtual Public Charter Schools, Allowing More Entities to Authorize Charter Schools and Clarifying Educational Policy on Immunization Requirements

ME - LD1748 An Act to Reform the School Budget Referendum Process by Limiting the Circumstances in Which Referenda Occur

ME - LD1769 An Act Concerning Students Who Experience Educational Disruption Due to Temporary or Permanent Changes Where They Live

ME - LD1773 An Act to Increase the State's Share of the Cost of Health Insurance for Retired Teachers

ME - LD1786 An Act to Repeal and Replace the Charter of the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District

ME - LD1798 An Act to Support School Choice by Establishing Empowerment Scholarship Accounts

ME - LD1799 An Act to Expand Maine's High-quality Early Learning and Care for Children by Increasing Public Preschool Opportunities in Communities

ME - LD1800 An Act Regarding Parental Rights in Education

ME - LD1820 An Act to Expand Access to Good Jobs with Better Career and Technical Education

ME - LD1838 An Act to Create the Empowerment Scholarship Account Program

ME - LD1841 An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program

ME - LD1842 Resolve, to Support Energy Upgrades at Maine Public Schools and Ensure That New School Construction Meets Current Energy Efficiency Standards

ME - LD1860 An Act to Create the Educational Opportunity Account Program

ME - LD1861 An Act to Reduce Chronic Student Absenteeism

ME - LD1892 An Act to Make Student Transfer Agreements Renew Automatically Except in Certain Circumstances

ME - LD1898 An Act to Ensure That a Teacher Who Participates in the Prevention of Dangerous Behavior Is Protected Under a Collective Bargaining Agreement

ME - LD1942 An Act to Ensure Equity in Career and Technical Education Staffing Support Ratios Across Varied Regions of the State

ME - LD1988 An Act to Provide Critical Matching Funds for Child Care Services on the Northern Maine Community College Campus

ME - LD2001 Resolve, to Establish the African American and Wabanaki Studies Advisory Council and Provide Funding to Support African American Studies and Wabanaki Studies

ME - LD2002 An Act to Provide Grants to Schools That Contract for Behavioral and Mental Health Services

ME - LD2042 An Act to Update the Laws Governing Education in the Unorganized Territory

ME - LD2089 An Act Regarding Drug Awareness Instruction in Secondary Schools

ME - LD2092 An Act Regarding Public Higher Education Funding in the State

ME - LD2107 An Act Regarding Department of Education Reliance on Criminal Background Checks Required by the Department of Health and Human Services

ME - LD2118 An Act to Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics

ME - LD2120 An Act to Fund the Delivery of Educational Services to Children with Special Needs as Required by State and Federal Law in Special Purpose Private Preschools

ME - LD2131 An Act to Support Extended Learning Opportunities

ME - LD2166 An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Increase Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Students with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder

ME - LD2170 An Act to Prioritize School Construction Projects for Schools Affected by Disasters

ME - LD2179 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 64: Maine School Facilities Program and School Revolving Renovation Fund, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education and the Maine Municipal Bond Bank

ME - LD2180 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 101: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty-Two, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

ME - LD2181 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 Department of Education, State Board of Education

ME - LD2182 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 - LD2231 Resolve, to Promote Access to Education and Workforce Development by Transferring Ownership of the Hutchinson Center Property in Belfast to the City of Belfast

ME - LD2257 An Act to Allow School Administrative District No. 52 to Issue Temporary Notes for a Wastewater Treatment Project

ME - LD2286 Resolve, Directing the Maine Education Policy Research Institute to Review Certain Components of General Purpose Aid for Local Schools and the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula