Maine Adult Education Association Legislative Tracker
131st Maine Legislature - Second Regular Session
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 7:14 AM
| LD | TITLE | SPONSOR | SUMMARY | COMM | POSITION | STATUS | ACTION / NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act To Raise The Cap On Retirement Benefits For State Employees And Teachers To Which A Cost-of-living Adjustment Is Made (HP 45) | Janice DODGE of Belfast | This bill provides that cost-of-living increases for retired state employees and teachers and their beneficiaries apply to a retiree's entire retirement benefit instead of only to the first $24,186.25 of the retirement benefit. | LAH |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| An Act Regarding Special Education Funding For So-called Minimum Receiver School Administration Units (HP 95) | Kristi MATHIESON of Kittery | This bill provides that, beginning in fiscal year 2022-23, the minimum state share of a school administrative unit's special education costs under the essential programs and services school funding formula must be 55%. The bill also requires the Department of Education to examine the methodologies Full Summary |
EDU |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| An Act To Improve Educator Certification Response Times (SP 156) | Joseph RAFFERTY of York | This bill establishes 5 Education Specialist III positions within the Department of Education in order to increase response times for educator certification and to provide oversight of the certification process effective October 1, 2023. | EDU |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| 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 (HP 219) | Michael BRENNAN of Portland | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to direct the Department of Education to develop policies and programs to assist all Maine students to succeed. | EDU |
On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (4/12) | |||
| An Act Making Certain Supplemental Appropriations And Allocations And Changing Certain Provisions Of The Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government (HP 256) | Melanie SACHS of Freeport | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would make supplemental appropriations and allocations from the General Fund and other funds for the expenditures of State Government and change certain provisions of the law necessary to the proper operations of Full Summary |
AFA |
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Fund The Maine Community College System (SP 220) | Matthea DAUGHTRY of Cumberland | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, will provide funds for general repairs, deferred maintenance items, modernization of campus buildings and educational equipment at all 7 campuses of the Maine Community College System. | AFA |
04/17/24 12:30 PM in State House, Room 228 - Work Session |
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| An Act To Fully Reimburse Municipalities For Lost Revenue Under The Property Tax Stabilization For Senior Citizens Program (HP 423) | Melanie SACHS of Freeport | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill, as emergency legislation, would provide appropriations and allocations for the operations of State Government. | AFA |
Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure) Public Law Chapter 520 (3/6) | |||
| An Act To Create The New Maine Resident Service Coordination Program In The Department Of Economic And Community Development (SP 346) | Richard BENNETT of Oxford | This bill establishes within the Department of Economic and Community Development the New Maine Resident Service Coordination Program, to serve as a centralized resource to coordinate municipal efforts to connect persons who have recently moved to the State with housing and job opportunities. | IDEA |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| An Act To Improve Behavioral Health Support For Students In Public Schools (HP 518) | Lydia CRAFTS of Newcastle | This bill does the following. 1. It requires that school social workers spend at least 80% of their time providing direct services to students. 2. It requires school administrative units to employ an educator at each school in the school administrative unit who has completed Full Summary |
EDU |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| An Act To Establish Minimum Pay For Educational Technicians And Other School Support Staff (HP 621) | W. CROCKETT of Portland | This bill provides that beginning October 1, 2023 and every January 1st thereafter, a school administrative unit must establish a minimum wage for educational technicians that is equal to 133% of the minimum wage established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 664, subsection Full Summary |
EDU |
On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (4/11) | |||
| Resolve, Directing The Commissioner Of Education To Review The Placement Of Personal Finance In The System Of Learning Results (SP 521) | Matthea DAUGHTRY of Cumberland | This bill provides that the high school diploma instruction requirement related to personal finance must be met through a stand-alone course. | EDU |
Signed by the Governor Resolve Chapter 135 (3/6) | |||
| Resolve, To Provide Funds To The Maine Indian Education School District (HP 917) | Michael BRENNAN of Portland | This bill provides $350,000 for each year of the 2024-2025 biennium to the Maine Indian Education school district to develop and implement a Wabanaki-centered curriculum for Native American high school students. | EDU |
On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence. (2/29) | |||
| An Act To Establish A Teacher Shortage Coordinator (HP 946) | Holly EATON of Deer Isle | This bill does the following. 1. It requires the Commissioner of Education to appoint a rural education coordinator to increase the recruitment of teachers in rural areas, support and improve access to teacher preparation programs for persons willing to teach in rural areas and otherwise Full Summary |
EDU |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| Resolve, To Provide Grants To Promote Innovative Learning Strategies (HP 965) | Michael BRENNAN of Portland | This bill creates the Innovative Learning Fund and directs the Department of Education to provide grants to school administrative units to promote innovative learning strategies to address student achievement gaps. In awarding grants, the department must give special consideration to school administrative units that demonstrate Full Summary |
EDU |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| An Act To Promote The Community School Program (HP 982) | Michael BRENNAN of Portland | This bill requires the Department of Education to develop an application process, procedures and criteria for implementing the requirements for designation of community schools pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 333. It also provides additional one-time funding of $2,000,000 in fiscal years Full Summary |
EDU |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| An Act Regarding Appropriations And Allocations To Support The State Of Maine (SP 811) | President Troy JACKSON of Aroostook | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would appropriate and allocate money to support programs and needs of this State. | AFA |
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847. (7/26) | |||
| An Act To Support Extended Learning Opportunities (HP 1355) | J. WORTH of Ellsworth | This bill amends the law that governs individual student instruction in elementary and secondary schools to add extended learning opportunities to the authorized pathways of learning. | EDU |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 566 (3/25) | |||
| An Act To Establish A Grant Program To Increase Postsecondary Educational Opportunities For Students With Intellectual Or Developmental Disabilities Or Autism Spectrum Disorder (HP 1386) | Rebecca MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth | This bill establishes a grant program in the Department of Education to increase postsecondary educational opportunities and support employability for students with intellectual or developmental disabilities or autism spectrum disorder. Under the grant program, the department awards competitive grants to institutions of higher education to Full Summary |
EDU |
On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. (4/3) | |||
| An Act To Develop Maine's Economy And Strengthen Its Workforce By Establishing An Office Of New Americans (HP 1387) | Deqa DHALAC of South Portland | This bill establishes the Office of New Americans within the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future and also establishes an advisory council to the Office of New Americans. | SLG |
Committee Docket: Voted - Divided Report (2/6) | |||
| 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 (HP 1395) | This resolve provides for 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. | EDU |
Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure) Resolve Chapter 173 (4/22) | ||||
| Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review Of Portions Of Chapter 132: Learning Results: Parameters For Essential Instruction, A Major Substantive Rule Of The Department Of Education (HP 1397) | This resolve provides for legislative review of portions of Chapter 132: Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction, a major substantive rule of the Department of Education. | EDU |
Became Law without Governor's Signature (Emergency Measure) Resolve Chapter 167 (4/13) | ||||
| An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations And Allocations For The Expenditures Of State Government, General Fund And Other Funds And To Change Certain Provisions Of The Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government For The Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2024 And June 30, 2025 (HP 1420) | Melanie SACHS of Freeport | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill as emergency legislation proposes to make supplemental appropriations and allocations for the expenditures of State Government and to change certain provisions of the law necessary to the proper operations of State Government Full Summary |
AFA |
Signed by the Governor Public Law Chapter 643 (4/22) | |||
| Resolve, Directing The State Board Of Education To Amend Chapter 115: The Credentialing Of Education Personnel, A Major Substantive Rule Of The State Board Of Education (HP 1424) | This resolve is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 54. The resolve directs the State Board of Education to amend its rule Chapter 115: The Credentialing of Education Personnel, a major substantive rule of Full Summary |
BILLS IN THE SECOND READING |
Signed by the Governor Resolve Chapter 137 (3/6) | ||||
| An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Commission Regarding Foreign-trained Physicians Living In Maine To Support International Medical Graduates In Securing Employment (HP 1457) | This bill implements certain recommendations of the Commission Regarding Foreign- trained Physicians Living in Maine and is being reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 93, section 8. The committee is reporting out Full Summary |
HCIFS |
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (4/1) | ||||
| An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Commission Regarding Foreign-trained Physicians Living In Maine To Establish A Sponsorship Program For Foreign-trained Physicians (HP 1458) | This bill implements certain recommendations of the Commission Regarding Foreign- trained Physicians Living in Maine and is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 93. The committee is reporting the bill out for Full Summary |
HCIFS |
On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (4/11) |