121st MAINE LEGISLATURE - FIRST REGULAR SESSION
LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS SORTED BY SUBJECT - UPDATED 1/15/2003

Prepared by the Office of the Revisor Of Statutes
The information in this document is current through January 15, 2003. Changes in sponsorship or title may occur.
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Education and Cultural Affairs
EDU - ADMINISTRATORS - POWERS
LR 701 SNOWE-MELLO An Act to Protect Public School Departments, School Committees and Superintendents from Certain Suits and Claims
EDU - ADMINISTRATORS - SUPERINTENDENTS
LR 758 MARTIN An Act Concerning the Governance of Maine School Districts
EDU - ADULT EDUCATION - FUNDING
LR 308 CUMMINGS An Act to Increase the Adult Education State Subsidy by a Specific Percentage
EDU - APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION - CURRICULUM
LR 428 ANNIS Resolve, To Study the Feasibility of a 4-year High School Vocational Program
EDU - BAXTER SCHOOL -
LR 1232 CUMMINGS An Act Regarding the School Board of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf
EDU - COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES -
LR 1414 RINES An Act to Expand Access to Higher Education
EDU - COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES - DEGREE AUTHORITY
LR 797 STANLEY An Act to Establish a Degree Program For Denturists
EDU - COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES - MEDICAL SCHOOLING
LR 931 RICHARDSON J An Act to Address the Maine Nursing Workforce Shortage Through the Expansion of Nursing Education
LR 932 RICHARDSON J An Act to Increase Faculty in Maine Nursing Education Programs
EDU - COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
LR 796 STANLEY An Act to Assist Eye Doctors in Maine
LR 1189 CATHCART An Act To Promote Economic Growth Through Investment in Engineers for Maine
EDU - COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES - TUITION WAIVERS
LR 1426 GOODWIN An Act to Expand Waiver of Tuition Payments to All Active Military Personnel Who are Maine Residents
EDU - EDUCATION DEPT - ADMINISTRATION
LR 637 MARLEY An Act to Establish a Visual and Performing Arts Position for the Department of Education
LR 637 MARLEY An Act to Establish a Visual and Performing Arts Position for the Department of Education
LR 1686 HALL Resolve, to Improve Energy Efficiency in New School Buildings
EDU - EDUCATION DEPT - POWERS
LR 1041 GLYNN An Act to Establish a Special Education Secondary School Diploma
LR 1043 GLYNN An Act to Eliminate Discrimination Against Parents Who Want to Send Their Children to Religious Private Schools
LR 1674 TRAHAN Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop Standards for Outdoor Playground Surfaces
EDU - EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS -
LR 1400 CRESSEY An Act to Promote School Vouchers in Overcrowded Schools
EDU - EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS - CHARTER SCHOOLS
LR 596 YOUNG An Act to Change the Membership of the Board of Trustees of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics
LR 596 YOUNG An Act to Change the Membership of the Board of Trustees of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics
LR 960 WESTON An Act to Enable the Formation of Public Charter Schools
EDU - EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS - HOME SCHOOLING
LR 30 WESTON An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Home Instruction
LR 1445 MITCHELL An Act to Establish Consistent Requirements for High School Course Credits and Diploma Eligibility
EDU - EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS - SCHOOL CHOICE
LR 767 GLYNN An Act to Institute School Choice in Maine
LR 1351 VAUGHAN An Act to Provide Education Certificates to Students in High-growth Areas
EDU - HEALTH EDUCATION -
LR 235 FAIRCLOTH An Act to Help Public Schools Promote Public Health and Address Childhood Obesity
EDU - SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION -
LR 745 BUNKER An Act to Restrict the School District from Wholesale Attachment of Personal Property if a Town Defaults on Its Commitment
EDU - SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION - ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
LR 762 MARTIN An Act Concerning Restructuring of School Districts
EDU - SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION - BOARDS
LR 1447 MITCHELL An Act to Ensure Timely Responses to Requests for School Administrative District Reappointments
LR 1454 NUTTING An Act to Improve the Method of Reapportionment of School Boards
EDU - SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION - BUDGETS
LR 728 ASH An Act to Require Consistency in the School Budget Process
EDU - SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION - DISTRICT REFERENDA
LR 1042 GLYNN An Act to Establish the Full Right of Petition and Redress in Local School Board Decisions
EDU - SCHOOL FACILITIES - BUILDINGS
LR 1553 MILLS J An Act to Extend Funding for Portable Classrooms in Certain Cases
EDU - SCHOOL FACILITIES - CONSTRUCTION
LR 55 BRENNAN An Act to Amend the School Construction Program
LR 608 NASS An Act to Transfer Bureau of General Services School Construction Functions to the Maine Department of Education
LR 1546 MILLS J An Act to Protect Schools that are Completing Health and Safety Improvements from Losing Points as Part of Their Major Capital Project Applications
EDU - SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA - ADJUSTMENTS
LR 54 BRENNAN An Act to Reduce Property Taxes
LR 56 BRENNAN An Act to Reform the School Funding Formula to Promote Student and Taxpayer Equity
LR 94 MURPHY An Act To Amend the School Finance Act
LR 105 LEMOINE An Act to Improve Stability in School Funding Distribution
LR 228 MCKENNEY An Act to Amend the School Funding Formula
LR 769 GLYNN An Act to Phase In General Purpose Aid to Education Funding Losses Over Time
LR 823 MILLS P An Act to Reform and Simplify the School Funding Formula
LR 843 MILLS P An Act to Distribute Costs for the Funding of Pensions and Health Insurance for Retired Teachers
LR 906 CUMMINGS An Act to Expand Funding and Services to Students of Limited Proficiency in English
LR 1585 ADAMS An Act to Increase General Purpose Aid for Districts with English-as-a-second-language Students
EDU - SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA - SPECIAL EDUCATION
LR 106 LEMOINE An Act to Provide for Full State Funding for Special Education Costs
EDU - SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA - STATE/LOCAL SHARE
LR 124 SULLIVAN An Act to Equalize General Purpose Aid for Local Schools for All Maine Communities
LR 558 GOODWIN RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide that the State Fund 100 Percent of Education for Students from Kindergarten to Age 16
EDU - SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA - TRANSPORTATION COSTS
LR 407 SUSLOVIC An Act to Use Funds for School Transportation to Pay for School Crossing Guards
EDU - SCHOOL PERSONNEL -
LR 10 O'BRIEN J An Act to Exempt School Units From Liability When Releasing Information Regarding School Employees Accused of a Crime
LR 1257 KANE An Act to Provide Greater Protection for Schoolchildren
EDU - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - APPLICANTS
LR 184 MAYO An Act Regarding the Criminal History Record Check of School Employees
EDU - SCHOOL POLICIES -
LR 1260 BRENNAN An Act Regarding Age Eligibility for Enrollment in a Public Secondary School
LR 1762 CUMMINGS An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission on Fatherhood Issues Related to Parental Notice of School Activities and Programs
EDU - SCHOOL POLICIES - COMMUNITY SERVICE
LR 1231 CUMMINGS An Act To Prepare Maine's Students for Active Citizenship
EDU - SCHOOL POLICIES - COMPUTERS
LR 1245 DUPREY B An Act to Protect Children from Indecent Material on the Internet
EDU - SCHOOL POLICIES - CURRICULUM
LR 512 ROTUNDO An Act to Provide for the Fair Distribution of Resources for Teaching Students of Limited Proficiency in English
LR 699 DUPREY B An Act to Protect Children From Classes Contradictory to Their Religious Beliefs
LR 999 BLANCHETTE An Act to Provide Certain Emergency Health Training to All High School Seniors
LR 1365 MCKEE An Act to Address Multicultural Education Needs of Maine Teachers
LR 1366 MCKEE An Act to Abolish the ATM Program at the Department of Education
LR 1759 CRESSEY An Act to Correct Competing Educational Requirements in Maine's High Schools
EDU - SCHOOL POLICIES - SCHOOL YEAR
LR 309 MCGOWAN An Act To Facilitate Summer Employment For Youths
EDU - SCHOOL POLICIES - STUDENTS RECORDS
LR 1292 MITCHELL An Act To Require That Disciplinary, Attendance and Health Records Be Included in the Records That Follow a Student Who Transfers To Another School
EDU - SCHOOL PROGRAMS -
LR 86 TRAHAN An Act to Ensure Safe Playgrounds
EDU - SCHOOL PROGRAMS - STATE MANDATED PROGRAMS
LR 240 ANDREWS An Act to Ensure that Emergency Medical Help is Available to All School Children and Personnel
LR 418 TRAHAN An Act To Restrict Fingerprinting of Educational Personnel to New Hires
LR 508 DAVIS G An Act To Repeal the Fingerprinting Law for Teachers and School Employees
LR 702 SNOWE-MELLO An Act to Provide an Exception to the Laws Governing Fingerprinting of Educational Personnel for Certain Personnel
LR 721 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Reduce the Processing Time for Teacher Fingerprinting
EDU - SPECIAL EDUCATION - FUNDING
LR 645 LERMAN An Act to Eliminate Discrimination Against Service Center Communities by Fully Funding the Cost of Special Education
LR 1592 BROMLEY An Act to Increase State Funding of Special Education to Local Communities by Limiting the State's Debt Limit for New School Construction
EDU - SPECIAL EDUCATION - SERVICES
LR 1040 GLYNN An Act to Ensure That No Child is Left Behind in Maine by Improving the Overall Education of Disadvantaged Children in Maine and to Comply with Federal Law Changes and Supreme Court Decrees
EDU - TEACHERS - CERTIFICATION
LR 1326 SMITH N An Act to Retain Teachers Holding Targeted or Conditional Need Certificates
LR 1569 MCKEE An Act to Assist Maine Educators to Meet the Quality Requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
EDU - TEACHERS - RETIREMENT
LR 1602 DUDLEY An Act To Promote Participation of Retired Professionals in the State's Classrooms
EDU - TEACHERS - TRAINING
LR 929 BOWEN An Act to Establish a Master Teachers Corps in Maine
EDU - TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM -
LR 69 BRENNAN An Act to Establish a Community College System in Maine
EDU - TRUANTS & DROPOUTS -
LR 734 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Provide School Districts with Authority to Address the Problem of Truancy
LR 1180 THOMPSON An Act To Raise the High School Dropout Age
EDU - TRUANTS & DROPOUTS - DRIVERS LICENSES
LR 1376 PENDLETON An Act to Prevent Truancy and Increase Parental Control
EDU - TRUANTS & DROPOUTS - HABITUAL TRUANCY
LR 1152 CLOUGH An Act Regarding Habitual Truants
EDU - UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM -
LR 732 ASH An Act To Allow Access to State Postsecondary Educational Institutions to Maine Seniors
LR 1029 BRENNAN An Act To Increase Access to Higher Education
EDU - UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM - ADMINISTRATION
LR 160 DUNLAP An Act Authorizing the University of Maine System to Enter into Cooperative Agreements with Local Law Enforcement Agencies
LR 160 DUNLAP An Act Authorizing the University of Maine System to Enter into Cooperative Agreements with Local Law Enforcement Agencies
LR 946 MARTIN Resolve, Directing the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System to Provide Coordination of Athletic Activities Among All Campuses
LR 966 KNEELAND Resolve, Directing the President of Each University Campus to Meet With Local Municipal Officers to Negotiate Reasonable and Appropriate Financial Support for Municipal Services Provided
EDU - UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM - BOARD OF TRUSTEES
LR 1226 DUNLAP An Act to Require Annual Reporting of the University of Maine's Board of Visitors
EDU - UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM - CURRICULUM
LR 170 DUNLAP An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System Regarding Graduate Education in the State of Maine
EDU - UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM - FORT KENT
LR 1409 MARTIN Resolve, Authorizing the University of Maine at Fort Kent to Enter into a Private Contract to Construct a Dormitory

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