Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 7: Rules Advancing the Performance of Sound Student Safety Practices in Maine's Public Schools and Colleges, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1508
Committee Amendment CA_A_H423 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,/f., to H.P. 1101, L.D. 1508, "Resolve, 
Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 7: 
Rules Advancing the 
Performance of Sound Student Safety Practices in Maine's Public 
Schools and Colleges, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department 
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, 
Regarding Legislative 
Review of 
Chapter 1: 
Rules 
Advancing the Performance of Sound Student Safety Practices in 
Maine's Public Schools and Colleges, a Major Substantive Rule of 
the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards, Board of 
Occupational Safety and Health' 
Further amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 
and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 1. Adoption. Resolved: 
That final adoption of Chapter 
7: 
Rules 
Advancing the Performance of 
Sound Student Safety 
Practices in Maine's Public Schools and Colleges, a provisionally 
adopted major substantive rule of the Department of Labor, Bureau 
of Labor Standards, Board of Occupational Safety and Health that 
has been submitted to the Legislature for review pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, is 
authorized only if the rule is amended as follows. 
1. 
The rule must be amended in the part designated "I. 
Summary 
of 
purpose" 
by 
deleting 
the 
2nd 
sentence, 
which 
summarizes parts of the rule that are not authorized for final 
adoption. 
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2. 
The rule must be amended by deleting the part designated 
"III. Educational institution's duty to respond." 
3. 
The rule must be amended by deleting the part designated 
"V. Board of Occupational safety and Health oversight of this 
rule." 
4. 
The rule must be amended by deleting the part designated 
"VI. 
Educational 
institutions' 
additional 
duties 
to 
advance 
student 
safety 
through 
sound 
student 
safety 
practices 
initiatives." 
5. 
The rule must be amended by deleting the part designated 
"VII. Enforcement"; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Finding. Resolved: 
That the Joint Standing Committee 
on 
Education 
and 
Cultural 
Affairs 
has 
determined 
that 
the 
portions of Chapter 7: 
Rules Advancing the Performance of Sound 
Student Safety Practices in Maine's Public Schools and Colleges 
that are not authorized for final adoption as provided in section 
would add new requirements to the existing health and safety 
requirements already mandated to school administrative units and 
that these 
new 
requirements 
could have 
a 
significant fiscal 
impact 
on 
school 
administrative 
units. 
The 
Joint 
Standing 
Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs has also determined 
that the portions of the provisionally adopted major substantive 
rule that are authorized for 
final adoption as 
provided in 
section 1 
are sufficient to permit the Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Standards to communicate allegations of unsafe 
student conditions in educational institutions and to provide any 
technical assistance that may be necessary to these educational 
institutions. 
The Board of Occupational Safety and Health is not 
required to hold hearings or conduct other formal proceedings 
prior to finally adopting this rule in accordance with this 
resolve. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides that the provisionally adopted rule 
submitted by the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards, 
Board of Occupational Safety and Health may be authorized only if 
the rule is amended as follows. 
1. 
The 
following designated parts of the provisionally 
adopted rule must be deleted: 
"III. Educational institution's 
duty to respond," "V. 
Board of Occupational safety and Health 
oversight 
of 
this 
rule," 
"VI. 
Educational 
institutions' 
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additional duties to advance student safety through sound student 
safety practices initiatives" and "VII. Enforcement." 
2. 
The part designated "I. Summary of purpose" 
amended by deleting the 2nd sentence, which summarizes 
the rule that are not authorized for final adoption. 
must be 
parts of 
The amendment adds a new section to the resolve to report 
that the Joint Standing Committee 
on Education and Cultural 
Affairs made the following findings: 
1. 
The portions of the rule that are not authorized for 
final adoption would add new requirements to the existing health 
and safety requirements already mandated to school administrative 
units and that these new requirements could have a significant 
fiscal impact on school administrative units; and 
2. 
The portions of the rule that are authorized for final 
adoption are sufficient to permit the Department of Labor, Bureau 
of Labor Standards to communicate allegations of unsafe student 
conditions 
in 
educational 
institutions 
and 
to 
provide 
any 
technical assistance that may be necessary to these educational 
institutions. 
The amendment also strikes and replaces the title of the 
resolve to more accurately reflect the entity that adopted the 
rules. 
FIS( \L \i'O· '·!(.JLlRED 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Revised: 05/15103 ;t;vac:.. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1508 
Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 7: Rules Advancing 
the Performance of Sound Student Safety Practices in Maine's Public 
Schools and Colleges, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of 
Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards 
LR2059(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Any additional cost to the Bureau of Labor Standards, within the Department of Labor, to notify affected educational 
institutions of allegations of unsafe student conditions and to assist an educational institution with identifying 
corrective measures if requested by the institution can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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