An Act To Amend and Improve the Education Laws LR 1853(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1577
Committee Amendment CA_A_S201 (Senate)
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Amends: 20-A MRSA §8104

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "fl" to S.P. 538, L.D. 1577, Bill, "An 
Act To Amend and Improve the Education Laws" 
Amend 
the bill in section 
by 
striking out all of 
subsection 1 and inserting in its place the following: 
'1.. 
Estab1.ishment. 
Each school administrative unit 
HI\iS~ 
~, commencing 
with 
the 
1987-88 
2004-2005 
school 
year, 
es\:a&J:.,i.sJ.:r-a fully implement its plan for phasing in gifted and 
talented educational programs. 
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school year, 
a 
school administrative unit may apply to the 
commissioner for a one-year waiver of this requirement if full 
implementation of this requirement presents an undue burden.' 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 10 the 
following: 
'Sec. 11. 20-A MRSA §8104, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 
463, §1, is amended to read: 
2. 
Rules. 
The commissioner shall es~a&lish amend or adopt 
rules to implement this section, including the identification of 
students, needs and resource assessment, 
and program planning, 
development and ae1ivel'Y implementation. 
Rules adopted pursuant 
to this section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, 
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 538, L.D. 1577 
Further amend the bill by relettering 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
consecutively. 
or renumbering any 
number 
to 
read 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing 
Committee 
on 
Education 
and 
Cultural Affairs. 
The 
amendment 
retains the provision in the original bill that amends the date 
for 
full 
implementation of 
the 
school 
administrative unit's 
gifted and talented program, but changes the implementation date 
for gifted and talented programs from the 2003-2004 school year 
to the 2004-2005 school year. 
The amendment also provides that, 
beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, a school administrative 
unit may request a one-year waiver from the Commissioner of 
Education on the requirement for fully implementing its plan for 
phasing in its gifted and talented program. 
FISCAL XOTE REQL'IREO 
(See attached) 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
State Mandate 
Approved: 05/16103 ~ae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1577 
An Act To Amend and Improve the Education Laws 
LR 1853(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 14"5 ~D.{ 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Majority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Current Cost - State Mandate 
New or Expanded Activity 
Unit Affected 
Costs 
Requiring local school units to fully implement the plan for phasing 
School 
Insignificant 
in gifted and talented education programs beginning in the 2004-
2005 school year is a state mandate. The cost to each individual 
school unit can not be determined at this time. 
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