An Act to Give Teachers a Greater Voice in School Improvement LR 1568(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1344
Committee Amendment CA_A_H804 (House)
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Amends: 26 MRSA §965

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 990, L.D. 1344, Bill, 
Act To Give Teachers a Greater Voice in School Improvement" 
"An 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. I. 26 MRSA §965, sub-§l, ,C, as enacted by PL 1969, c. 
424, §l, is amended to read: 
C. 
To confer and negotiate in good faith with respect to 
wages, 
hours, 
working conditions 
and 
contract grievance 
arbitration, except that by such obligation neither party 
shaJ:,l--se II compelled to agree to a 
proposal or se is 
required 
to 
make 
a 
concession 
and 
except 
that public 
employers of teachers shall meet and consult s~~-Re~ and may 
negotiate with respect to educational 
policiesf--~F. 
For 
the purpose of this paragraph, 
eEl~ea~ienaJ,.--po-l-.i<H.-e-s--sha±± 
"educational 
policies" 
does 
not 
include 
wages, 
hours, 
working conditions or contract grievance arbitrationf~ 
Provisions 
of 
collective 
bargaining 
agreements 
that 
constitute, 
relate 
to, 
affect 
or 
concern 
"educational 
policies" are valid and enforceable for the term of the 
agreement and are subject to the grievance and arbitration 
procedures of the agreement unless expressly excluded from 
the grievance or arbitration procedures;' 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 990, L.D. 1344 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing 
Committee 
on 
Education 
and Cultural Affairs. 
The 
amendment 
strikes and replaces the bill and, like the bill, states that 
school boards and bargaining 
~gents for teachers may negotiate 
certain "educational policies" and clarifies that school boards 
and bargaining agents are neither prohibited from nor required to 
negotiate on these issues. 
The 
amendment 
also 
specifies 
that 
the 
provisions 
of 
collective bargaining agreements 
that constitute, 
relate 
to, 
affect or concern "educational policies" that are bargained and 
agreed to are valid and enforceable for the term of the agreement 
and are subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of 
the agreement unless expressly excluded from the grievance or 
arbitration procedures. 
FISCAL .\OTE HUJI I RED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03122/04 frac.. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1344 
An Act to Give Teachers a Greater Voice in School Improvement 
LR 1568(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
No fiscal impact. 
Because this legislation provides that the negotiation of certain educational policies is optional to school boards, there 
is no mandate to the local school units. Additional costs to local school units associated with grievance and arbitration 
procedures if certain educational policies are included in a collective bargaining agreement can be absorbed by the 
local school units utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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