Resolve, To Establish the Study Commission Regarding Teachers' Salaries
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0522
Committee Amendment CA_A_H420 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 367, L.D. 522, "Resolve, To Establish 
the Study Commission Regarding Teachers' Salaries" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Establish the Study Commission Regarding Teachers' Compensation' 
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble in the 2nd indented paragraph in the 
2nd line (page 1, line 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "Salaries" and inserting the 
following: 'Compensation' 
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Amend the resolve in section 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 16 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "Salaries" and inserting the following: 'Compensation' 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Commission membership. Resolved: That the commission consists of 
members appointed as follows: 
1. One Senator, appointed by the President of the Senate; 
2. Three members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the 
House. In appointing members, the Speaker of the House shall consider geographic 
distribution; 
3. One teacher recommended by the President of the Maine Education Association 
and appointed by the President of the Senate; 
4. One superintendent or member of a school board of a school administrative unit, 
recommended by the President of the Maine School Boards Association and the President 
of the Maine School Superintendents Association and appointed by the President of the 
Senate; and 
5. One public member holding a professional position outside of public education in 
human resources management and specializing in compensation, recommended by the 
Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management and appointed by 
the Governor; and be it further' 
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" to H.P. 367, L.D. 522 
Amend the resolve in section 3 in the first line (page 1, line 31 in L.D.) by striking 
out the following: "first-named" 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 5 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 5. 
Duties. 
Resolved: 
That the commISSIOn shalI study alI issues 
surrounding teachers' compensation, including salaries and benefits. In conducting its 
review, the commission shalI undertake to examine: 
1. 
The effects on teachers' salaries and benefits of the essential programs and 
services funding system for public education, including the elements of labor market 
adjustments, student-teacher ratios and a teachers' salary matrix, and alternatives thereto, 
including the feasibility of salary differentiations based upon differences in cost of living 
by region; 
2. The effects on teachers' salaries of the minimum teachers' salary law and the 
existing system of state subsidies for substandard salaries; 
3. The relationship between and among teachers' salaries and benefits in school 
administrative units, the amount and distribution of general purpose aid for local schools 
and amounts raised locally for the support of public schools; 
4. The relationship between teachers' salaries and benefits in this State and in other 
states; 
5. The relationship between teachers' salaries and benefits and salaries and benefits 
paid to practitioners in other comparable professions; 
6. The effects of inflation on the real value of teachers' salaries and the minimum 
salary amount required by law; 
7. Practices in other states that mandate payment of minimum salaries based on 
experience and education to all teachers and the costs and consequences; 
8. Factors relating to the age, experience, recruitment, retention and mobility of the 
State's corps of professional teachers; 
9. Alternatives to salary systems based on college credits or degrees earned and 
experience, including salary systems based on professional learning, teachers' 
performance or other factors; 
10. Collective bargaining alternatives in determination of salaries and benefits at the 
local school administrative unit level; and 
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Any other factors that the commission considers relevant to teachers' 
compensation; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve by inserting after section 6 the folIowing: 
'Sec. 7. Information. Resolved: That in the performance of its duties, the 
commission: 
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May request statistical data and other information from the Department of 
Education, the Department of Labor, the State Planning Office or other state agencies, 
which must provide such information in their possession; and 
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2. Must provide an opportunity for interested persons, organizations and members of 
the public to address and submit information to the commission; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment makes several revisions to the resolve pertaining to the membership 
of the proposed study commission. The amendment clarifies that the scope of the study 
commission review is teacher compensation, including teachers' salaries and benefits. 
The amendment also revises the duties of the study commission to reflect the broadened 
focus on teacher compensation systems and also includes an examination of the following 
items in the duties of the study commission: 
1. Alternatives to the existing method of recognizing the costs of teachers' salaries 
based on education and experience; 
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Collective bargaining alternatives in determining salaries and benefits at the 
school administrative unit level; and 
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Any other factors that the COlDllliSSlOn members consider relevant to the 
examination of teachers' compensation. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQUIRED' 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/24/09 frac::.. 
LD522 
LR 1480(02) 
Resolve, To Establish the Study Commission Regarding Teachers' Salaries 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,I} 
Committee: Education and Cultural Mfairs 
Legislative Cost/Study 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Legislative Cost/Study 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
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The general operating expenses of this study are projected to be $3,030 in fiscal year 2009-10. The Legislature's'') 
proposed budget includes $10,000 in fiscal year 2009-10 for legislative studies. Whether the amounts are sufficient. _ . i 
fund all studies will depend on the number of studies authorized by the Legislative Council and the Legislature. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Education and the Department of Labor associated with providing any requested 
available information can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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