An Act To Provide for Greater Public Input and Local Control in the Chartering of Public Schools
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1128
Committee Amendment CA_B_S228 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "l3f to S.P. 389, L.D. 1128, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide for Greater Public Input and Local Control in the Chartering of Public Schools" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Provide for Greater Public Input in the Chartering of Public Schools' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Public input iIll the application review process for public charter 
schools. Resolved: 
That the Maine Charter School Commission shall review the 
request for proposals and the charter application provisions established in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, ,;hapter 112 and Maine Charter School Commission Rule 
Chapter 2 related to the opportunities for public input in the public charter school 
application process, including the commission's procedures for reviewing and evaluating 
public charter school applications. Prior to issuing a request for proposals after the 
effective date of this resolve, the commission shall include additional opportunities for 
public input in the public charter school application process and the commission's 
procedure for reviewing and evaluating public charter school applications. 
The 
commission shall submit a report on the results of its review, including the changes made 
to provide additional opportunities for public input in the commission's procedures for 
evaluating and authorizing public charter school applications, to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs no later than January 10,2014.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Education and Cultural Affairs, strikes the bill title and the bill and replaces the bill with 
a resolve that directs the Maine Charter School Commission to review the provisions in 
statutes and rules related to the opportunities for public input in the public charter school 
application process, including the commission's procedures for reviewing and evaluating 
public charter school applications. The amendment provides that, prior to issuing a 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ''fj' to S.P. 389, L.D. 1128 
request for proposals after the effective date of this resolve, the commission must make 
changes that provide for additional opportunities for public input in the public charter 
school application process and the commission's procedures for reviewing and evaluating 
public charter school applications. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 06/03/13 
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LD 1128 
LR 123(03) 
An Act To Provide for Greater Public Input and Local Control in the Chartering of Public Schools 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'f;(j; -2-i!O ') 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor (:ost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Maine Charter School Commission to conduct the required review and submit the required 
report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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