An Act To Establish a Magnet School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1277
Committee Amendment CA_A_H314 (House)

FmST REGULAR SESSION 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 873, L.D. 1277, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish a Magnet School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and 
Engineering" 
Amend the bill in section 4 by inserting after § 8237 the following: 
'§8238. Implementation; limited authorization 
The school may implement the plan established for the statewide education programs 
pursuant to section 8236, subsection 2 during the 2017~2018 school year. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all powers, duties and authority of the 
school under this chapter and under any other law terminate 90 days after the 
adjoununent of the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 8 the following: 
'Sec. 9. Report. By December 1, 2018, the Board of Trustees of the Maine School 
for Marine Science, Technology, TranspOltation and Engineering shall provide a report to 
the joint standing committee ofthe Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters 
and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
appropriations and financial affairs on the commencement and operations of the school, 
including the number of students enrolled and the status of the school budget. The joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters may 
report out a bill relating to the. school to the First Regular Session of the 129th 
Legislature, which may include but is not limited to a repeal of the provision of the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20~A, section 8238 that terminates the powers, duties and 
authority of the school 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 
129th Legislature.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 873, L.D. 1277 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides that: 
1. 
The Maine School for Maline Science, Technology, Transportation and 
Engineering may implement the plan established for operating the magnet school 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8236, subsection 2 during the 
2017-2018 school year; 
2. All powers, duties and authority of the school cease 90 days after the adjournment 
of the First Regular Session of the l29th Legislature; and 
3. The school's board of trustees is required to provide a report to the Legislature by 
December 1, 2018 on the commencement and operations of the school. 
The joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters may 
report out a bill relating to the school to the First Regular Session of the 129th 
Legislature, which may include but is not limited to a repeal of the provision of law that 
terminates the powers, duties and authority of the schoo190 days after the adjournment of 
the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(S.~ea ttached) 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/04/15 
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LD 1277 
LR 1310(02) 
An Act To Establish a lVlagnct School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Engineering 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 1\' 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Future biennium cost increase ~ General Fund 
This legislation establishes the Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering as a 
public, residential school to be located in the Town of Searsport effective with the 2017~2018 school year. The 
provisions in this bill that allow students from the State to attend the school free of tuition charges and for the State to 
pay the difference between the cost of room and board and the student's ability to pay that cost will increase General 
Fund costs to the State beginning in fiscal year 2017-18. The amount can not be determined at this time and will 
depend on the cost of tuition, the number of Maine students admitted to the school and the student's ability to pay for 
room and board. The requirement that the powers, duties and authority of the school cease 90 days after adjournment 
of the 1st Regular Session of the 129th Legislature unless legislative action is taken may limit the General Fund cost 
of this legislation to 2 years. 
This legislation also authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Maine School for Marine Science, Tecl:mology, 
Transportation and Engineering to borrow funds, issue bonds and negotiate notes and other cvidenees of indebtedness 
or obligations of the school for renovation and construction purposes but provides that the bonds, notes and other 
evidences of indebtedness are not debts of the State and do not pledge the credit of the State. 
Additional costs to the Department ofEducat~on and the University of Maine System to serve on the board of trustees 
can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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