Resolve, To Create the Task Force on School Leadership
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1042
Committee Amendment CA_A_S162 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" i1 " to S.P. 368, L.D. 1042, "Resolve, To Create 
the Task Force on School Leadership" 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Task force membership. Resolved: That the task force consists of 19 
members appointed as follows: 
1. Two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, including 
members from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature; 
2. Three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the 
House, including members from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats 
in the Legislature; 
3. Seven members appointed by the President of the Senate as follows: 
A. Two members with expertise in school leadership issues; 
B. One member who is a secondary school principal; 
C. One member who is an assistant principal; 
D. One member who is a school special education director; 
E. One member who is a teacher who has a school administrator certificate; and 
F. One member who is a superintendent of a small rural school district; 
4. Six members appointed by the Speaker of the House as follows: 
A. Two members with expertise in school leadership issues; 
B. Two members who are school principals, including one who is an elementary 
school principal and one who is a middle school principal; 
C. One member who holds a staff position at the Maine Principals' Association; and 
D. One member who is a superintendent of a large urban school district; and 
5. The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" An to S.P. 368, L.D. 1042 
Prior to making appointments to the task force pursuant to subsections 3 and 4, the 
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall seek nominations from the 
Maine Principals' Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association. The 
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall request the Maine Principals' 
Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association to survey their members 
for recommended nominations; and be it further' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the task force membership by adding a middle school 
principal and adding a teacher who has a school administrator certificate. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Legislative Cost/Study 
Approved: OS/28/15 ..wac 
LD 1042 
LR 895(02) 
Resolve, To Create the Task Force on School Leadership 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '\1-\" (~-/(.a'L.) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Legislative Cost/Study 
The general operating expenses of this study are projected to be $2,750 in fiscal year 2015-16. The Legislature's 
proposed budget includes $10,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 for legislative studies. Whether this amount is sufficient to 
fund all studies will depend on the number of studies authorized by the Legislative Council and the Legislature. The 
additional costs of providing staffing assistance to the study during the interim can be absorbed utilizing existing 
budgeted staffresources. If more than 4 meetings are held during the interim the estimated cost for each additional 
meeting is projected to be $625 for legislative per diem and expenses. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Education associated with the Commissioner or the commissioner's designee 
serving on the task force can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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