An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1336
Committee Amendment CA_A_H443 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §1466

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "Pr" to H.P. 930, L.D. 1336, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Governing the Process for a Single Municipality To Withdraw from a 
Regional School Unit" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph A by striking out all of the 
2nd blocked paragraph (page 1, lines 31 to 35 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'If the parties fail to enter into an agreement within 180 days after the withdrawal 
committee is formed, the withdrawal committee by majority vote may petition the 
commissioner to order mediation between the parties, the cost of which the mediator 
shall assign between the parties. If the parties fail to enter into an agreement within 
days after the commissioner orders mediation, the withdrawal committee by 
majority vote may petition the commissioner to order binding mediation between the 
parties, the cost of which the mediator shall assign between the parties. The decision 
reached through mediation or binding mediation must be submitted to the 
commissioner for apprnval.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1466, sub-§5, 1A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 580, §9, is 
amended to read: 
A. 
The commissioner shall determine the date upon which the voters of the 
petitioning municipality must vote upon the agreement submitted to them. 
The 
election must be held as soon as practicable, and the commissioner shall attempt to 
set the date of the vote to coincide with a statewide election, except that the election 
must be held before November 30th of the year prior to the proposed first year of 
operation of the schools of the petitioning municipality.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the bill's proposal to allow the withdrawal committee of a 
municipality petitioning to withdraw from a regional school unit to petition the 
Commissioner of Education to order binding mediation between the parties if they fail to 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 930, L.D. 1336 
enter into an agreement within 180 days after the formation of the withdrawal committee. 
The amendment instead allows the withdrawal committee to petition the commissioner to 
order mediation between the parties if they fail to enter into an agreement within 180 
days. If the parties fail to enter into an agreement within 90 days after the commissioner 
orders mediation, the withdrawal committee may petition the commissioner to order 
binding mediation between the parties. 
The amendment also provides that the referendum vote to approve the proposed 
agreement of withdrawal must be held before November 30th of the year prior to the 
proposed first year of operation of the schools of the petitioning municipality. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/26/17 Mac 
LD 1336 
LR 700(02) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Process for a Single Municipality To Withdraw from a 
Regional School Unit 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 
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Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No state fiscal impact 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The costs associated with mediation, preparing the required plan for providing child nutrition services and an 
anticipated budget for the petitioning municipality will be borne by the parties involved and will have no fiscal impact 
to the State. 
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