An Act To Provide for a Professional Wage and Support for New Educators
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0898
Committee Amendment CA_B_S60 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "(3 " to S.P. 264, L.D. 898, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide for a Professional Wage and Support for New Educators" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Provide for a Professional Wage and Statewide Teacher Contract' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA c. 513 is enacted to read: 
CHAPTER 513 
STATEWIDE TEACHER CONTRACT 
§14001. Statewide teacher contract 
l)pgtnnme Januazy 1. 2021. a public employer acting on behalf of a school 
administrative unit is represented in collective bargaining by the Governor or the 
Governor's designee representing the executive branch pursuant to Title 26, section 
979-A, subsection 5. 
For purposes of this section, "public employer" has the same 
meaning as in Title 26, section 962, subsection 7. 
Sec. 2. Plan to implement statewide collective bargaining for teachers. 
The Department of Administrative and Financial Services, referred to in this section as 
"the department," shall develop a plan to implement statewide collective bargaining for 
public school teachers beginning January 1, 2021. 
1. Policy goals. The plan developed by the department must be designed to: 
A. 
Permit school administrative units to maintain local control and direction of 
teacher employment; 
B. Include for all public school teachers a uniform compensation system that is 
competitive and fair throughout the State; and 
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C. Maximize opportunities for certain economies of scale through the statewide 
negotiation of public school teachers' benefits, including, but not limited to, health 
insurance. 
2. Participation; input. In the development of the plan, the department shall invite 
the participation of the Commissioner of Education, the Maine Public Employees 
Retirement System, the Maine State Employees Association, the Maine Education 
Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association. 
3. Plan details. At a minimum, the plan developed by the department must: 
A. Identify a single entity to bargain on behalf of the teachers and a single entity to 
bargain on behalf of the State; 
B. Identify those issues that will be bargained for on a statewide level and those 
issues, if any, that will be determined by local school boards; 
C. Identify the components of the salary schedule, which must include a minimum 
base salary of $40,000; 
D. Determine a benefits provider or providers; and 
E. Outline the procedure for resolution of contract disputes. 
4. Report; submission of proposed implementing legislation. 
No later than 
December 4, 2019, the department shall submit a report that includes its plan and 
recommendations, including proposed implementing legislation, for introduction to the 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report and replaces the bill, provides for 
statewide collective bargaining for teachers beginning January 1, 2021. The amendment 
directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to develop a plan to 
implement statewide collective bargaining for teachers and requires that the plan be 
designed to permit school administrative units to maintain local control and direction of 
teacher employment; to include for all public school teachers a uniform compensation 
system that is competitive and fair throughout the State; and to maximize opportunities 
for certain economies of scale through the statewide negotiation of teachers' benefits, 
including, but not limited to, health insurance. The department is directed to submit its 
plan, together with proposed implementing legislation, for introduction to the Second 
Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/17/19 feac 
LD 898 
LR 171(03) 
An Act To Provide for a Professional Wage and Support for New Educators 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment lj3' L"v-ub) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
The bill directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) to develop a plan to implement 
statewide collective bargaining for teachers and to submit a report, including implementing legislation, for 
introduction to the Second Regular Session of the !29th Legislature. It also authorizes the State to act on behalf of 
school administrative units in statewide collective bargaining for teachers beginning January 1, 2021. Any costs to 
DAFS to implement the plan will need to be provided in the implementing legislation. 
The bill also requires that the plan to implement statewide collective bargaining for teachers identify the components 
of a salary schedule to include a minimum base salary of $40,000. LD 1001, the Governor's proposed 2020-2021 
biennial budget, includes a General Fund appropriation of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 to increase the 
minimum salary for certified teachers to $40,000 beginning in fiscal year 2020-21. 
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