An Act To Amend Certain Education Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1785
Committee Amendment CA_A_H583 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §256, 20-A MRSA §3252, 20-A MRSA §3253-A, 20-A MRSA §15689

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "fl" to H.P. 1270, L.D. 1785, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend Certain Education Laws" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2. 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 7 the following: 
'Sec. 8. 20-A MRSA §256, sub-§11 is enacted to read: 
11. Resources for people with disabilities. The department shall develop and 
maintain a comprehensive database of resources for people with disabilities on the 
department's publicly accessible website.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 15 and 16 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 15. 20-A MRSA §3252, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 
490, §3, is amended to read: 
1. 
Elementary school privileges provided. 
The commissioner may provide 
elementary schooling for resident children by establishing and maintaining such 
elementary schools as may seem advisable or by sending these children as tuition 
students to a public or private elementary schools else>.vheFe ia the State school approved 
for tuition purposes under section 2951. 
Sec. 16. 20-A MRSA §3252, sub-§6, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 
490, §3, is amended to read: 
6. Studies outside the country. The commissioner may,. in his the commissioner's 
discretion,,. make special arrangements for children in the unorganized territory to attend a 
public school in the adjoining territory of the Province of Quebec and may pay tuition for 
those students. 
Sec. 17. 20-A MRSA §3253-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 490, §5, is 
amended to read: 
1. Secondary students. Any eligible resident student who may be judged by the 
commissioner to be qualified may attend as a tuition student any public or private 
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secondary school in the State approved for tuition purposes under section 2951 to which 
he nr she that tuition student may gain entrance.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 23 to 25. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 38 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 38. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§11, ,iB, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. 
C, §51, is further amended to read: 
B. The amount of the adjustment for economically disadvantaged students is the 
differeaee, but aot less thaa zer0, between the state share of the total allocation under 
this eh.apter aad the amount computed as the school administrative unit's total 
allocation for economically disadvantaged students. -multinHecl h•, the relw,~mt 
percentage in sl:lbsection 1, paragraph B.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment: 
1. Retains the provisions in law relating to: the Department of Education activities 
relating to substance use disorder, the Department of Health and Human Services 
activities relating to performance-enhancing substances and the Obesity and Chronic 
Disease Fund; 
2. Instead ofrequiring the Department of Education to maintain a central information 
system on resources for people with disabilities, it requires the Department of Education 
to develop and maintain a comprehensive database of resources for people with 
disabilities on the department's publicly accessible website; 
3. Removes a gendered pronoun; 
4. Allows an elementary school student who resides in the unorganized territory to 
attend as a tuition student any public or private elementary school approved for tuition 
purposes and a secondary school student who resides in the unorganized territory to 
attend as a tuition student any public or private secondary school to which that student 
may gain entrance that is approved for tuition purposes; and 
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5. 
Clarifies that the amount of the adjustment for economically disadvantaged 
students is the amount computed as the school administrative unit's total allocation for 
economically disadvantaged students. 
FISCALNOTE REQUllW) 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 06/11/19 .tbfac: 
LD 1785 
LR 2323(02) 
An Act To Amend Certain Education Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ;fi.{ j/-SJ'J) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Education to implement the requirements of this legislation can be absorbed 
within existing budgeted resources. 
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