An Act To Maintain the Integrity of the Department of Education by Prohibiting Its Promotion of Policies and Practices That Are Not Based on Rigorous Peer Review and Analysis, Limiting Acceptance of Private Funding in Implementing and Influencing State Policy and Retaining the Home Rule Powers to School Administrative Units
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1425
Committee Amendment CA_A_H398 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §256

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "k" to H.P. 1038, L.D. 1425, Bill, "An Act To 
Maintain the Integrity of the Department of Education by Prohibiting Its Promotion of 
Policies and Practices That Are Not Based on Rigorous Peer Review and Analysis, 
Limiting Acceptance of Private Funding in Implementing and Influencing State Policy 
and Retaining the Home Rule Powers to School Administrative Units" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Maintain the Integrity of the Department of Education' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §256, sub-§11 is enacted to read: 
11. Limit on authority. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 
department shall: 
A. Limit all new initiatives relating to students to initiatives that have undergone 
rigorous statistical analysis on their effects in producing clearly identified student 
outcomes and shall make the results of that statistical analysis available on the 
department's publicly accessible website: and 
B. 
Critically review contracts with outside entities and publish competitive and 
noncompetitive contracts with outside entities on the department's publicly accessible 
website.' 
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 of the committee, replaces the section 
of the bill that prohibits the Commissioner of Education from promoting certain policies, 
contracting with or accepting funding from private entities or maintaining a membership 
in certain organizations to require instead that the Department of Education limit all new 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A "to H.P. 1038, L.D. 1425 
initiatives relating to students to initiatives that have undergone rigorous statistical 
analysis on their effects in producing clearly identified student outcomes and make the 
results of that statistical analysis available on the department's publicly accessible 
website. The amendment also requires the department to critically review contracts with 
outside entities and publish competitive and noncompetitive contracts with outside 
entities on the department's publicly accessible website. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/24/19 wac 
LD 1425 
LR 1730(02) 
An Act To Maintain the Integrity of the Department of Education by Prohibiting Its Promotion of 
Policies and Practices That Are Not Based on Rigorous Peer Review and Analysis, Limiting 
Acceptance of Private Funding in Implementing and Influencing State Policy and Retaining the Home 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Rule Powers to School Administrative Units 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ~· ( H-39 S 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
The Department of Education may incur additional costs to conduct critical reviews of contracts and to potentially 
perform rigorous, statistical analyses of new initiatives related to students to detennine the initiatives' effects on 
producing clearly identified student outcomes. The cost to the department and it's ability to absorb the cost without 
impacting other programs and services can not be determined at this time. 
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