An Act To Increase Learning Potential by Providing High-impact Tutoring Grants
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1962
Committee Amendment CA_A_S532 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " /)s." to S.P. 700, L.D. 1962, "An Act To Increase 
Learning Potential by Providing High-impact Tutoring Grants" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Increase Learning Potential by Providing Innovative Instruction and 
Tutoring Program Grants' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA c. 320 is enacted to read: 
CHAPTER320 
INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTION AND TUTORING GRANT PROGRAM FUND 
§9101. 
Innovative Instruction and Tutoring Grant Program Fund; standards; 
tutoring plan 
1. Innovative Instruction and Tutoring Grant Program Fund. The Innovative 
Instruction and Tutoring Grant Program Fund, referred to in this chapter as "the fund," is 
established in the department to encourage the facilitation of innovative instruction and 
turtoring programs, including so-called high-impact tutoring, that address learning loss or 
unfinished learning through the use of project-based learning and other interdisciplinary 
approaches. Eligible local education providers throughout the State may be awarded grants 
upon approval of their applications. The commissioner shall administer the fund. For the 
purposes of this chapter, "local education provider" means a school administrative unit, a 
school in the unorganized territory under chapter 119, a public charter school under chapter 
or a school or program established under subpart 2. 
2. Standards for award of grants. The commissioner shall establish eligibility 
standards for the award of grants from the fund under this section to local education 
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providers and determine the allowable uses of grant money by eligible local education 
providers, including but not limited to hiring or contracting for program staff; providing 
stipends or other incentives to teachers, paraprofessionals, retired teachers and community 
organizations; developing curricula and related supplies; covering costs associated with 
renting or purchasing physical space for programming; and paying administrative 
expenses. 
3. Innovative instruction and tutoring program plan; eligibility. To be eligible for 
a grant under this section, a local education provider must submit an innovative instruction 
and tutoring program plan to the department. To the extent practicable, the plan must 
include a program that is: 
A. Provided for groups of students; 
B. Provided to the same groups of students for a minimum of 6 weeks; 
C. Provided by high-quality, trained staff, including but not limited to teachers, 
paraprofessionals or community providers; 
D. Aligned with the local education provider's academic standards using high-quality 
content-rich, project-based curricula and that incorporates relevant student experiences 
and student background knowledge in the development of the learning projects; 
E. Data-driven, with interim assessments to monitor student progress; and 
F. Targeted to all students in a grade level or school. 
If the innovative instruction and tutoring program plan does not include all of the 
components in this subsection, the plan must address the reason for the modification or 
omission and how the local education provider intends to achieve the same desired student 
outcomes. 
4. Priority. The commissioner shall prioritize grant awards for innovative instruction 
and tutoring program plans submitted pursuant to subsection 3 that address educational 
disparities due to race or income, serve students from low-income households or 
underserved students to address learning loss or unfinished learning due to extended gaps 
or interruptions in a student's education. The commissioner shall also prioritize grant 
awards for innovative instruction and tutoring program plans submitted pursuant to 
subsection 3 that include partnerships with community-based programs. 
§9102. Report 
1. Grant recipient report. In each year in which a local education provider receives 
a grant pursuant to section 9101 for an innovative instruction and tutoring program plan 
submitted pursuant to section 9101, subsection 3, the local education provider shall submit 
a report to the department. The report must include: 
A. The number of students who are participating in the innovative instruction and 
tutoring program, including demographic information; 
B. Any adjustments made to the innovative instruction and tutoring program plan and 
the reason for those adjustments; 
C. How the local education provider maintained consistent access for participating 
students to instruction in the core curriculum and other instruction; 
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D. How grants were used by the local education provider and a summary of other 
resources used; 
E. The student outcomes associated with the innovative instruction and tutoring 
program; and 
F. 
Whether the innovative instruction and tutoring program will continue in the 
following school year and, if not, the reason the innovative instruction and tutoring 
program will not continue. 
Sec. 2. Guidance. The Commissioner of Education shall issue guidance and best 
practices for the delivery of innovative instruction and tutoring programs as provided in the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 320, including but not limited to mechanisms 
to expand innovative instruction and tutoring program plans using any federal funding 
available for this purpose and potential pathways into the teaching profession for program 
staff working toward educator certification. 
Sec. 3. 
Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Innovative Instruction and Tutoring Grant Program Fund N958 
Initiative: Provides a base allocation to authorize the expenditures of funds received for 
grants to local education providers for innovative instruction programs. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$500 
$500 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the High-impact Tutoring Grant Program Fund with the 
Innovative Instruction and Tutoring Grant Program Fund within the Department of 
Education. The amendment refines the eligibility criteria to reflect the expansion of the 
program beyond tutoring alone, directs the Commissioner of Education to prioritize plans 
that address educational disparities due to race or income and removes the biennial 
reporting and rulemaking provisions. 
The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/07 /22 feae 
LD 1962 
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An Act To Increase Learning Potential by Providing High-impact Tutoring Grants 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''rJ.'(~ S::i z.,) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
FY 2022-23 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$500 
$500 
$500 
This bill includes ongoing Federal Expenditures Fund allocations of $500 per year beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 to 
a newly established Innovative Instruction and Tutoring Grant Program Fund within the Department of Education to 
authorize the expenditure of federals funds for grants to local education providers to provide innovative instruction 
programs that address learning loss or unfinished learning. The department has indicated that existing federal funds 
will be used to support the program. 
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