Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: The Credentialing of Education Personnel, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education, State Board of Education
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1933
Committee Amendment CA_A_H858 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. fl.-,, to H.P. 1442, L.D. 1933, "Resolve, Regarding 
Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: The Credentialing of Education Personnel, 
a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education, State Board of Education" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: 
The 
Credentialing of Education Personnel, a Major Substantive Rule of the State Board 
of Education' 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec, 1. Adoption. Resolved: That final adoption of portions of Chapter 115: The 
Credentialing of Education Personnel, a provisionally adopted major substantive rule of 
the State Board of Education that has been submitted to the Legislature for review pursuant 
to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, is authorized only if 
the following changes are made. 
1. The rule must be amended in Part I, section 6, subsection 2, Professional Teacher 
Certificate, to cross-reference the pre-service candidate standards found in the State Board 
of Education rule Chapter 114: Purpose, Standards and Procedures for the Review and 
Approval of Preparation Programs for Education Personnel, section 2, subsection 2.1. 
2. The rule must be amended in Part I, section 6, subsection 5, Certification for a 
Certified Educational Technician, in the portion regarding eligibility to remove the 
provision that an applicant is eligible to be an educational technician II or III if the applicant 
has successfully completed a program in the State approved for targeting essential skills 
arid knowledge for performing permitted responsibilities. 
3. The rule must be amended in Part II, section 1, subsection 1.18, Endorsement: Pre-
kindergarten through Grade 12 Teacher of School Health and Physical Education, to 
change the endorsement to pre-kindergarten through grade 12 teacher of health and 
physical education. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"* to H.P. 1442, L.D, 1933 
4. The rule must be amended in Part II, section 2, subsection 2.1, Endorsement 282: 
Teacher of Children with Disabilities, to: 
A. Reinstate the grade levels for the endorsement as: birth to school age 5, kindergarten 
through grade 8 and grades 7 through 12; and 
B. For the birth to school age 5 grade level, differentiate and specify the semester hours 
in early childhood and early intervention course work necessary for the endorsement 
and clarify the permissible student teacher settings. 
5. All necessary grammatical, formatting, punctuation and other technical, 
nonsubstantive editing changes must be made to the rule, including, but not limited to, the 
removal of strikethrough or underlined letters or words remaining from prior drafts and 
edits and the amendment of any inconsistent numbering or lettering in the rule.' 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment authorizes the State Board of Education to finally adopt· portions of 
major substantive rule Chapter 115: The Credentialing of Education Personnel, only if the 
State Board of Education makes specified changes. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 03/17 /22 ;:k:rae.. 
LD 1933 
LR 2587(02) 
Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 115: The Credentialing of Education 
Personnel, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education, State Board of Education 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,jr{l/-6-5'5) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the State Board of Education associated with the rulemaldng process can be absorbed within 
existing budgeted resources. 
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