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In advance of the 132nd Legislative Session, MSBA Legislative Staff have created a Legislative Dashboard, which we hope will be a comprehensive resource for news and information on Maine education policy.

You can find the page by clicking on the button to the right. The page includes weekly legislative bulletins from MSBA legislative staff, video and audio updates, as well as trainings, legislative calendars, links to particular bills of interest, and contact information for lawmakers and the legislature's Education Committee.

This page is password-protected. Please reach out to Robbie Feinberg at rfeinberg@msmaweb.com if you need the password.

MSBA Legislative Advocacy Dashboard
MSBA Leg Committee - Position on Bills

Advocating For Your School District at the Maine Legislature

In order to effectively advocate for public education in Maine, we all must work together! We encourage you to reach out to your elected representatives and senators and share your perspective on important public policy. Below, you'll find resources to help you in your advocacy.

Download a larger version of this handout at this link

This online presentation offers tips and advice for how School Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents and School Board Members can advocate for public education with their local elected officials.

You can download the slides of this presentation at this link.

Helpful Links:

MSBA Legislative Committee Reports

The Legislative Committee of MSBA meets periodically during each Legislative session to review proposed legislation and to take positions on such legislation on behalf of the MSBA Board of Directors.

Click here to see the full list of bills we're watching. (These will be updated in Winter 2025 as bills come in during the 132nd Legislative Session)

Please click on the link below to view the latest report. While a particular position is stated, often there is discussion within the Legislative Committee that helps inform the testimony that will be provided along with the stated position of Support, Oppose or Neither For Nor Against. The stated position does not always tell the full story of the position of the Legislative Committee. Should you want more information regarding the position on a bill, please contact the Chair of the Committee or the Executive Director.

Positions of MSBA Legislative Committee:
Support – at least a majority of the committee present and voting are in favor of the stated action of the LD.
Oppose – at least a majority of the committee present and voting are opposed to the stated action of the LD.
NFNA (Neither For Nor Against) – A strong Support or Oppose either isn’t present, or there are supporting positions on each side of the bill not to vote in favor or opposition. Taking a NFNA position does allow MSBA to provide testimony if it wants to weigh in with information that it feels would inform votes on the legislation. Additionally, on money distribution LDs, the MSBA position has routinely been not to state a position that would pit one region of the state against another.
Monitor – These usually are bills of interest for which the committee doesn’t think it is necessary to offer testimony.
Hold – This position usually notes that the bill is either a Concept Draft or the committee needs more information / language. These LDs get revisited at the next MSBA Legislative Committee meeting.

In addition, sometimes the content of an LD is not well described by the title, and positions voted on by the MSBA Legislative Committee are determined by the content in the bill. For full information, please click on the bill to have a better understanding of why a particular vote may have been taken.

If you would like additional information on a particular LD, please click on the LD number in the report and you will be redirected to the Maine State Legislature’s file on that particular LD. 

If you have any questions, please contact:

Faye Anderson, Chair, Legislative Committee
Steven Bailey, Executive Director

MSBA Position on Bills - as of 1/28/25