BILLS WE'RE WATCHING

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Bill categories:  Administration; Charter Schools; Construction; Curriculum; Funding; Negotiations; School Boards; School Safety; Special Education; and Teachers.

L.D. 437—An Act Directing the Department of Education to Develop Pilot Programs to Place Child Care Facilities in Selected School Administrative Units - Curriculum

L.D. 433—An Act Relating to Requirements for School Bus Drivers

L.D. 420—An Act to Fund the Carleton Project to Provide Additional Access to a Nontraditional Secondary School - Funding; Curriculum

L.D. 406—An Act to Repeal the Laws Providing for Paid Family and Medical Leave and to Reimburse Taxpayers

L.D. 396—An Act to Provide for a Later Starting Time for High Schools

L.D. 386—An Act Regarding Information That May Be Shared by Law Enforcement Entities with a School Superintendent or a Principal - Administration

L.D. 384—An Act to Prevent Student Homelessness - Funding

L.D. 370—An Act to Raise the Minimum State Standard for Mathematics Education for a High School Diploma - Curriculum; Funding

L.D. 369—An Act to Grant or Extend Conditional Teaching Certificates Under Certain Circumstances - Teachers

L.D. 363—An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Create the School Capital Improvement Fund - Funding; Construction

L.D. 361—An Act to Support the Francis Malcolm Science Center - Funding

L.D. 360—An Act Supporting the Dirigo Reads Literacy Program - Funding

L.D. 354—An Act to Improve Education in Maine

L.D. 339—Resolve, to Provide Funds to the Maine Indian Education School District to Develop a Wabanaki-centered Curriculum - Curriculum; Funding

L.D. 329—An Act to Increase the Fine for Passing a Stopped School Bus

L.D. 328—An Act Requiring the State to Pay a Retired State Employee's or Retired Teacher's Premium for Medicare Part B Under Medicare Advantage - Teachers; Funding

L.D. 324—An Act to Increase Reading Proficiency in Public Schools - Curriculum

L.D. 322—An Act to Promote Student Attendance in Schools by Requiring the Commissioner of Education to Implement School Attendance Best Practices

L.D. 318—An Act Regarding School Funding and General Purpose Aid for Local Schools - Funding

L.D. 315—An Act to Add a Personal Finance Course to the State Graduation Requirements in High Schools - Curriculum

L.D. 312—An Act Regarding the Rates of Speed at Which School Buses Travel

L.D. 295—An Act Regarding Education

L.D. 282—An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools - Charter Schools

L.D. 281—An Act to Provide Support for Certain Maine Discovery Museum Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Educational Programming Throughout the State - Funding

L.D. 242—An Act to Extend the Maximum Time Period for Certain School Construction Bonds - Construction

L.D. 240—An Act to Create Consistency in Retirement Service Benefits Deferral Under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System - Teachers

L.D. 233—An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School - Funding

L.D. 230—An Act to Protect Minors from Harmful Depictions Generated by Artificial Intelligence

L.D. 225—An Act to Reduce Property Taxes and Finance Public School Construction and Education Through a 3 Percent Sales Tax on Hotel and Lodging Place Rentals - Construction; Funding

L.D. 220—An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program in Order to Provide Funding for Students Attending Certain Private Schools and Students Receiving Home Instruction - Funding

L.D. 218—An Act to Make Student Transfer Agreements Renew Automatically Except in Certain Circumstances - Administration

L.D. 217—An Act to Require Schools to Provide Access to Free Condoms for Students in Grades 9 to 12 in the School Nurse's Office

L.D. 211—An Act to Make School Safer for Students with Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders by Requiring Seizure Action Plans and Training in Schools

L.D. 210—An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 - Funding

L.D. 206—An Act to Protect Maine Businesses by Eliminating the Automatic Cost-of-living Adjustment to the Minimum Hourly Wage - Funding

L.D. 193—An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness - Funding

L.D. 187—An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory Service Fees on Nonmembers

L.D. 185—An Act to Expand Opportunities to Invest Municipal Tax Increment Financing Revenues

L.D. 181—An Act to Modify the Calculation of Pupil Counts Used for Determination of School Administrative Unit Operating Costs - Funding; Teachers; Special Education

L.D. 174—An Act to Restore Religious Exemptions to Immunization Requirements

L.D. 170—Resolve, Establishing a Pilot Program to Reduce Personal Electronic Device Distractions During the School Day

L.D. 168—An Act to Improve Safety in Public Schools by Requiring Silent Electronic Notification Systems in Classrooms - School Safety

L.D. 165—An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level - School Boards

L.D. 155—An Act to Make Menstrual Products Available in Certain Schools

L.D. 152—An Act to Amend the Freedom of Access Act to Require a Specific Time Frame for Agencies to Comply with Requests for Public Records

L.D. 134—An Act to Require Certain Individuals Who Instruct Children Under 18 Years of Age in Dance or Creative Movement to Undergo a Criminal Background Check

L.D. 124—An Act to Protect the Right to Food

L.D. 112—An Act to Promote Opportunities by Establishing a Student Wage

L.D. 111—An Act to Increase the State's Share of Retired Teacher Health Insurance - Teachers; Funding

L.D. 106—An Act Regarding the Taxation of Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits

L.D. 100—An Act to Increase the Expenditure Limit for the Informal Bidding Process for the Selection of Professional, Architect and Engineer Services

L.D. 99—An Act to Clarify Information Sharing Between the Department of Health and Human Services and Schools with Respect to Investigations of Child Abuse or Neglect

L.D. 98—An Act to Include School Counselors in the Educators for Maine Program

L.D. 89—Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 201: Employer Reporting and Payments, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

L.D. 86—An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Education - School Boards; Funding

L.D. 81—An Act to Foster Innovation in Maine Schools by Updating the Requirements of School Innovation Waivers - Teachers; Administration; Curriculum

L.D. 78—An Act to Require Elementary School Students to Learn Cursive Writing - Curriculum

L.D. 74—An Act to Update the System of Learning Results Review Timeline

L.D. 71—An Act Regarding Special Education Funding - Funding; Special Education

L.D. 61—An Act to Regulate Employer Surveillance to Protect Workers

L.D. 60—An Act to Allow Employees to Request Flexible Work Schedules

L.D. 55—An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Accrual of Earned Paid Leave

L.D. 54—An Act to Require Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges and Maintain Records of Employees' Pay Histories

L.D. 53—An Act to Establish the November General Election Day as a State Holiday

L.D. 34—An Act to Increase the Minimum Salary for Teachers - Teachers; Funding

L.D. 31—An Act Regarding School Enrollment for Military-connected Students - Administration

L.D. 22—An Act to Update the Laws Governing Education in the Unorganized Territory

L.D. 21—An Act to Update the Provision of Law Concerning Student Codes of Conduct in Order to Reflect Best Practices Regarding Behavioral Threat Assessment and Response - School Boards

L.D. 13—An Act to Provide Funds Necessary for the Production and Delivery of Election Materials by the Secretary of State and to Reconvene the Working Group to Study Polling Places at Schools

L.D. 11—An Act Regarding Temperature Standards for School Buildings - School Boards

L.D. 370—An Act to Raise the Minimum State Standard for Mathematics Education for a High School Diploma - Curriculum; Funding

L.D. 369—An Act to Grant or Extend Conditional Teaching Certificates Under Certain Circumstances - Teachers

L.D. 363—An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Create the School Capital Improvement Fund - Funding; Construction

L.D. 361—An Act to Support the Francis Malcolm Science Center - Funding

L.D. 360—An Act Supporting the Dirigo Reads Literacy Program - Funding

L.D. 354—An Act to Improve Education in Maine

L.D. 339—Resolve, to Provide Funds to the Maine Indian Education School District to Develop a Wabanaki-centered Curriculum - Curriculum; Funding

L.D. 329—An Act to Increase the Fine for Passing a Stopped School Bus

L.D. 328—An Act Requiring the State to Pay a Retired State Employee's or Retired Teacher's Premium for Medicare Part B Under Medicare Advantage - Teachers; Funding

L.D. 324—An Act to Increase Reading Proficiency in Public Schools - Curriculum

L.D. 322—An Act to Promote Student Attendance in Schools by Requiring the Commissioner of Education to Implement School Attendance Best Practices

L.D. 318—An Act Regarding School Funding and General Purpose Aid for Local Schools - Funding

L.D. 315—An Act to Add a Personal Finance Course to the State Graduation Requirements in High Schools - Curriculum

L.D. 312—An Act Regarding the Rates of Speed at Which School Buses Travel

L.D. 295—An Act Regarding Education

L.D. 282—An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools - Charter Schools

L.D. 281—An Act to Provide Support for Certain Maine Discovery Museum Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Educational Programming Throughout the State - Funding

L.D. 242—An Act to Extend the Maximum Time Period for Certain School Construction Bonds - Construction

L.D. 240—An Act to Create Consistency in Retirement Service Benefits Deferral Under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System - Teachers

L.D. 233—An Act to Prohibit Biological Males from Participating in School Athletic Programs and Activities Designated for Females When State Funding Is Provided to the School - Funding

L.D. 230—An Act to Protect Minors from Harmful Depictions Generated by Artificial Intelligence

L.D. 225—An Act to Reduce Property Taxes and Finance Public School Construction and Education Through a 3 Percent Sales Tax on Hotel and Lodging Place Rentals - Construction; Funding

L.D. 220—An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program in Order to Provide Funding for Students Attending Certain Private Schools and Students Receiving Home Instruction - Funding

L.D. 218—An Act to Make Student Transfer Agreements Renew Automatically Except in Certain Circumstances - Administration

L.D. 217—An Act to Require Schools to Provide Access to Free Condoms for Students in Grades 9 to 12 in the School Nurse's Office

L.D. 211—An Act to Make School Safer for Students with Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders by Requiring Seizure Action Plans and Training in Schools

L.D. 210—An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 - Funding

L.D. 206—An Act to Protect Maine Businesses by Eliminating the Automatic Cost-of-living Adjustment to the Minimum Hourly Wage - Funding

L.D. 193—An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness - Funding

L.D. 187—An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory Service Fees on Nonmembers

L.D. 185—An Act to Expand Opportunities to Invest Municipal Tax Increment Financing Revenues

L.D. 181—An Act to Modify the Calculation of Pupil Counts Used for Determination of School Administrative Unit Operating Costs - Funding; Teachers; Special Education

L.D. 174—An Act to Restore Religious Exemptions to Immunization Requirements

L.D. 170—Resolve, Establishing a Pilot Program to Reduce Personal Electronic Device Distractions During the School Day

L.D. 168—An Act to Improve Safety in Public Schools by Requiring Silent Electronic Notification Systems in Classrooms - School Safety

L.D. 165—An Act to Allow School Boards to Expel or Suspend Students Regardless of Grade Level - School Boards

L.D. 155—An Act to Make Menstrual Products Available in Certain Schools

L.D. 152—An Act to Amend the Freedom of Access Act to Require a Specific Time Frame for Agencies to Comply with Requests for Public Records

L.D. 134—An Act to Require Certain Individuals Who Instruct Children Under 18 Years of Age in Dance or Creative Movement to Undergo a Criminal Background Check

L.D. 124—An Act to Protect the Right to Food

L.D. 112—An Act to Promote Opportunities by Establishing a Student Wage

L.D. 111—An Act to Increase the State's Share of Retired Teacher Health Insurance - Teachers; Funding

L.D. 106—An Act Regarding the Taxation of Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits

L.D. 100—An Act to Increase the Expenditure Limit for the Informal Bidding Process for the Selection of Professional, Architect and Engineer Services

L.D. 99—An Act to Clarify Information Sharing Between the Department of Health and Human Services and Schools with Respect to Investigations of Child Abuse or Neglect

L.D. 98—An Act to Include School Counselors in the Educators for Maine Program

L.D. 89—Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 201: Employer Reporting and Payments, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

L.D. 86—An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Education - School Boards; Funding

L.D. 81—An Act to Foster Innovation in Maine Schools by Updating the Requirements of School Innovation Waivers - Teachers; Administration; Curriculum

L.D. 78—An Act to Require Elementary School Students to Learn Cursive Writing - Curriculum

L.D. 74—An Act to Update the System of Learning Results Review Timeline

L.D. 71—An Act Regarding Special Education Funding - Funding; Special Education

L.D. 61—An Act to Regulate Employer Surveillance to Protect Workers

L.D. 60—An Act to Allow Employees to Request Flexible Work Schedules

L.D. 55—An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Accrual of Earned Paid Leave

L.D. 54—An Act to Require Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges and Maintain Records of Employees' Pay Histories

L.D. 53—An Act to Establish the November General Election Day as a State Holiday

L.D. 34—An Act to Increase the Minimum Salary for Teachers - Teachers; Funding

L.D. 31—An Act Regarding School Enrollment for Military-connected Students - Administration

L.D. 22—An Act to Update the Laws Governing Education in the Unorganized Territory

L.D. 21—An Act to Update the Provision of Law Concerning Student Codes of Conduct in Order to Reflect Best Practices Regarding Behavioral Threat Assessment and Response - School Boards

L.D. 13—An Act to Provide Funds Necessary for the Production and Delivery of Election Materials by the Secretary of State and to Reconvene the Working Group to Study Polling Places at Schools

L.D. 11—An Act Regarding Temperature Standards for School Buildings - School Boards