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

L.D. 974—Resolve, to Increase the High School Graduation Rate by Creating the Maine Promise Initiative - Funding

L.D. 973—An Act to Establish the Community Partnerships with Public School Systems Grant Program - Funding; Teachers

L.D. 957—An Act to Integrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History into the Statewide System of Learning Results - Curriculum

L.D. 941—An Act Requiring Employers to Disclose Wage Ranges in Job Postings

L.D. 933—An Act to Increase to 100 Percent the State Share of Funding for Special Education Costs of All School Administrative Units - Special Education; Funding

L.D. 927—An Act to Require Chaplains in School Administrative Units

L.D. 919—An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools - Charter Schools

L.D. 903—An Act to Regulate the Advertising of Cannabis Products

L.D. 900—An Act to Protect State Retiree Pensions from Inflation - Teachers; Administration

L.D. 898—An Act to Support Rural Workforce Recruitment by Allowing Pay Differentials Based on Work Site Location and Employee Experience and Credentials Under the Maine Equal Pay Law

L.D. 895—An Act to Support Immersive Outdoor Education by Establishing the Outdoor School for All Maine Students Program - Funding; Teachers; Curriculum

L.D. 894—An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Paid Family and Medical Leave

L.D. 885—An Act to Allow Certain Persons with a Permit to Carry Concealed Handguns to Possess or Discharge a Firearm on School Property

L.D. 868—An Act to Ensure Equity and Safety in Athletics, Restrooms, Changing Rooms and Housing at Elementary, Secondary and Postsecondary Schools - Charter Schools

L.D. 858—An Act to Ensure Behavioral and Mental Health Services Are Available to Students by Providing Grants to Schools That Contract for Those Services - Funding

L.D. 854—An Act to Provide Equitable Capital Construction Funding for Maine's Charter Schools - Funding; School Construction

L.D. 849—An Act to Establish a Recall Process for Public School Board Members - School Boards

L.D. 839—An Act to Lower Consumer Electricity Costs by Prohibiting the Recovery Through Rates of Costs Attributable to Net Energy Billing

L.D. 835—An Act to Allow Children to Participate in Beano Games Conducted by Nonprofit Charitable Organizations

L.D. 833—An Act to Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception

L.D. 828—An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Be Designated as School Health Advisors - School Boards

L.D. 826—An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Establish the School Energy Savings Revolving Loan Fund - Funding

L.D. 823—An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Provide for Statewide and Equitable Access to Experiential Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Competition Programs - Funding

L.D. 817—An Act to Remove Restrictions That Prohibit School Administrative Units from Making Purchases Through Cooperatives

L.D. 808—An Act to Require School Boards and Governing Bodies of Approved Private Schools to Implement Wearable Panic Alert Systems - School Boards; School Safety

L.D. 804—An Act to Encourage Election Involvement by Making Election Day a State Holiday in Even-numbered Years

L.D. 803—An Act to Address Certification Violations for School Staff - Administration; School Boards

L.D. 799—An Act to Report Gender Wage Gaps

L.D. 797—An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Work Search Efforts for Unemployment Benefits and to Eliminate Benefits for Temporary Unemployment

L.D. 787—An Act to Clarify Residency Requirements for and Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics - Funding

L.D. 776—An Act to Provide Free School Lunches to Special Purpose Private Schools That Receive Students from the Public School System

L.D. 766—An Act to Protect the Children of Maine

L.D. 747—An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce Student Homelessness - Funding

L.D. 734—An Act to Promote Voter Registration for Students in Maine's High Schools

L.D. 730—Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 132: Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education - Curriculum

L.D. 727—An Act to Repeal Certain Immunization Requirements for Schools

L.D. 701—Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Report on Financial Literacy Education in the System of Learning Results - Curriculum

L.D. 696—An Act to Bolster the Maine Teacher Residency Program - Teachers; Funding

L.D. 674—An Act to Create a History Education and Learning Mobile Unit Within the Maine State Archives

L.D. 673—An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units - Funding

L.D. 669—An Act Regarding Labor

L.D. 667—An Act to Modernize the State Motor Vehicle Inspection Program and the Law Governing Inspection Fees

L.D. 660—An Act to Provide Transparency and Public Access to Public School Curricula - School Boards; Curriculum

L.D. 653—An Act to Allow Teachers to Qualify for Overtime Pay - Teachers

L.D. 644—An Act to Expand Employment Opportunities for Minor Students by Eliminating Certain Work Limitations

L.D. 643—Resolve, to Study the Effects of Artificial Intelligence, Cellular Telephones and Social Media on Public Education

L.D. 628—An Act Regarding Eligibility to Apply for a Department of Education Diploma

L.D. 618—An Act to Allow Minors Under 16 Years of Age to Work Until 9 p.m. During the School Year and Until 10 p.m. During Summer Vacation

L.D. 615—An Act Regarding Elections

L.D. 614—An Act to Modify Current Property Tax Assessment Methods to Make Property Taxes Affordable for Longtime Property Owners

L.D. 607—An Act to Require the Approval of Superintendent Agreements Regarding Transfers of Students Between School Administrative Units - Administration

L.D. 599—An Act to Codify the Federal Salary Threshold for Overtime Pay

L.D. 598—An Act to Require Minimum Pay for Reporting to Work

L.D. 587—An Act to Require Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Athletic Emergency Action Plans for Schools and School-sponsored Athletic Events - School Safety; School Boards

L.D. 577—An Act to Address Student Hunger and Nutrition Through Expanded Access to Free Milk in Schools - Funding

L.D. 575—An Act to Ensure Equitable Access to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program by Removing the Requirement That Leave Must Be Scheduled to Prevent Undue Hardship on the Employer

L.D. 574—An Act to Improve Labor Conditions for Workers in the State

L.D. 572—An Act to Improve Maine's Workers' Compensation Laws

L.D. 571—An Act to Improve Conditions for Maine Workers and Retirees

L.D. 566—An Act to Modernize the Motor Vehicle Inspection Program and Amend the Law Governing Inspection Fees

L.D. 550—An Act to Support Outdoor, Agricultural-based and Hands-on Experiential Learning in Public Schools - Curriculum

L.D. 543—An Act to Enhance Maine's Wildlife Conservation Efforts and Preserve Maine's Sporting Heritage by Requiring Hunter Safety Education in Schools - Curriculum

L.D. 542—An Act Regarding Municipal Property Tax Levy Limits

L.D. 539—An Act to Repeal the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program

L.D. 537—An Act to Prohibit the Doxing of a Minor and to Authorize a Related Civil Action

L.D. 536—An Act to Establish Net Neutrality

L.D. 525—An Act to Strengthen Maine Citizens' Second Amendment Rights by Allowing the Discharge of Firearms on Private Property That Is Within 500 Feet of School Property in Certain Circumstances   

L.D. 517—An Act to Protect the First Amendment Rights of Individuals in the State

L.D. 515—An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation

L.D. 513—An Act to Allow the Spouse of a School Board Member to Serve as a Stipend Employee Within the School Board's Jurisdiction - School Boards

L.D. 512—An Act to Provide Educational Opportunities for Students in Secondary Schools with 200 or Fewer Students - Administration; Funding

L.D. 501—An Act to Fairly Fund School Administrative Units for Economically Disadvantaged Students - Funding

L.D. 492—RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for Parental Rights

L.D. 483—An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Secure Prosperity for Maine Families and Businesses - Funding

L.D. 482—An Act to Expand Educational Opportunities and Broaden Educational Services for Students Enrolled in Equivalent Instruction Programs - Special Education; Administration; Curriculum

L.D. 470—An Act to Require School Administrative Units to Adopt Mentoring Programs for Teachers and to Improve Existing Programs - Teachers; Funding

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