Maine LD 1571: An Act To Provide Meaningful Public Participation At Local School Board Meetings

Status: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (as of 2023-05-30)

State: Maine · Session: 131 · Bill: LD 1571

Subjects: BOARDS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Sponsors: Sheila LYMAN, Amy ARATA, Barbara BAGSHAW, David HAGGAN, Edward POLEWARCZYK, Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE, Joshua MORRIS, Scott CYRWAY, Tracy QUINT

Bill Text

Page 1 - 132LR1563(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1029 - L.D. 1571
An Act to Modify Certification Standards for Full-time Teachers in Public
Charter Schools and Standards for Reissuance of Educational Technician
Certificates
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §2412, sub-§6, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 414, §5, is
amended to read:
B. All full-time teachers in a public charter school must either hold an appropriate
teaching certificate or become certified within 3 years of the date they are hired, except
for those with an advanced degree, professional certification or unique expertise or
experience in the curricular area in which they teach.
This paragraph is repealed August 1, 2026.
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §2412, sub-§6, ¶B-1 is enacted to read:
B-1. Beginning August 1, 2026, all full-time teachers in a public charter school must
hold an appropriate teaching certificate.
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §13019-H, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 442, §2 and
reallocated by RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. A, §7, is amended to read:
6. Reissuance; retired educational technician. The commissioner may issue an
educational technician certificate to a person who has been receiving a retirement benefit
from the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program established under Title 5,
section 17602 for no more than 5 years until July 31, 2026 and for no more than 3 years
beginning August 1, 2026 and who, immediately prior to receiving that benefit, possessed
an active educational technician certificate in good standing that has subsequently lapsed.
An educational technician certificate issued under this subsection is for the same period
and subject to the same renewal standards as specified in subsection 3. State board rules
may further govern qualifications for an educational technician certificate issued under this
subsection.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JUNE 24, 2025
CHAPTER
423
PUBLIC LAW

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