[Local-Maine-Schools] Fwd: Ed committee schedule for this week.

Dick Atlee atlee at umd.edu
Mon May 9 16:29:48 UTC 2011


 From Dick Gould. Looks like the Pledge of Allegiance is making a 
comeback (Wednesday, 1136). I wonder why prayer didn't come first...
[I've reformatted this for reading in plain text.]

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Subject: 	Ed committee schedule for this week.
Date: 	Mon, 9 May 2011 09:37:47 -0400
From: 	ricchard gould <perf3170rag at myfairpoint.net>

Good morning.

Here is the schedule for the ed com. For this week.

Note Tuesday afternoon schedule.  These are the financial bills heard
last Wed.

You can check the email sent last week which gives you the summary of
each bill.

Dick Gould
MSSC

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Education and Cultural Affairs
Week of 5/9/2011 - 5/13/2011

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Monday:  5/9/2011

10:00 AM   WORK SESSION

L.D. 1045  An Act To Encourage Better Grades for High School Students by 
Linking Grades with the Granting of a Driver's License

L.D. 1273  An Act To Establish a 2-week Quiet Period for School Teams

L.D. 1402  An Act To Extend Employment Reference Immunity to School 
Administrative Units

L.D. 506   An Act To Prevent the Disclosure of Student Social Security 
Numbers


1:00 PM  UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONFIRMATION
HEARING -- Admiral Gregory G. Johnson


2:00 PM  WORK SESSION

L.D. 250   An Act To Permit Tuition Subsidies by Municipalities

L.D. 1283  An Act To Allow Students Choice in High School Enrollment

L.D. 1316  An Act To Expand Magnet Schools in Maine

L.D. 1388  An Act To Allow Schools To Adopt Approved Alternative Curricula

L.D. 1424  An Act To Enhance Parental Roles in Education Choice


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Tuesday: 5/10/2011

1:00 PM  WORK SESSION AND MAINE EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH
          INSTITUTE BREIFING – SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA

L.D. 1274  An Act To Restore Equity in Education Funding

L.D. 93    An Act To Improve Essential Programs and Services Funding for
Education

L.D. 347   Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Education To Convene a 
Task Force To Develop a Proposal for a More Equitable Distribution of 
Kindergarten to Grade 12 State Education Funding

L.D. 958   Resolve, To Direct the Department of Education To Review the 
Essential Programs and Services Model

L.D. 886   An Act To Remove All Federal Funding from Inclusion in the 
Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula

L.D. 1017  An Act To Improve the Essential Programs and Services Funding 
Model by Providing for a Cost of Housing Adjustment

L.D. 1051  An Act To Calculate Essential Programs and Services Funding 
on an Equal Labor Market

L.D. 598  An Act To Provide Assistance to Economically Disadvantaged 
Students


3:00 PM  JOINT EDUCATION AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
          COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING

L.D. 758  Resolve, To Establish a Schoolchildren's Well-being 
Stakeholder Group


4:00 PM  WORK SESSION

L.D. 1307  An Act To Amend and Clarify Certain Education Statutes

L.D. 606   An Act To Protect State Education Funds

L.D. 1471  An Act To Require Voter Validation for a School 
Administrative Unit To Retain Ownership of a School No Longer Used
Primarily for Classroom Education

L.D. 1425  An Act To Protect the Quality and Integrity of Maine's 
Educational Materials

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Wednesday: 5/11/2011

1:00 PM  PUBLIC HEARING

L.D. 1136  An Act To Require the Opportunity To Recite the Pledge of 
Allegiance in Schools

L.D. 1380  An Act To Extend the Salary Supplement for National 
Board-certified Teachers at Publicly Supported Secondary Schools That 
Enroll at Least 60% Public Students

L.D. 1094  An Act To Improve the Delivery of School Psychological 
Services to Children


3:00 PM   JOINT EDUCATION AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WORK SESSION

L.D. 758    Resolve, To Establish a Schoolchildren's
Well-being Stakeholder Group


4:00 PM    WORK SESSION

L.D. 505   An Act To Align State Standards Pertaining to Food and 
Beverages outside of the School Lunch Program to Federal Standards

L.D. 813   An Act To Require Every School Administrative Unit To Have a 
Food Service Director

L.D. 1197  An Act To Amend Standards for Participation in
Certain Public School Services by Students Who Are Homeschooled

L.D. 568   An Act To Create a Unified Early Childhood Education System 
in Maine

L.D. 775   An Act To Clarify Special Education Reporting Requirements

L.D. 1003  An Act To Assist Maine Schools To Obtain Federal
Funds for Medically Necessary Services

L.D. 1345  An Act To Align Maine Special Education Statutes with Federal 
Requirements

L.D. 1430  Resolve, To Conduct a Review of the Roles and Functions of 
the Department of Education and of Certain Mandates


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Thursday: 5/12/2011

1:00 PM  PUBLIC HEARING

L.D. 1540  An Act To Encourage Science, Technology, Engineering and 
Mathematics Education

L.D. 1553  An Act To Create a Public Charter School Program in Maine


4:00 PM   WORK SESSION

L.D. 167   An Act To Provide Full Funding for Advanced Placement Courses

L.D. 569   An Act To Support and Encourage the Use of Online Textbooks

L.D. 627   An Act To Expand the Capacity of York County Community College

L.D. 980   An Act To Prohibit Cyberbullying in Public Schools


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Friday: 5/13/2011

9:00 AM  WORK SESSION

L.D. 1422  An Act To Prepare Maine People for the Future Economy

L.D. 949   An Act To Update Maine's High School Graduation Requirements

L.D. 959   Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Provide 
Curriculum Consistency in Maine Public Schools

L.D. 1269  An Act To Require That the Taking of a Statewide Assessment 
Test for High School Seniors Be Voluntary

L.D. 1188  An Act To Achieve Maine's High School Graduation Goal

L.D. 1503  An Act To Promote School Attendance and Increase School 
Achievement

L.D. 1488  An Act To Create Innovative Public School Zones and 
Innovative Public School Districts


1:00 PM   WORK SESSION

L.D. 944   An Act To Increase College Attainment

L.D. 1139  An Act To Require Students To Receive Instruction in 
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated External
Defibrillator prior to Graduation

L.D. 1211  An Act To Require That a Student Satisfactorily Complete a 
Course in Civics and Government To Receive a High School Diploma

L.D. 1136  An Act To Require the Opportunity To Recite the Pledge of 
Allegiance in Schools

L.D. 1380  An Act To Extend the Salary Supplement for National 
Board-certified Teachers at Publicly Supported Secondary Schools That 
Enroll at Least 60% Public Students

L.D. 1094  An Act To Improve the Delivery of School Psychological 
Services to Children




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