Review and determine any Changes from 1 year to 3 years the time needed for those certification with targeted need and conditional certificates to processes/applications need to complete coursework and testing requirements. be revised. LD 1469, Public Law 2015, July 29, 2016 Suzan Beaudoin Requires the Executive Director of the Maine Chapter 383 Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and An Act To Promote Private the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf to designate a Fund-raising for the Maine nonprofit organization as the private support organization Educational Center for the Deaf for the Maine Educational Center for Deaf and Hard of and Hard of Hearing and the Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf to Governor Baxter School for the organize and foster support for the Center / School and Deaf its programs. LD 1475, Public Law 2015, April 13, 2016 Joanne Allen Authorizes a regional school unit (RSU) to include an Chapter 463 article in the warrant for its annual budget meeting Include in An Act To Facilitate the Use of providing that, in the event that the RSU receives more Commissioner’s Dispatch or Update. State Education Subsidies state education subsidy than the amount included in its (EMERGENCY) budget, the RSU Board is authorized to increase Add to website information on expenditures for school purposes in cost center categories warrant articles. approved by the RSU board, without a special budget meeting and budget validation referendum. Allows a RSU to include such articles for the purposes of increasing allocation of finances in a reserve fund and decreasing the local cost share expectation for local property taxpayers for funding public education. July 29, 2016 LD 1504, Public Law 2015, Rachelle Tome Establishes November 1st as Veterans in the Arts Chapter 399 Beth Lambert Humanities Day to celebrate significant contributions of Include in An Act To Establish November veterans of the US Armed Forces in the arts and Commissioner’s Dispatch or Update. 1st as Veterans in the Arts and humanities. Humanities Day Provides that the Governor may issue a proclamation urging people to participate in activities relating to this. March 31, 2016 LD 1517, Public Law 2015, Joanne Allen Allows the governing body of an alternative Chapter 420 organizational structure (AOS) to purchase a single An Act To Enable an health insurance policy that is offered to all eligible Alternative Organizational employees and retirees and their dependents of the AOS Structure To Purchase Group and its member school administrative units. Health Insurance for Its
Changes from 1 year to 3 years the time needed for those with targeted need and conditional certificates to complete coursework and testing requirements. Review and determine any certification processes/applications need to be revised. LD 1469, Public Law 2015, Chapter 383 An Act To Promote Private Fund-raising for the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf Requires the Executive Director of the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf to designate a nonprofit organization as the private support organization for the Maine Educational Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf to organize and foster support for the Center / School and its programs. July 29, 2016 Suzan Beaudoin LD 1475, Public Law 2015, Chapter 463 An Act To Facilitate the Use of State Education Subsidies (EMERGENCY) Authorizes a regional school unit (RSU) to include an article in the warrant for its annual budget meeting providing that, in the event that the RSU receives more state education subsidy than the amount included in its budget, the RSU Board is authorized to increase expenditures for school purposes in cost center categories approved by the RSU board, without a special budget meeting and budget validation referendum. Allows a RSU to include such articles for the purposes of increasing allocation of finances in a reserve fund and decreasing the local cost share expectation for local property taxpayers for funding public education. April 13, 2016 Include in Commissioner’s Dispatch or Update. Add to website information on warrant articles. Joanne Allen LD 1504, Public Law 2015, Chapter 399 An Act To Establish November 1st as Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day Establishes November 1st as Veterans in the Arts Humanities Day to celebrate significant contributions of veterans of the US Armed Forces in the arts and humanities. Provides that the Governor may issue a proclamation urging people to participate in activities relating to this. July 29, 2016 Include in Commissioner’s Dispatch or Update. Rachelle Tome Beth Lambert LD 1517, Public Law 2015, Chapter 420 An Act To Enable an Alternative Organizational Structure To Purchase Group Health Insurance for Its Allows the governing body of an alternative organizational structure (AOS) to purchase a single health insurance policy that is offered to all eligible employees and retirees and their dependents of the AOS and its member school administrative units. March 31, 2016 Joanne Allen
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