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LD1271 • 2025

An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of Superintendents or School Board Members

An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of Superintendents or School Board Members

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Sponsor
Representative Nathan Carlow
Last action
2025-05-06
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of Superintendents or School Board Members

An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of Superintendents or School Board Members Sponsor: Representative Nathan Carlow Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of Superintendents or School Board Members Sponsor: Representative Nathan Carlow Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-06 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-01 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  4. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-04-17 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-17 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-03-25 House

    Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  8. 2025-03-25 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of Superintendents or School Board Members
Sponsor:
Representative Nathan Carlow
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1271
H.P. 846 House of Representatives, March 25, 2025
An Act to Make Permanent the Law Allowing School Boards to
Accept the Volunteer Services of Immediate Family Members of
Superintendents or School Board Members
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative CARLOW of Buxton.

Page 1 - 132LR2378(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1002, sub-§2-C is enacted to read:
32-C. Permissive volunteer placement by school administrative unit.
4 Notwithstanding subsection 2-A, a school board may, but is not required to, permit a
5 superintendent's or school board member's spouse or other family member to serve as a
6 volunteer. A school board may adopt a written policy on nepotism to discourage favoritism
7 and political patronage, consider the needs of the school system and provide that all
8 volunteers have a fair and equal opportunity to be selected on merit, with priority
9 consideration given to the best interest of students without restrictions based solely on
10 family association.
11SUMMARY
12 This bill reestablishes a law that was repealed through a statutory repeal clause in 2024
13 that allows a school board to permit a spouse of a school board member to serve as a
14 volunteer. This bill expands the law that was repealed in 2024 to include a superintendent's
15 or school board member's spouse or other family members.
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