LD1466 • 2025

An Act Related to Excusing a School from Making Up Missed Days When It Cannot Operate During a Declared State of Emergency

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Sponsor: Representative Amanda Collamore
Last action: 2025-06-04
Official status: Reports Read On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 345 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act Related to Excusing a School from Making Up Missed Days When It Cannot Operate During a Declared State of Emergency

An Act Related to Excusing a School from Making Up Missed Days When It Cannot Operate During a Declared State of Emergency Sponsor: Representative Amanda Collamore Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

An Act Related to Excusing a School from Making Up Missed Days When It Cannot Operate During a Declared State of Emergency Sponsor: Representative Amanda Collamore Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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C-A (H-425)

Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1071(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

Page 1 - 132LR1071(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
1466 2 Date: (Filing No.
H- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

2025-06-04 Senate
Reports Read On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 345 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-06-03 House
Reports READ . On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 301 (Yeas 75 - Nays 71 - Absent 5 - Excused 0) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-06-02 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM
2025-05-01 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-01 Committee
Voted; Divided Report
2025-04-08 Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act Related to Excusing a School from Making Up Missed Days When It Cannot Operate During a Declared State of Emergency
Sponsor:
Representative Amanda Collamore
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1466
H.P. 958 House of Representatives, April 3, 2025
An Act Related to Excusing a School from Making Up Missed Days
When It Cannot Operate During a Declared State of Emergency
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative COLLAMORE of Pittsfield. (BY REQUEST)
Cosponsored by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock and
Representatives: COLLINS of Sidney, DILL of Old Town, HAGGAN of Hampden, STROUT
of Harrington, Senators: HAGGAN of Penobscot, LIBBY of Cumberland.

Page 1 - 132LR1071(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §4801, sub-§1, ¶A-2 is enacted to read:
3 A-2. Notwithstanding paragraph A, the commissioner shall, on request of a school
4 board, reduce or waive the minimum number of days required under this subsection
5 for the purpose of exempting a school from making up any instructional days missed
6 due to the following circumstances:
7 (1) The school is located in a section of the State for which a state of emergency
8 has been declared by the Governor pursuant to Title 37-B, section 742, subsection
9 1; and
10 (2) The school was in fact unable to operate due to circumstances or conditions
11 related to the reason for the emergency proclamation described in subparagraph
12 (1).
13Sec. 2. Department of Education to amend its rules related to missed
14instructional days. The Department of Education shall amend its rules to provide an
15 expedited process to exempt a school from making up missed instructional days pursuant
16 to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 4801, subsection 1, paragraph A-2. The
17 rules must provide that a school requesting an exemption pursuant to Title 20-A, section
18 4801, subsection 1, paragraph A-2 may not be required to submit a waiver application.
19SUMMARY
20 This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to exempt a school from making up
21 missed instructional days in cases when the school is located in a section of the State for
22 which a state of emergency has been declared by the Governor and the school was in fact
23 unable to operate due to circumstances or conditions related to the reason for the emergency
24 proclamation. The bill requires the Department of Education to update its rules and requires
25 that the rules clarify that a school requesting the exemption may not be required to submit
26 a waiver application.
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