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LD282 • 2025

An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools

An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools

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Sponsor
Representative Gary Drinkwater
Last action
2025-05-21
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 Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools

An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools Sponsor: Representative Gary Drinkwater Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools Sponsor: Representative Gary Drinkwater Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-21 Senate

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

  2. 2025-05-20 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  4. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-05-07 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  6. 2025-05-07 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-03-25 Committee

    Work Session Held

  8. 2025-03-25 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  9. 2025-03-21 House

    Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  10. 2025-01-28 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter Schools
Sponsor:
Representative Gary Drinkwater
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 282
H.P. 182 House of Representatives, January 28, 2025
An Act to Raise the Limit on the Total Number of Public Charter
Schools
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative DRINKWATER of Milford.
Cosponsored by Senator BRADSTREET of Kennebec and
Representatives: COLLINS of Sidney, QUINT of Hodgdon.

Page 1 - 132LR0847(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §2405, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 307, §2, is amended
3 to read:
410. Limit on number of public charter schools. No more than 10 public charter
5 schools may operate at any time. Any time the cap is reached, the commissioner may not
6 accept further registrations from the commission or from local school boards and
7 collaboratives of local school boards cap increases by one.
8SUMMARY
9 This bill requires that when the cap on the number of public charter schools allowed is
10 reached, the cap increases by one.
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