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LD396 • 2025

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop a Grant Program to Encourage Secondary Schools to Adopt Later Start Times

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop a Grant Program to Encourage Secondary Schools to Adopt Later Start Times

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
President Matthea Daughtry
Last action
2025-07-01
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop a Grant Program to Encourage Secondary Schools to Adopt Later Start Times

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop a Grant Program to Encourage Secondary Schools to Adopt Later Start Times Sponsor: President Matthea Daughtry Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop a Grant Program to Encourage Secondary Schools to Adopt Later Start Times Sponsor: President Matthea Daughtry Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1182(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1182(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 396 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.
Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1182(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1182(03) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 396 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.
Sponsored By President Daughtry of Cumberland

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1182(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1182(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 396 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 4STATE OF MAINE 5SENATE 6132ND LEGISLATURE 7FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 8 SENATE AMENDMENT “ ” to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “A” to S.P.
Sponsored By Senator Rotundo of Androscoggin , Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1182(07) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1182(07) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 396 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 4STATE OF MAINE 5SENATE 6132ND LEGISLATURE 7FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 8 SENATE AMENDMENT “ ” to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “A” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-01 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-25 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-25 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-02 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP/OTP-AM

  5. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-02-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop a Grant Program to Encourage Secondary Schools to Adopt Later Start Times
Sponsor:
President Matthea Daughtry
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1182(09)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 182 - L.D. 396
Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop a Grant Program
to Encourage Secondary Schools to Adopt Later Start Times
Sec. 1. Later Secondary School Start Time Fund established. Resolved:
That the Later Secondary School Start Time Fund is established within the Department of
Education for the purposes of administering the program under section 2.
Sec. 2. Grant program. Resolved: That the Department of Education shall
establish a grant program to encourage school administrative units to collaborate on
changing school start times to allow secondary schools to have a start time at or after 8:30
a.m. The department shall award grants from the Later Secondary School Start Time Fund
established in section 1. Funds must be used by a school administrative unit to develop
plans to allow secondary schools to start at or after 8:30 a.m. by coordinating school start
times among the unit's schools or in partnership with neighboring school administrative
units.
Sec. 3. Department of Education to adopt rules. Resolved: That the
Department of Education shall adopt rules to ensure that grants administered through the
grant program established pursuant to section 2 are administered in a manner that is
equitable and fair.
Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following
appropriations and allocations are made.
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Innovative Teaching and Learning Z394
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for a contracted position to administer the school start
time grant program.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
All Other $106,078 $0
__________ __________
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $106,078 $0
Later Secondary School Start Time Fund N522
APPROVED
JULY 1, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
110
RESOLVES
Page 2 - 132LR1182(09)
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for grants to school administrative units to collaborate
on changing school start times to allow secondary schools to have a later start time than
elementary schools.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
All Other $75,000 $0
__________ __________
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $75,000 $0

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2025-26 2026-27

GENERAL FUND $181,078 $0
__________ __________
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $181,078 $0