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LD673 • 2025

An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units

An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units

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Sponsor
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Last action
2025-05-21
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units

An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci 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 Held

  4. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-02-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

  6. House

    None

Official Summary Text

An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional Funding to Certain School Administrative Units
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
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. 673
S.P. 286 In Senate, February 25, 2025
An Act to Better Support the Educational Attainment of Low-
income and Moderate-income Communities by Providing Additional
Funding to Certain School Administrative Units
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 20, 2025. Referred to the Committee
on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot.

Page 1 - 132LR1476(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA c. 114-B is enacted to read:
3CHAPTER 114-B
4EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GRANT PROGRAM
5§2661. Educational Opportunity Grant Program
61. Program created. The Educational Opportunity Grant Program, referred to in this
7 chapter as "the program," is created within the department to provide grants to improve
8 educational opportunities for and achievement of students in low-income and moderate-
9 income communities.
102. Use of funds. The department shall award grants from the program to school
11 administrative units in which the average personal income of the member municipalities is
12 below the state average. Funds awarded from the program may be used only for school
13 administrative unit programs designed to raise the educational standards of all students in
14 the school administrative unit. Balances remaining in the Educational Opportunity Grant
15 Program, General Fund account at the end of any fiscal year must be carried forward for
16 use by the program in the next fiscal year.
173. Rulemaking. The department shall adopt rules to implement this section, including,
18 but not limited to, rules governing procedures, criteria and priorities for awarding grants.
19 Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5,
20 chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
21SUMMARY
22 This bill creates the Educational Opportunity Grant Program to provide grants to school
23 administrative units in which the average personal income of the member municipalities is
24 below the state average for programs designed to raise educational standards.
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