Matt previews public hearings and work sessions for the week of March 3, 2025.

Public Hearings:

LD 46, HP0010An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Increase Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Students with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder - Rep. Kelly Murphy of Scarborough - Emergency

LD 198, SP0085An Act to Prohibit the University of Maine System Campus Police from Issuing a Citation or Summons Related to a Parking Violation to a Visitor of the University of Maine System - Sen. James Libby of Cumberland

LD 375, SP0170An Act to Require the University of Maine School of Law to Provide an Online Degree Program - Sen. Trey Stewart of Aroostook

LD 377, SP0133An Act to Establish a University of Maine Medical School and to Dedicate Funds from Raising the Cigarette Tax to the School - Sen. Joseph Baldacci of Penobscot

LD 457, SP0190An Act to Fund Climate Resiliency Projects Related to the Repair of Campus Infrastructure Used for Active Transportation and Outdoor Recreation - Sen. Anne Carney of Cumberland

LD 471, SP0210Resolve, to Establish a Pilot Program to Expand Intensive English Language Learner Programs - Sen. Joseph Rafferty of York

Work Sessions for March 5, 2025

LD 34, SP0053An Act to Increase the Minimum Salary for Teachers - Sen. Teresa Pierce of Cumberland

LD 71, HP0035An Act Regarding Special Education Funding - Rep. Kristi Mathieson of Kittery

LD 98, HP0063An Act to Include School Counselors in the Educators for Maine Program - Rep. Michael Brennan of Portland

LD 181, HP0114An Act to Modify the Calculation of Pupil Counts Used for Determination of School Administrative Unit Operating Costs - Rep. Will Tuell of East Machias

LD 193, HP0126An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness - Rep. Marshall Archer of Saco

LD 501, HP0330An Act to Fairly Fund School Administrative Units for Economically Disadvantaged Students - Rep. Kristen Cloutier of Lewiston

Work Sessions for March 6, 2025

LD 74, HP0038An Act to Update the System of Learning Results Review Timeline - Rep. Michael Brennan of Portland

LD 78, HP0042An Act to Require Elementary School Students to Learn Cursive Writing - Rep. Joseph Underwood of Presque Isle

LD 360, SP0151An Act Supporting the Dirigo Reads Literacy Program - Sen. Joseph Baldacci of Penobscot

LD 370, SP0162An Act to Raise the Minimum State Standard for Mathematics Education for a High School Diploma - Sen. James Libby of Cumberland

LD 396, SP0182An Act to Provide for a Later Starting Time for High Schools - President. Matthea Daughtry of Cumberland

LD 543, HP0362An Act to Enhance Maine's Wildlife Conservation Efforts and Preserve Maine's Sporting Heritage by Requiring Hunter Safety Education in Schools - Rep. Donald Ardell of Monticello