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Department backs technical updates to education statutes in LD 86; committee hears questions about scope
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Representative Kelly Murphy presented LD 86 to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs on behalf of Representative Holly Sargent and the Maine Department of Education.
Representative Kelly Murphy presented LD 86 to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs on behalf of Representative Holly Sargent and the Maine Department of Education. The bill was brought forward as a department-request measure to update and clarify multiple statutes in Title 20A related to school finance, district organization and other administrative matters.
Courtney Balolen, testifying for the Department of Education, told the committee the bill includes several targeted changes intended to align state statute with federal definitions and recent court decisions. “First, we ask that the statutory definition of homeless student be updated to match the…
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