Legislative Action

On this page you will find higher education related bills that have passed through the legislature and have been signed into law by the Governor in the 2010 legislative session. To search for or read the full text of each bill click here.

HP 952, LD 1362, 124th Legislature

SUMMARY

This bill replaces the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System, the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System and the Board of Trustees of the Maine Maritime Academy with the Board of Trustees of Higher Education to provide a unified body for the governance of those institutions.

Part B establishes a transition team to recommend further changes to the law to fully accomplish the transition to the unified board.

SP 623, LD 1658, 124th Legislature

SUMMARY

This bill establishes the state goal of achieving an average statewide secondary school graduation rate of 90% by the end of the 2015-2016 school year. The State Board of Education is required to provisionally adopt major substantive rules specifying the methodology to be used to calculate secondary school graduation rates through 2016 and to submit those rules for legislative review by January 14, 2011.

The bill also requires the Commissioner of Education and the State Board of Education to establish a stakeholder group to develop recommendations relating to increasing secondary school graduation rates in the State and to report its findings to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters by January 10, 2011.