APPROVED CHAPTER
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BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1258 - L.D. 1887
Resolve, To Improve Air Quality and Ventilation in Newly Constructed
Schools
Sec. 1. Resolve 2021, c. 114, §1, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2021, c.
114, §1 is amended to read:
Sec. 1. Department of Education to amend rules. Resolved: That the
Department of Education shall amend its rules Chapter 60: New School Siting Approval,
Chapter 61: State Board of Education Rules for Major Capital School Construction Projects
and Chapter 125: Basic Approval Standards: Public Schools and School Administrative
Units to require standards governing air quality and ventilation for all newly constructed
public schools, including schools with mechanical and nonmechanical ventilation systems.
These standards must apply to all newly constructed public schools and must apply no
earlier than July 1, 2022 and no later than July 1, 2026. The rules adopted pursuant to this
section are major substantive rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter
375, subchapter 2-A, and the department shall submit the provisionally adopted rules for
final adoption to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs by
January 4, 2022 9, 2026.
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