130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1259
H.P. 926 House of Representatives, March 26, 2021
An Act To Restore a School District's Ability To Authorize New
Types of Schools and Programs
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 24, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative SAMPSON of Alfred.
Cosponsored by Senator POULIOT of Kennebec and
Representatives: DRINKWATER of Milford, FECTEAU of Augusta, MASON of Lisbon,
STEARNS of Guilford.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §2405, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 307, §2, is amended
3 to read:
4 10. Limit on number of public charter schools. No more than The commission is
5 limited to authorizing 10 public charter schools may that operate at any the same time. Any
6 time the cap is reached, the commissioner may not accept further registrations from the
7 commission or from local school boards and collaboratives of local school boards.
8 Notwithstanding this cap, local school boards and collaboratives of local school boards
9 may authorize public charter schools in their school administrative units in accordance with
10 the provisions of this chapter.
11 SUMMARY
12 This bill provides that local school boards and collaboratives of local school boards
13 may authorize public charter schools in their school administrative units after the cap on
14 the number of public charter schools authorized by the Maine Charter School Commission
15 is reached.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1259, HP 926: 20-A.2405