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Clerk: David Desjardins OPLA Analyst: Phillip D. McCarthy OPLA Analyst: Jill Ippoliti OFPR Analyst: Rachel Tremblay 287-3125

Jurisdiction: Department of Education; State Board of Education; school finance, governance and administration; school budgets; school facilities; curriculum, instruction and assessment; teachers and administrators; special education and child development services; Governor Baxter School for the Deaf; career and technical education; alternative education, school choice and home schooling; truancy and dropouts; educational services at juvenile correctional facilities; adult education; Maine Education Policy Research Institute; University of Maine System; Maine Community College System; Maine Maritime Academy; postsecondary education finance and governance; student assistance programs at Finance Authority of Maine; and cultural affairs, including Maine Arts Commission, Maine State Library, Maine State Museum and Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation. *

Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs 100 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0100 Groupies

	Sen.Peter B. Bowman, Chair (D-York) (Bio) 439-6481 Bus: 363-4714 16 Old Ferry Lane, Kittery, ME 03904 peterbowman@comcast.net Web Site	Rep.Jacqueline R. Norton, Chair (D-Bangor) (Bio) 947-8873 Bus: 947-8873 85 Thomas Hill Road, Bangor, ME 04401 jrnorton@prexar.com RepJackie.Norton@legislature.maine.gov Web Site
	Sen.Elizabeth H. Mitchell Kennebec (Bio) 622-2629 277 Cushnoc Rd, Vassalboro, ME 04989 SenLibby.Mitchell@legislature.maine.gov Web Site	Sen.Peter Mills (R-Somerset) (Bio) 474-3821 Bus: 474-3324 P.O.Box 9, Skowhegan, ME 04976 pmills@mainelegal.net Web Site
	Rep.Edward D. Finch (D-Fairfield) (Bio) 453-9476 196 Covell Road, Fairfield, ME 04937 edfinch@adelphia.net RepEd.Finch@legislature.maine.gov Web Site	Rep.Elaine Makas (D-Lewiston) (Bio) 784-5726 Bus: 784-5726 10 Sheffield Avenue, Lewiston, ME 04240 elaine@makas.com RepElaine.Makas@legislature.maine.gov Web Site
	Rep.David W. Farrington (D-Gorham) (Bio) 839-7354 Bus: 846-5535 2 Cold Spring Lane, Gorham, ME 04038 dwfarrington@maine.rr.com RepDavid.Farrington@legislature.maine.gov Web Site	Rep.Charles William Harlow (D-Portland) (Bio) 797-3775 36 Broadway, Portland, ME 04103 charlow1@maine.rr.com RepCharlie.Harlow@legislature.maine.gov Web Site
	Rep.Patricia B. Sutherland (D-Chapman) (Bio) 764-1490 1738 Chapman Road, Chapman, ME 04757 psutherland@sutherlandweston.com RepPatricia.Sutherland@legislature.maine.gov Web Site	Rep.Peter Edgecomb (Ranking Minority Member) (R-Caribou) (Bio) 496-3188 132 Baird Road, Caribou, ME 04736 pedgecom@maine.rr.com Web Site
	Rep.Howard E. McFadden (R-Dennysville) (Bio) 726-4676 19 Shipyard Road, Dennysville, ME 04628 hmcfadden@prexar.com RepHoward.McFadden@legislature.maine.gov Web Site	Rep.Roberta M. Muse (R-Fryeburg) (Bio) 935-3278 Bus: 935-2001 35 Warren Street, Fryeburg, ME 04037 robertamuse@gmail.com Web Site
	Rep.Meredith N. Strang Burgess (R-Cumberland) (Bio) 829-6264 Bus: 775-5227 Fax:775-3157; Cell:831-5227 155 Tuttle Road, Cumberland, ME 04021 meredith@burgessadv.com RepMeredith.StrangBurgess@legislature.maine.gov

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Education and Cultural Affairs (287-3125)

1:00 PM Room 202, Cross Office Building

L.D.44 An Act To Require Changes in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula Concerning Labor Market Areas (Sponsor: Rep.EDGE COMB of Caribou)

L.D.338 An Act Regarding the Labor Market Adjustment for Teacher Salary Costs under Essential Programs and Services Funding (Sponsor: Sen.SHERMAN of Aroostook)

L.D.404 An Act To Limit Regional Adjustments to Teacher Salaries (Sponsor: Rep.TARDY of Newport)

L.D.448 An Act To Improve Equity in School Funding (Sponsor: Sen.RAYE of Washington)

L.D.614 An Act To Modify the Essential Programs and Services Formula To Aid Rural School Districts (Sponsor: Rep.SAVIELLO of Wilton)

L.D.1368 An Act To Revise the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula To Increase Equity in School Funding (Sponsor: Rep.MILLS farming)

L.D.1506 An Act To Reform Maine's School Funding (Sponsor: Sen.NUTTING of Androscoggin)

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Education and Cultural Affairs (287-3125)

1:00 PM Room 202, Cross Office Building

L.D.967 RESOLVE, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 007:Implementation of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Model, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education (Emergency) (Introduced By: Rep.NORTON of Bangor) (Submitted by Department of Education)

L.D.346 An Act To Increase State Funding of Public Education (Sponsor: Rep.CRESSEY of Cornish)

L.D.482 RESOLVE, To Conduct an Objective and Independent Review of Essential Programs and Services (Sponsor: Rep.PIEH of Bremen)

L.D.979 An Act To Adjust the Calculation of the Essential Programs and Services Pupil Count to Accurately Reflect Population Change (Sponsor: Rep.TARDY of Newport)

L.D.1041 An Act To Improve the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula (Sponsor: Rep.FINCH of Fairfield)

L.D.1324 An Act To Restore Income as a Factor in the Determination of Fiscal Capacity in the School Funding Formula (Sponsor: Rep.EBERLE of South Portland)

L.D.1366 An Act To Limit the Loss a School Administrative Unit Could Receive under the School Funding Formula (Sponsor: Rep.SCHATZ of Blue Hill)

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Education and Cultural Affairs (287-3125)

1:00 PM Room 202, Cross Office Building

L.D.272 An Act To Create Charter Programs within Existing Schools (Sponsor: Rep.MARLEY of Portland)

L.D.453 An Act To Enhance the Choices for Children and Parents from Areas without Public Secondary Schools (Sponsor: Rep.DUPREY of Hampden)

L.D.1325 An Act To Ensure Adequate Funding for Students of Alternative Schools (Sponsor: Rep.WALKER of Lincolnville)

L.D.1758 RESOLVE, To Promote Alternative Schools within Existing School Systems (Emergency) (Sponsor: Rep.MUSE of Fryeburg)

L.D.1694 An Act To Establish the Town Academy Advisory Council (Sponsor: Sen.HASTINGS of Oxford)

L.D.1619 An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Adult Education (Sponsor: Sen.ROTUNDO of Androscoggin) (DEPARTMENT BILL) (Submitted by Department of Education)

L.D.1683 An Act To Appropriate Funds for the Arboricultural Center (Sponsor: Rep.CLARK of Millinocket)

L.D.1634 An Act To Reduce School Construction Costs (Sponsor: Rep.SIMPSON of Auburn)

Friday, April 13, 2007

Education and Cultural Affairs (287-3125)

Room 202, Cross Office Building

Work Sessions 9:00 a.m.

LD 44: An Act To Require Changes in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula Concerning Labor Market Areas

LD 338: An Act Regarding the Labor Market Adjustment for Teacher Salary Costs under Essential Programs and Services Funding

LD 404: An Act To Limit Regional Adjustments to Teacher Salaries

LD 448: An Act To Improve Equity in School Funding

LD 614: An Act To Modify the Essential Programs and Services Formula To Aid Rural School Districts

LD 1368: An Act To Revise the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula To Increase Equity in School Funding

LD 1506: An Act To Reform Maine's School Funding

LD 967: Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 007: Implementation of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Model, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

LD 346: An Act To Increase State Funding of Public Education

LD 482: Resolve, To Conduct an Objective and Independent Review of Essential Programs and Services

LD 979: An Act To Adjust the Calculation of the Essential Programs and Services Pupil Count to Accurately Reflect Population Change

LD 1041: An Act To Improve the Essential Programs and Services Funding Formula

LD 1324: An Act To Restore Income as a Factor in the Determination of Fiscal Capacity in the School Funding Formula