H.P. 1275 - L.D. 1805
Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Education to Establish Plans for an Alternative School Calendar
Sec. 1. Commissioner of Education to establish plans for an alternative school calendar. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Education shall develop, in consultation with the State Board of Education, the Maine School Management Association and the Maine Education Association, a plan for an alternative school calendar for the purposes of assisting local school districts that wish to move to an alternative school calendar. The plan may include the following:
1. Professional development and training for staff and school board members on alternative school calendars;
2. Grants to local school districts for planning alternative school calendars;
3. Different types of school calendars, including year-round education, the use of intersessions, the incorporation of summer camps, both academic and extracurricular and other nontraditional school calendars; and
4. The development of a state contact person and information resources on alternative school calendars within the Department of Education and made available to all school districts; and be it further
Sec. 2. Statewide meeting. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Education shall conduct, no later than November 1, 1997, a statewide meeting on alternative school calendars that includes educators throughout the State; and be it further
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Education shall report any findings and recommendations, including any legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, no later than January 15, 1998.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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