RESOLVE Chapter 128

	Sec. 3. Compliance with federal requirements of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Resolved: That, notwithstanding the provisions of the Maine
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A related to the implementation of
Maine's system of learning results, and in order to comply with
the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
during the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school years, the Commissioner
of Education is authorized to determine annually whether schools
are meeting state standards, and the Department of Education is
authorized to impose consequences allowed in state law and
required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 within
the time frame required in that act. The Department of Education
may expend other state funds for activities the department was
already conducting consistent with the federal No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001, or for activities already authorized in the
budgets for fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05. It is the intent
of the Legislature that the Department of Education continue to
study the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of
2001 and continue to seek guidance from the United States
Department of Education in order to determine changes necessary
in the act and in federal regulations issued under the act; and
be it further

Sec. 4. Investigation. Resolved: That the Department of Education
shall conduct a thorough investigation of the costs and benefits
of participating in the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
The investigation must focus on the costs and benefits of
aligning the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 with
Maine's system of learning results and must include a
comprehensive analysis of the costs and benefits of participating
in the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; and be it
further

Sec. 5. Report. Resolved: That, no later than January 15, 2005, the
Department of Education shall submit its findings and
recommendations to the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters.

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