| Sec. 2. Finding; filing of revised rule. Resolved: That the Joint Standing |
| Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs has determined that |
| the provisionally adopted major substantive rule may require |
| significant revisions by the Maine Department of Education |
| following the pending decision of the United States Department of |
| Education regarding the Consolidated State Application for State |
| Grants under Title IX, Part C, Section 9302 of the federal |
| Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Public Law 107-110. The |
| Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs has |
| determined that the Department of Education and the State Board |
| of Education should review the remaining portions of the |
| provisionally adopted major substantive rule that were not |
| finally adopted, including but not limited to those portions of |
| the rule pertaining to certification of teachers and |
| authorization of educational technicians, and should file a |
| revised rule in accordance with the requirements for state agency |
| rule-making procedures for a major substantive rule pursuant to |
| the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
| In proceeding with the filing of the revised rule for the |
| remaining portions of Chapter 115: Certification, Authorization |
| and Approval of Education Personnel, the Department of Education |
| shall also consider the concerns raised by interested parties |
| during public hearings and work sessions on this rule conducted |
| by the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs |
| related to other portions of the provisionally adopted major |
| substantive rule that are not necessarily subject to the educator |
| quality requirements of the federal Elementary and Secondary |
| Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. |
