CHAPTER 80

S.P. 330 - L.D. 989

Resolve, To Establish a Task Force Concerning

Speech-language Pathologists

Sec. 1. Task force established. Resolved: That the Task Force to Address the Shortage of Speech-language Pathologists, referred to in this resolve as "the task force," is established; and be it further

Sec. 2. Task force membership. Resolved: That the task force consists of the following 13 members:

1. The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee;

2. The Chancellor of the University of Maine System or the chancellor's designee;

3. One member representing the State Board of Education appointed by the President of the Senate upon recommendation of the Chair of the State Board of Education;

4. Four members representing the Maine Speech-Language- Hearing Association, 3 of whom are school-based, appointed by the Speaker of the House upon recommendation of the President of the Maine Speech-Language Hearing Association;

5. One member representing the Maine School Superintendents Association appointed by the President of the Senate upon recommendation of the President of the Maine School Superintendents Association;