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Amend the resolve by striking out section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Adoption. Resolved: That final adoption of portions of Chapter 131: The Maine Federal, State and Local Accountability Standards, a provisionally adopted major substantive rule of the Department of Education that has been submitted to the Legislature for review pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, is authorized only if the provisionally adopted rule is amended as follows:
1. The rule must be amended in the parts designated "Grades Pre-K-2" to delete the standards and performance indicators for the prekindergarten to grade 2 grade span in all of the content areas addressed in the rule;
2. The rule must be amended in the parts designated "1. English Language Arts" and "3. Science and Technology" to revise selected text to improve the clarity of the content standards and performance indicators in these content areas; and
3. The rule must be amended in the addendum to the rule in the part designated "Appendix A" to delete the standards and performance indicators established in 1997 for the content areas of mathematics, reading and science and technology for the secondary school grade span.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment provides that final adoption of the provisionally adopted major substantive rule is authorized contingent upon the Department of Education amending the provisionally adopted rule to:
1. Delete the references in the addendum section of the rule to the standards and performance indicators established in 1997 for the content areas of mathematics, reading and science and technology for the secondary school grade levels;
2. Delete the standards and performance indicators for the prekindergarten to grade 2 grade span in all of the content areas addressed in the rule; and
3. Revise the standards in the English language arts and the science and technology content areas to improve the clarity of these content standards and performance indicators.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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