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Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Adoption. Resolved: That final adoption of portions of Chapter 61: Rules for Major Capital School Construction Projects, a provisionally adopted major substantive rule of the Department of Education and the State Board 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 following changes are made:
1. The rule must be amended by removing the requirement that the Department of Education appoint a representative for each major capital school construction project to represent the interests of the State and to be funded as a project expense; and
2. The rule must be amended by removing the requirement that the Department of Education's facilities team conduct its final review of the plans and specifications for a school construction project when the plans and specifications are 100% complete and restoring the requirement that the plans and specifications for the school construction project be reviewed when the documents are 95% complete.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. The amendment provides that final adoption of portions of Chapter 61: Rules for Major Capital School Construction Projects, a major substantive rule of the Department of Education and the State Board of Education, is authorized contingent upon the department's making 2 specified changes to the proposed rule.