‘An Act Regarding Certification and Authorization Fees for School Personnel ’
HP0326 LD 410 |
First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act Regarding Certification and Authorization Fees for School Personnel ’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §13007, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §13023, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 457, Pt. FF, §2, is amended to read:
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §13024, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 457, Pt. FF, §3, is amended to read:
Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §13025 is enacted to read:
§ 13025. Certification, Authorization and Approval Fund; fees; dedicated revenue
Sec. 5. Adequacy of staffing; digital records. The estimated operating budget developed by the Commissioner of Education for the certification office pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 13025 for the 2010-2011 biennium must also include funding for the following initiatives.
1. It must include sufficient dedicated revenues to support the hiring of 2 additional Office Associate II positions in the certification office as compared to the staffing levels of Office Associate II positions in the certification office in fiscal year 2006-07.
2. It must include sufficient dedicated revenues to support the conversion of paper records and files within the certification office to digital records.
This section takes effect July 1, 2008.
Sec. 6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Certification, Authorization and Approval Fund N022
Initiative: Allocates funds for one Education Team Coordinator position, 2 Education Specialist III positions, one Office Assistant II position, 3 Office Associate II positions and one Secretary position and related All Other, including funding for the capability of electronic scanning and digital document management for the Certification Office.
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
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0.000 | 8.000 |
Personal Services
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$0 | $535,109 |
All Other
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$0 | $109,424 |
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | $644,533 |
Support Systems 0837
Initiative: Deappropriates funding for one Education Team Coordinator position, 2 Education Specialist III positions, one Office Assistant II position, one Office Associate II position and one Secretary position and related All Other to be funded with dedicated funds in the Certification, Authorization and Approval Fund collected from certification fees.
GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
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0.000 | (6.000) |
Personal Services
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$0 | ($428,139) |
All Other
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$0 | ($84,006) |
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($512,145) |
Support Systems 0837
Initiative: Deappropriates funds for 2 Office Associate II positions proposed in the Governor's recommended budget for the 2008-2009 biennium to provide additional support in the Certification Office.
GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
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0.000 | (2.000) |
Personal Services
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$0 | ($106,970) |
All Other
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$0 | ($5,418) |
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($112,388) |
Support Systems 0837
Initiative: Deappropriates funds proposed in the Governor's recommended budget for the 2008-2009 biennium to provide the capability of electronic scanning and digital document management for the Certification Office.
GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
All Other
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$0 | ($20,000) |
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($20,000) |
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
GENERAL FUND
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$0 | ($644,533) |
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
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$0 | $644,533 |
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $0 | $0 |
Sec. 7. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 13023, subsection 6 and that enact Title 20-A, section 13025 take effect July 1, 2008.’
summary
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. The amendment strikes and replaces the bill to establish an Other Special Revenue Funds account to provide dedicated revenues for the certification office within the Department of Education from the fees collected for the certification, authorization and approval of educational personnel. The purpose of the fund is to provide a sufficient amount of dedicated revenues to support the efficient administration of the certification office within the Department of Education beginning in fiscal year 2009-10. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill.