Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 007: Implementation of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Model, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Education

Sec. 1. Adoption. Resolved: That final adoption of Chapter 007: Implementation of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Model, 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 in section 2, subsection 2.01, paragraph B, subparagraph (2), division (b) to require that the step-by-step action plan be developed in documented consultation with the local teacher associations and to require the Commissioner of Education to develop the documentation process that must be used in developing the action plan.