Resolve, To Study the Feasibility of Expanding the Curriculum of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics

Sec. 1. Feasibility study. Resolved: That the Board of Trustees of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics as established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-C, subsection 6 shall conduct a study on the feasibility of including agricultural studies in the Maine School of Science and Mathematics' curriculum; and be it further

Sec. 2. Findings and recommendations. Resolved: That the Board of Trustees of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics shall present the study findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry no later than January 15, 2010. The Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs may submit a bill relating to the subject matter of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature.

SUMMARY

This resolve directs the Board of Trustees of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics to conduct a study on the feasibility of including agricultural studies in the Maine School of Science and Mathematics' curriculum. The resolve also directs the Board of Trustees of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics to present study findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry no later than January 15, 2010. Finally, the resolve gives the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs the authority to submit a bill relating to the subject matter of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature.