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Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2 Stakeholder group. Resolved: That the members of the stakeholder group are appointed as follows:
1. Appointments by the Speaker of the House. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the following 6 members:
 
A. Two members of the House of Representatives serving on the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, one from each of the 2 political parties having the greatest numbers of members in the House;
B. One person representing the Maine School Superintendents Association or its successor organization;
C. One person representing the Maine School Boards Association or its successor organization;
D. One person representing the Maine Education Association, or its successor organization; and
E. One person representing the Maine Principals' Association or its successor organization; and
2. Appointments by the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall appoint the following 5 members:
 
A. Two members of the Senate serving on the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, one from each of the 2 political parties having the greatest number of members in the Senate;
B. One person representing the Maine Administrators of Services for Children with Disabilities or its successor organization;
C. The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee; and
D. The chair of the state board or the chair's designee.
 
Legislative members are entitled to legislative per diem and reimbursement of expenses for their attendance at authorized meetings of the stakeholder group; and be it further
Sec. 3 Chairs. Resolved: That the first appointed member of the Senate is the Senate chair and the first appointed member of the House is the House chair; and be it further’
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment adds 2 additional legislative members to the stakeholder group and clarifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House are to appoint all members of the stakeholder group and that the first appointed members of the Senate and the House of Representatives are to serve as cochairs of the stakeholder group. This amendment specifies that the representatives of the Department of Education and the State Board of Education are the commissioner and the chair, respectively, or their designees.
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