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Amend the bill in section 4 by inserting after §8237 the following:
‘§ 8238. Implementation; limited authorization
The school may implement the plan established for the statewide education programs pursuant to section 8236, subsection 2 during the 2017-2018 school year.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all powers, duties and authority of the school under this chapter and under any other law terminate 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.’
Amend the bill by inserting after section 8 the following:
‘Sec. 9. Report. By December 1, 2018, the Board of Trustees of the Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering shall provide a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs on the commencement and operations of the school, including the number of students enrolled and the status of the school budget. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters may report out a bill relating to the school to the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature, which may include but is not limited to a repeal of the provision of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8238 that terminates the powers, duties and authority of the school 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment provides that:
1. The Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering may implement the plan established for operating the magnet school pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8236, subsection 2 during the 2017-2018 school year;
2. All powers, duties and authority of the school cease 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature; and
3. The school's board of trustees is required to provide a report to the Legislature by December 1, 2018 on the commencement and operations of the school. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters may report out a bill relating to the school to the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature, which may include but is not limited to a repeal of the provision of law that terminates the powers, duties and authority of the school 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.