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Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2 Task force membership. Resolved: That the task force consists of 19 members appointed as follows:
1. Two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, including members from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature;
2. Three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, including members from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature;
3. Seven members appointed by the President of the Senate as follows:
A. Two members with expertise in school leadership issues;
B. One member who is a secondary school principal;
C. One member who is an assistant principal;
D. One member who is a school special education director;
E. One member who is a teacher who has a school administrator certificate; and
F. One member who is a superintendent of a small rural school district;
4. Six members appointed by the Speaker of the House as follows:
A. Two members with expertise in school leadership issues;
B. Two members who are school principals, including one who is an elementary school principal and one who is a middle school principal;
C. One member who holds a staff position at the Maine Principals' Association; and
D. One member who is a superintendent of a large urban school district; and
5. The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee.
Prior to making appointments to the task force pursuant to subsections 3 and 4, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall seek nominations from the Maine Principals' Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall request the Maine Principals' Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association to survey their members for recommended nominations; and be it further’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment changes the task force membership by adding a middle school principal and adding a teacher who has a school administrator certificate.
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