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Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 2 (page 1, lines 17 to 33 and page 2, lines 1 to 6 in amendment) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2 Task force membership. Resolved: That, notwithstanding Joint Rule 353, the task force consists of 16 members as follows:
1. Four members appointed by the President of the Senate as follows:
A. Two members of the Senate, including one member from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature, one of whom is a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs;
B. One member who is a current career and technical education high school administrator;
C. One member who is on the State Board of Education; and
D. One member who is a principal of a secondary school;
2. Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House as follows:
A. Two members of the House of Representatives, including one member from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature, one of whom is a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs;
B. One member who is a current career and technical education high school administrator;
C. One member who is on the State Board of Education; and
D. One member who is a superintendent of a school administrative unit;
3. Five members appointed by the Governor as follows:
A. One member who is an administrator at a community college;
B. One member who is on a local board of education in a Maine community;
C. One member who is an officer of the Maine Education Association;
D. One member who is a member of a trade union; and
E. One member who is an administrator at the University of Maine System; and
4. The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment increases the membership of the task force from 14 to 16 members by adding one additional member of the House of Representatives and one additional member of the Senate and specifies that the House and Senate appointments must include a member from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature, which conforms with Joint Rule 353.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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