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Amend the bill in section 11 in §24051 by striking out all of subsection 3 (page 4, lines 12 to 37 and page 5, lines 1 to 3 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘3.  Membership.     The council consists of the members listed in this subsection, who must have a strong interest in early childhood and early care and education and must be influential in their communities:
 
A.  Two members of the Senate, one from each of the 2 political parties having the greatest number of members in the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;
 
B.  Two members of the House of Representatives, one from each of the 2 political parties having the greatest number of members in the House, appointed by the Speaker of the House;
 
C.  The Governor or the Governor's designee;
 
D.  One person who is the parent of a young child, appointed by the Speaker of the House;
 
E.  Two persons with experience in public funding and philanthropy, appointed by the Governor;
 
F.  One person representing child abuse and neglect prevention, appointed by the President of the Senate;
 
G.  One person representing postsecondary education, appointed by the Governor;
 
H.  Three persons representing statewide, membership or constituent organizations that advance the well-being of young children and their families, including early care and education programs, child care centers, Head Start programs, resource development centers, programs for school-age children, child development services, physicians and child advocates, nominated by their organizations and appointed by the cabinet;
 
I.  Two persons representing statewide, membership or constituent organizations for public and private family child care providers, nominated by their organizations and appointed by the cabinet;
 
J.  One person representing a business roundtable on early childhood investment, appointed by the Governor;
 
K.  One person with expertise in children's health or public health, appointed by the Governor;
 
L.  Two ex officio nonvoting members who are employees of the Department of Education and direct or work in programming that affects young children, appointed by the Commissioner of Education; and
 
M. Two ex officio nonvoting members who are employees of the Department of Health and Human Services and direct or work in programming that affects young children, appointed by the Commissioner of Health and Human Services.’
Amend the bill in section 11 in §24052 in subsection 1 in paragraph D in the first line (page 5, line 30 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "cabinet" the following: 'and the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs and health and human services matters'
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 14 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 14. 20-A MRSA §10, sub-§2, ¶I, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 540, §4, is amended to read:
 
I. The Maine Children's GrowthCabinet Early Childhood Advisory Council.’
Amend the bill by adding after section 16 the following:
‘Sec. 17. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
LEGISLATURE
 
Legislature 0081
 
Initiative: Deappropriates funds for the Child Care Advisory Council.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	($660)	($660)	
All Other	($600)	($600)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	($1,260)	($1,260)	

Legislature 0081
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for the Maine Children's Cabinet Early Childhood Advisory Council.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$880	$880	
All Other	$1,120	$1,120	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$2,000	$2,000	

Legislature 0081
 
Initiative: Deappropriates funds for the Maine Children's Growth Council.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	($1,980)	($1,980)	
All Other	($1,800)	($1,800)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	($3,780)	($3,780)	

LEGISLATURE			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	($3,040)	($3,040)	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	($3,040)	($3,040)	

MAINE CHILDREN’S CABINET EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL
 
Maine Children’s Cabinet Early Childhood Advisory Council N335
 
Initiative: Establishes allocation in the Federal Expenditures Fund and Other Special Revenue Funds.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$500	$500	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$500	$500	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$500	$500	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$500	$500	

MAINE CHILDREN’S CABINET EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$500	$500	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	$500	$500	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$1,000	$1,000	

SECTION TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	($3,040)	($3,040)	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$500	$500	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	$500	$500	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	($2,040)	($2,040)	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, amends the membership of the Maine Children's Cabinet Early Childhood Advisory Council to include 2 members of the Senate and 2 members of the House of Representatives, one from each of the 2 political parties having the greatest number of members in the House and Senate. It also requires that the member who is the parent of a young child be appointed by the Speaker of the House and the member representing child abuse and neglect prevention be appointed by the President of the Senate and adds 2 members who represent public and private family child care providers nominated by their organizations and appointed by the Children's Cabinet.
The amendment also requires the council to submit its annual report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs and health and human services matters in addition to the Children's Cabinet.
The amendment also adds a member of the Maine Children's Cabinet Early Childhood Advisory Council to the Education Research Institute Steering Committee in place of the member of the Maine Children's Growth Council. The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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