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LD 34: An Act to Increaste the Minimum Teacher Salary
Sponsor: Senator Teresa Pierce (D-Cumberland)
The bill increases the minimum teacher salary from the current $40,000 minimum salary to $45,000 beginning July 1, 2026, and increases the amount by $2500 each year until it reaches $52,500. This bill will cost $5 million in 2026/2027 and will need financial support for enactment.
Position: SUPPORT
Status: In the Education Committee, Public Hearing held 2/26/2025, Work Session held 3/5/2025
LD 1327: An Act to Improve and Expand Student Teaching Opportunities in Maine by Compensating Student Teaching
Sponsor: Representative Holly Sargent
This bill proposes to compensate student teachers $500 per week and cooperating teachers $500 per month to address the financial burden of student reaching.
Position: SUPPORT
Status: In the Education Committee, Public Hearing TBD
LD 858: An Act to Ensure Behavioral and Mental Health Services Are Available to Students by Providing Grants to Schools That Contract for Those Services
Sponsor: Representative Lori Gramlich
This bill provides grants to schools, up to $1.3 million per year, to hire school-based mental health clinicians.
Position: SUPPORT
Status: In the Education Committee, Public Hearing held 4/8/2025
LD 1203: An Act to Provide Grants to Schools That Contract for Behavioral and Mental Health Services
Sponsor: Senator Rachel Talbot Ross
This bill provides $3 million per year in grants to schools to help them contract with mental health clinicians.
Position: SUPPORT
Status: In the Education Committee, Public Hearing held 4/8/2025
LD 1400 An Act to Exempt Certain Public School Districts and Their Employees from the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program
This bill exempts PFML for school all employees. The MEA opposes any effort to undo the Paid Family Medical Leave program, or to restrict school employees from accessing the program.
Position: OPPOSE
Status: In Labor Committee, Public Hearing Scheduled for 4/23/2025
LD 1219: An Act to Increase State Funding for the Campuses of the University of Maine System and to Raise the Minimum Hourly Wage for Employees of the System
Sponsor: Senator Michael Tipping
This bill addressing the financial challenges facing the University of Maine system by increasing the fiscal appropriation to UMS and setting a minimum wage of 125% of the state minimum wage for all UMS employees.
Position: SUPPORT
Status: In the Education Committee, Public Hearing TBD
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