The Maine State Board of Education was directed by the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs of the 131st Legislature to study potential revisions to the State Board Rule Chapter 115, the Credentialing of Education Personnel, and to make recommendations as needed via L.D. 485 and a letter from the chairs of the committee dated August 4, 2023. This report is to be submitted by January 2, 2024.

Two special Certification & Higher Education committee meetings:

• November 13, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
  In-person in Room 500 of the Burton Cross Office Building and virtually via Zoom (join here)
• November 27, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
  In-person in Room 500 of the Burton Cross Office Building and virtually via Zoom (join here)

At these meetings, members of the public are invited to provide comments regarding potential revisions to the State Board Rule Chapter 115. Comments at the meeting will be limited to 3 minutes. Written comments are invited until 5 pm November 27 and can be submitted to the contact below.

A single set of comments from a constituency is more helpful than multiple repeated sets of comments from many constituents, that is, multiple people sending in the same comment is not as useful as that comment being submitted by a single letter signed by those people.

The State Board will review the report at their December 13, 2023, meeting and take final action.

Contact: Sandra Bourget, Maine State Board of Education, 23 State House Station, Augusta, Maine  04333-0023, Email: Sandra.A.Bourget@maine.gov, Phone: (207) 624-6616.