|   | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |  
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 |   |  | Sec. 1.  Appropriation.  The following funds are appropriated from the  |  | General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act. |  
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 |   | | Provides funds for grants to  |  | teachers seeking certification  |  | by the National Board for  |  | Professional Teaching  |  | Standards.  Individual grants  |  | may not exceed $2,000 per  |  | teacher. |  
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 |   |  | This bill includes General Fund appropriations of $50,000 in  |  | each year of the biennium to provide grants of $2,000 each to  |  | teachers seeking certification by the National Board for  |  | Professional Teaching Standards. |  
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