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LD 1446 Title Page An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Certification of Educational Personnel Page 2 of 2
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LR 549
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §13011, sub-§1, ¶E, as amended by PL 1997, c. 452,
§5, is further amended to read:

 
E. Certify or authorize personnel who provide early
childhood educational programs or developmental therapy to
children with disabilities from birth to under 9 5 years of
age in the home, in community-based special purpose and
integrated programs and in public schools; and

 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §13011, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 845, §4,
is amended to read:

 
2. Moral character. Rules adopted by the state board under
this chapter shall must require that an applicant for
certification furnish evidence of:

 
A. Good moral character; and.

 
B. Knowledge of physiology and hygiene, with special
reference to the effects of alcohol, stimulants and
narcotics upon the human system.

 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §13019-F, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 282, §1,
is amended to read:

 
An individual may be granted a maximum of 2 one-year,
nonrenewable conditional administrator certificate certificates
in a specific capacity if the individual:

 
Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §13019-F, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 282, §1,
is amended to read:

 
1. Conditional administrator certificate. Will be employed
in this State under that one-year nonrenewable conditional
administrator certificate;

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill amends the law regarding the certification of
educational personnel in 3 ways.

 
1. It authorizes the granting of a certificate or
authorization of personnel who provide early childhood education
programs or developmental therapy to all children from birth to
age 5. Currently, the certificate or authorization is limited to
educational personnel who provide programs or developmental
therapy to children birth to school age 5 who have disabilities.


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