PART FF

Sec. FF-1. 20-A MRSA §13007, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 528, Pt. I, §5 and affected by Pt. RRR and enacted by c. 591, Pt. I, §5, is amended to read:

1. Fees. The commissioner shall assess fees for initial and renewal of teacher, education specialist and administrator certificates and for the renewal of inactive provisional and professional teacher, education specialist and administrator certificates. The fee is $50 $100 for the initial certification process for those teachers and education specialists found eligible and those found ineligible. A renewal fee of $50 $100 must be assessed for each active and inactive teacher and education specialist. The fee is $100 $200 for the initial certification process for those administrators found eligible and those found ineligible. A renewal fee of $100 $200 must be assessed for each active and inactive administrator. The commissioner shall assess a $35 fee for each additional evaluation of teacher endorsements beyond the initial endorsement.__A fee of $15 must be assessed for duplicate certificates.__A fee of $300 must be assessed for administrative portfolios.

Sec. FF-2. 20-A MRSA §13023, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Fees.__The commissioner shall assess fees for authorization under this section.__The fee for each initial educational technician authorization and for renewal of an educational technician authorization is $25.

Sec. FF-3. 20-A MRSA §13024 is enacted to read:

§13024.__Approval for person paid to work in school

1.__Approval.__A person paid to work in a school in a position that does not require certification or authorization must be issued an approval by the department.__This section applies to:

A.__Personnel employed in a public school or an approved private school as regular or substitute employees;