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| | | Part FF does the following: |
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| | | 1. Increases fees for initial teacher, education specialist | | and administrator certificates and for the renewal of inactive | | teacher, education specialist and administrator certificates; |
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| | | 2. Establishes renewal fees for active teacher, education | | specialist and administrator certificates; |
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| | | 3. Assesses a $35 fee for each additional evaluation of | | teacher endorsements beyond the initial endorsement; |
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| | | 4. Establishes a $15 fee for each duplicate certificate; |
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| | | 5. Establishes a $300 fee for administrative portfolios; |
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| | | 6. Assesses a $25 initial and renewal fee for each 5-year | | educational technician authorization; and |
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| | | 7. Establishes an approval requirement for all individuals | | paid to work in a school or at a Child Development Services | | System site in positions that do not require certification or | | authorization and establishes a $15 fee for the initial approval | | and for renewal of the approval. |
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| | | Part GG establishes the Professional Standards Board to advise | | the State Board of Education regarding professional growth, | | certification and governance of the education profession in this | | State. |
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| | | Part HH makes adjustments to funding and other changes to | | selected programs in the Department of Health and Human Services. |
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| | | Part II transfers funds and adjusts allocations from the Fund | | for a Healthy Maine. |
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| | | Part JJ recognizes the drug subsidy payments the State will | | receive under the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, | | Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 and distributes the | | payments to the affected state funds. |
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