Amend the amendment in section 3 by striking out all of subsection 1 (page 2, lines 17 to 27 in amendment) and inserting the following:

Amend the amendment in section 7 in §4722-A by inserting after subsection 3 the following:

Summary

This amendment provides that the plan for transitioning to proficiency-based graduation prepared by each school administrative unit must include a detailed implementation plan that includes teacher training, including, but not limited to, teaching in multi-age classrooms, and an extensive outreach effort to meet with parents and students in developing and implementing the plan to transition to proficiency-based graduation and a standards-based system of education. It also provides that a standards-based education system and proficiency-based graduation standards must allow the governing body of a school administrative unit to retain control over grade-by-grade advancement of students and grading systems.