Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD193: An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness
Status: Failed, May 21, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative ARCHER of Saco. Cosponsored by Senator BAILEY of York and Representatives: CLOUTIER of Lewiston, MALON of Biddeford, SAYRE of Kennebunk, Senator: INGWERSEN of York. Printed on recycled paper.
From the introduced text:
An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative ARCHER of Saco. Cosponsored by Senator BAILEY of York and Representatives: CLOUTIER of Lewiston, MALON of Biddeford, SAYRE of Kennebunk, Senator: INGWERSEN of York. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15675, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 4. Students experiencing homelessness. For each student experiencing homelessness, a school administrative unit receives an additional weight of .50 per student. For the purposes of this subsection, "student experiencing homelessness" means a student who has been identified by a school administrative unit as a homeless child or youth as defined in the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 United States Code, Section 11434a. Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §15683, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2021, c. 428, §9, is further amended to read: A. The product of the school administrative unit's kindergarten to grade 8 EPS perpupil rate multiplied by the total of the kindergarten to grade 8 portions of the following pupil counts: (1) The pupil count set forth in section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C or D, whichever is applicable; (2) The additional weight for …
Sponsors
- Marshall Archer (D, 129) · primary sponsor
- Donna Bailey (D, 31)
- Kristen Cloutier (D, 94)
- Henry Ingwersen (D, 32)
- Marc Malon (D, 133)
- Daniel Sayre (D, 135)
Latest actions
- : Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- : Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence
- : Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Subjects: SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA, PUPIL COUNTS, Legislature, Senate, Other, PROVISIONS REVISED
Common questions
- What is LD193?
- LD193 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness.
- What does LD193 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Fund Students in Maine Schools Who Are Experiencing Homelessness Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative ARCHER of Saco. Cosponsored by Senator BAILEY of York and Representatives: CLOUTIER of Lewiston, MALON of Biddeford, SAYRE of Kennebunk, Senator: INGWERSEN of York. Printed on recycled paper.
- What is the status of LD193?
- Failed as of May 21, 2025. Latest action: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (May 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD193?
- Marshall Archer (D, 129), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD193?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=193&snum=132
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