Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD823: An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Provide for Statewide and Equitable Access to Experiential Science, Technology, Engineeri
Status: Failed, April 29, 2026
An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Provide for Statewide and Equitable Access to Experiential Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Competition Programs
What the bill says
An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Provide for Statewide and Equitable Access to Experiential Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Competition Programs" Amend the bill in section 1 in §15312 in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 6 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "is going" and inserting the following: 'intends' Amend the bill in section 1 in §15312 in subsection 3 in paragraph B in the first line (page 1, line 39 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and private schools" Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section nu.
From the introduced text:
An Act to Establish a Grant Program to Provide for Statewide and Equitable Access to Experiential Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Competition Programs" Amend the bill in section 1 in §15312 in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 6 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "is going" and inserting the following: 'intends' Amend the bill in section 1 in §15312 in subsection 3 in paragraph B in the first line (page 1, line 39 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and private schools" Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively. SUMMARY 1199 This amendment provides that an organization that receives a competitive grant for 2200 statewide experiential science, technology, engineering and mathematics competition 2211 programs does not need to make the program available to students from private schools and 2222 that to receive a grant an organization must demonstrate that it intends to use the funds for 2233 a statewide experiential competition program. 2244 FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 2255 (See attached) Page 1 - 132LR1934(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT