---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Recognize The Accreditation Of Certain Private Schools"
description: "An Act To Recognize The Accreditation Of Certain Private Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1731"
citation: "Maine LD 1731 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "APPROVAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LANGLEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-19"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a195630-8e44-4369-ba1a-ec7f6f91c061"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067178"
source_hash: "38917afb426ef2217000e75ca05149f1582205dad096b0852d4f73bb60d3ba57"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 1731 (128) — An Act To Recognize The Accreditation Of Certain Private Schools

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP063001.asp)

## Sponsors

- LANGLEY — primary (person)
- HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)
- MASON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2018-03-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-371) READ and ADOPTED
- **2018-03-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-371) `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Sent down for concurrence
- **2018-03-15** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2018-03-15** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2018-03-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-371).
- **2018-03-15** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a195630-8e44-4369-ba1a-ec7f6f91c061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).