---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Community Schools"
description: "An Act To Support Community Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1216"
citation: "Maine LD 1216 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL PROGRAMS", "ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION", "COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c3d6eb-fd4c-45f2-aba4-e55e5b2a1bd5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072413"
source_hash: "1b6f9370233fbe09c33d11b1e691ec2aa714a916341ccea5dadbb9aa3d96090f"
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 1216 (129) — An Act To Support Community Schools

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0378&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0378&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0378&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-12** Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** Reports Read
- **2019-05-21** On motion by Senator MILLETT of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-23** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-23** On motion of Representative KORNFIELD of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (S-128) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-128).
- **2019-05-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/35c3d6eb-fd4c-45f2-aba4-e55e5b2a1bd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).