---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Maine'S Education System"
description: "An Act To Improve Maine'S Education System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 247"
citation: "Maine LD 247 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION DEPT", "POWERS", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthea DAUGHTRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d7f83c1-9b00-4484-9a3d-3513dbe6cbf9"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078339"
source_hash: "ca36b06153dd85a87035a5659b4c56bff58f2fdcd313e96a84fefb12ab160191"
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 247 (130) — An Act To Improve Maine'S Education System

## 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=SP0108&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0108&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0108&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Matthea DAUGHTRY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 27, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-202). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-06-08** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-202). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-09** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2021-06-30** TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL STUDY TABLE
- **2021-06-30** Subsequently FAILED EMERGENCY FINAL PASSAGE In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-30** On motion by Senator WOODSOME of York The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill FAILED FINAL PASSAGE
- **2021-06-30** Subsequently FINALLY PASSED - Emergency 2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d7f83c1-9b00-4484-9a3d-3513dbe6cbf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).