---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Maine Education Policy Research Institute To Review Certain Components Of General Purpose Aid For Local Schools And The Essential Programs And Services Funding Formula"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Maine Education Policy Research Institute To Review Certain Components Of General Purpose Aid For Local Schools And The Essential Programs And Services Funding Formula"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2286"
citation: "Maine LD 2286 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES", "METHODOLOGY", "SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael BRENNAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79bb2d2e-ef27-4643-86f5-51a8455c09ba"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092975"
source_hash: "9465e6928e76d2e06f83387b38b42516ca5c5131be830073dd1b263f6c7271db"
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 2286 (131) — Resolve, Directing The Maine Education Policy Research Institute To Review Certain Components Of General Purpose Aid For Local Schools And The Essential Programs And Services Funding Formula

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1477&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1477&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Michael BRENNAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-09** Reported by Representative BRENNAN for the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 118, section 2.
- **2024-04-09** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-04-09** The Resolve was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Resolve was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-04-09** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2024-04-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-10** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Comes From Committee - EDU
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79bb2d2e-ef27-4643-86f5-51a8455c09ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).