Sponsor: Representative Kristen Cloutier | Current Status: REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

This bill requires school administrative units to require their schools that serve students in any of grades 6 to 12 to make available menstrual products to students at no cost in all
school bathrooms.

Sponsor: Representative Gary Drinkwater | Current Status: REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Sponsor: President Matthea Daughtry | Current Status: REFERENCE to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

This bill requires that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each school administrative unit ensure that its secondary schools' school days start no earlier than 8:30 9 a.m.

Sponsor: Representative Joshua Morris | Current Status: DEAD

This bill provides that the current prohibition on the discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a school does not apply to a person acting pursuant to the laws governing the use of force in defense of premises.

Sponsor: Rep Tracy Quint | Current Status: DEAD

Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci | Current Status: DEAD

This bill allows a school board to appoint a chiropractic doctor licensed under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 32, chapter 9 as a school health advisor.

Sponsor: Rep. Elizabeth Caruso | Current Status: DEAD

Sponsor: Rep. Marygrace Cimino | Current Status: DEAD

This bill allows a person to possess and discharge a firearm on school property if that person is not a student at that school, is 21 years of age or older and possesses a permit to carry a concealed handgun.

Sponsor: Rep. Katrina Smith | Current Status: DEAD

This bill prohibits a school administrative unit from adopting a policy that permits a student to use a school restroom according to the student's gender identity if that restroom is designated for use by a sex that does not correspond to the student's sex assigned at birth. The bill also directs the Department of Education to update its rules consistent with this legislation.