ME LD2175

Authorizes final adoption of portions of Chapter 115: The Credentialing of Education Personnel, a major substantive rule of the Department of Education, State Board of Education

Waives the procedural deficiency of a truncated public comment period that closed only 9 days after the public hearing

Designated as emergency legislation, taking effect immediately upon approval rather than the standard 90 days after legislative adjournment

Submitted pursuant to Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, which requires legislative authorization before major substantive agency rules can be finally adopted