Candidate for Maine House of Representatives - District 135 in 2018 Maine 2018 General Election.
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Get Startedmy Appropriations Committee continued to negotiate a supplemental spending package, eventually putting together two bills which increased pay for direct care workers, allocated necessary funding to continue county jail operations, supported a statewide ‘hub and spoke’ treatment model to address the opioid epidemic, funded wait lists for Mainers with intellectual disabilities, addressed an emergency shortfall in early childhood special education, and funded a number of other urgent health and human services initiatives. Learn more
LD 131 An Act To Amend the Laws Related to Public Funding of Charter Schools …transfers to the state the liability for the full public allocation for charter school funding. Learn more
No matter where the fraught debate about minimum state graduation requirements might otherwise have landed, I fear that capitulating on the state’s obligation to assure that all schools maintain sufficient capacity for all students have the opportunity to meet the state’s learning standards threatens the very foundation of equity of learning opportunity across all Maine communities. Without a common set of expectations about equity in school capacity, it will become much more difficult to argue for equity in school funding through state subsidy. Learn more
LD 3 An Act To Ensure Consistent Certification of Graduation Standards in Publicly Funded Secondary Schools …clarifies that public charter schools are subject to Maine’s learning standards, proficiency-based diplomas, and the state’s assessment system. Learn more
An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Maine Proficiency Education Council …adds transcript-based credentials for student learning, phases in proficiency graduation requirements, clarifies alternate pathways to proficiency for students in CTE programs and students with disabilities Learn more
I continue to work on bills to provide bonding for scientific research and development, college affordability, and capital funding for Maine’s public colleges. Learn more
I am hoping to build support for capital funding for both the University and Community College systems, for transportation, and for improved water quality. Learn more
As the legislature was unable to enact updated policy for rates for distributed generation of solar electricity, the discussion is currently in dispute between the courts and the Public Utilities Commission. I am disappointed that we have so far been unable to enact a forward-thinking energy policy which I believe would put Maine on a more prosperous footing with a sustainable system with locally generated power. Learn more
I am hoping to build support for capital funding for both the University and Community College systems, for transportation, and for improved water quality. Learn more
In opposition to an initiative from the Trump administration to open all offshore waters to oil drilling, I cosponsored a legislative resolution requesting that Maine be excluded on account of the importance of Maine’s coastal and marine resources. Learn more
the Governor has proposed an additional annual fee on hybrid and electric vehicles. I oppose this increase because I think it fails to address the real reason for the structural funding problem and also because it represents a perverse disincentive towards the public environmental and health benefits of efficient vehicles. Learn more
I believe we need to be deliberating on universal background checks for all gun sales, a return to permitting for concealed firearms, tighter regulations for ownership of certain semi-automatic weapons, and magazine size restrictions for all semi-automatics. Learn more
LD 1517: An Act To Enable an Alternative Organizational Structure To Purchase Group Health Insurance for Its Employees …Allows schools that negotiate common employment contracts to purchase a single policy for employee benefits Learn more
my Appropriations Committee continued to negotiate a supplemental spending package, eventually putting together two bills which increased pay for direct care workers, allocated necessary funding to continue county jail operations, supported a statewide ‘hub and spoke’ treatment model to address the opioid epidemic, funded wait lists for Mainers with intellectual disabilities, addressed an emergency shortfall in early childhood special education, and funded a number of other urgent health and human services initiatives. Learn more
An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Maine Proficiency Education Council …adds transcript-based credentials for student learning, phases in proficiency graduation requirements, clarifies alternate pathways to proficiency for students in CTE programs and students with disabilities Learn more
LD 3 An Act To Ensure Consistent Certification of Graduation Standards in Publicly Funded Secondary Schools …clarifies that public charter schools are subject to Maine’s learning standards, proficiency-based diplomas, and the state’s assessment system. Learn more
my Appropriations Committee continued to negotiate a supplemental spending package, eventually putting together two bills which increased pay for direct care workers, allocated necessary funding to continue county jail operations, supported a statewide ‘hub and spoke’ treatment model to address the opioid epidemic, funded wait lists for Mainers with intellectual disabilities, addressed an emergency shortfall in early childhood special education, and funded a number of other urgent health and human services initiatives. Learn more
LD 1517: An Act To Enable an Alternative Organizational Structure To Purchase Group Health Insurance for Its Employees …Allows schools that negotiate common employment contracts to purchase a single policy for employee benefits Learn more
In opposition to an initiative from the Trump administration to open all offshore waters to oil drilling, I cosponsored a legislative resolution requesting that Maine be excluded on account of the importance of Maine’s coastal and marine resources. Learn more
LD 131 An Act To Amend the Laws Related to Public Funding of Charter Schools …transfers to the state the liability for the full public allocation for charter school funding. Learn more
we hope to move forward with a new model to ensure that all three to five-year-olds with special needs have access to requisite professional services through their local school districts. Learn more
the Governor has proposed an additional annual fee on hybrid and electric vehicles. I oppose this increase because I think it fails to address the real reason for the structural funding problem and also because it represents a perverse disincentive towards the public environmental and health benefits of efficient vehicles. Learn more
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