Background
The Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM at
📍 Cross Building, Room 208, 111 Sewall St., Augusta, to discuss LD 660 "An Act to Provide Transparency and Public Access to Public School Curricula."
If you want to read LD 660, click here: https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/display_ps.asp?snum=132&paper=HP0428PID=1456
In lieu of personally testifying in support of this bill, you may testify via Zoom, or by online testimony using the following link: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/. Do this prior to the public hearing.
See below for EVERYTHING you're going to need to get this done, including testimony!
🔹 Steps to submit testimony online:
1️⃣ Click: "Public Hearing".
2️⃣ Choose a committee: "Education and Cultural Affairs" - using the drop-down menu.
3️⃣ Choose date: April 2, 2025, 10:00 AM - using the drop-down menu.
4️⃣ Click: LD 660
5️⃣ Enter your testimony in the box (or click the checkbox if you want to testify via Zoom).
6️⃣ Complete your contact information.
7️⃣ Click: "I'm not a robot"
8️⃣ Click: "Submit/Register".
You can find a video tutorial on 'Submitting Testimony in Maine" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYnhN4ZlpoQ
Action Time-Window
⚠️ Please consider taking action by March 31, 2025 to ensure it gets to the legislature ahead of the meeting.
Template
The below is a community member's testimony. Feel free to use it, something of your own, or something as simple as as "I support LD 660, and "it ought to pass." To get other wording ideas, as online testimony is submitted for this bill, you can see it here: https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/EDU/04-02-2025?panel=2&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2 after clicking on the bill number.
I support LD 660 “An Act to Provide Transparency and Public Access to Public School Curricula.”
This bill will among other things, place restrictions on the choice of academic class offerings and curriculum materials and on-site professional development programs. Certain provisions of this bill are designed to satisfy federal law related to parental access to information and protection of pupil's rights.
In the name of full transparency, each school’s curriculum and professional development programs MUST be accessible to all citizens, particularly parents. Otherwise, what are they trying to hide from us? Why the secrecy?
I support LD 660 and it “ought to pass.”
Credit for the above goes to our community member Danny (@DannyEmerson61) from the South Berwick Republican Committee (@BerwickSouth).
Disclaimer
A community member has shared this personal template for those who wish to express their views on the bill(s) mentioned above. This template is not an official PTP position, and using it is entirely up to you. Pine Tree Patriots encourages civic participation but does not endorse or support specific actions or policies. Please remember this is an individual initiative.
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