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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 112H.P. 77 House of Representatives, January 8, 2025
An Act to Promote Opportunities by Establishing a Student Wage
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MCINTYRE of Lowell.
Cosponsored by Senator BRADSTREET of Kennebec and
Representative: BOYER of Poland. Page 1 - 132LR0487(01)
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2 is enacted to read:
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4 who is a secondary student the minimum hourly wage is 50% of the amount specified in
5 subsection 1 for a period of at least 2 years beginning with the first day of employment,
6 except that an employee who graduates secondary school must be paid at least a minimum
7 hourly wage in accordance with subsection 1.
8 For the purposes of this subsection, "secondary student" has the same meaning as in Title
9 20-A, section 1, subsection 33 and "secondary school" has the same meaning as in Title
10 20-A, section 1, subsection 32.
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12 This bill provides that, for an employee who is a secondary school student, the
13 minimum hourly wage is 50% of the state's minimum wage for a period of at least 2 years
14 unless that employee graduates secondary school.
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