AUGUSTA – The House and Senate on Monday gave approval to a proposal that would abolish Maine’s school employees fingerprinting law.

The Senate voted to scuttle the program, which has drawn opposition from the 25,000-member Maine Education Association. The measure was approved in the House later in the day.

The House version of the repeal has already won approval in both chambers.

The measure’s prospects remain in question. Gov. Angus King supports the law, which requires school employees to submit to fingerprinting and criminal background checks.

Last year, both the House and Senate voted to exempt current school employees from the fingerprinting requirement, but King vetoed the measure. The House failed to gain a two-thirds majority needed to override, so the original law remained in effect.