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school students must work toward achievement of the content | standards of the system of learning results. Exceptional students | Children with disabilities, as defined in section 7001, subsection | 2 1-A, who successfully meet the content standards of the system of | learning results in addition to any other diploma requirements | applicable to all secondary school students, as specified by the | goals and objectives of their individualized education plans, may | be awarded a high school diploma. Career and technical students | may, with the approval of the commissioner, satisfy the 2nd-year | math and science, the 2nd-year social studies and the fine arts | requirements of subsection 2 through separate or integrated study | within the career and technical school curriculum. |
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| | Sec. A-10. 20-A MRSA §4801, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 128, | is amended to read: |
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| D. A school administrative unit, operating under a plan | approved by the commissioner, may provide for the use of up | to 5 of the 175 instructional days required by this section | to be used for screening incoming first year students for | the purpose of identifying exceptional students children | with disabilities and students at risk of school failure as | required by state or federal law. |
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| | Sec. A-11. 20-A MRSA §5201, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL | 1985, c. 506, Pt. A, §36, is amended to read: |
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| | 1. Eligibility to enroll; school year. A person meeting the | minimum age requirements of subsection 2 or section 7001, | subsection 2 1-B, paragraph A B, and who has not reached 20 | years of age before the start of the school year may enroll as a | full-time or, with the consent of the school board, as a part- | time student, in the public elementary and secondary schools | where the student resides as defined in section 5202. The school | year, for the purpose of this subsection, is defined as starting | on July 1st and ending on the following June 30th. |
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| | Sec. A-12. 20-A MRSA §5201, sub-§3, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, | §§5 and 8, is amended to read: |
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| E. The eligibility for exceptional students a child with a | disability is governed by section 7001, subsection 2 1-A. |
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| | Sec. A-13. 20-A MRSA §6202, first ¶, as amended by PL 2005, c. 446, §3, | is further amended to read: |
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| | The commissioner shall establish a statewide assessment | program to measure and evaluate on a continuing basis the | academic achievements of students at grades 4, 8 and 11 in the |
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