CHAPTER 120

H.P. 709 - L.D. 1024

Resolve, To Review and Recodify Laws Pertaining to

Violence in Our Schools

Sec. 1. Review and recodification. Resolved: That the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis shall review the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20- A and identify provisions pertaining to safety in schools and provisions that establish policies, procedures and penalties to address violence in schools.

The Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes shall jointly prepare a bill for submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs during the Second Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature that recodifies selected sections of Title 20-A, in accordance with the following.

1. Scope of recodification. In preparing the bill, the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes shall reorganize the laws contained in Title 20-A to consolidate or accurately cross-reference sections pertaining to violence and threatening behavior in schools. In preparing the bill, the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes shall eliminate confusing language and make technical changes necessary to improve the accessibility of all provisions pertaining to violence and threatening behavior in schools. The recodification is not intended to contain substantive changes to Title 20-A.

2. Participation of department. The Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes shall invite the participation of the Department of Education in preparing the proposed recodification.