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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 477
S.P. 538 - L.D. 1577

An Act To Amend and Improve the Education Laws

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1, sub-§13-A, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 608, §1, is repealed.

     Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1, sub-§13-A, ¶B-1 is enacted to read:

     Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §1, sub-§13-A, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 608, §1, is repealed.

     Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §5205, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 608, §3, is amended to read:

     7. Homeless students. Pursuant to section 261, the commissioner may adopt rules to ensure that each homeless student has unrestricted access to the free public education afforded by section 2, subsection 1. The rules must implement the requirements and policies of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, Public Law 100-77, Title VII, Subtitle B, as amended by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988, Public Law 100-268, Title VII, Section 702 McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvement Act of 2001, 42 United States Code, Section 11431 et seq., and may be adopted as part of or in conjunction with the required state plan. The rules must include, but are not limited to, provisions for the resolution of disputes regarding the educational placement of homeless students according to the best interest of homeless students, provisions that homeless students receive services comparable to services offered to other students in the schools they attend, provisions to address transportation and health records as a barrier to school admission and other provisions required by United States Code, Title 42, Section 11432, Subsection e 11431.

     Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §5809, as amended by PL 1999, c. 75, §4, is further amended to read:

§5809.   Students enrolled in applied technology educational programs

     Schools receiving tuition students who are enrolled in regular school day applied technology educational programs at applied technology centers, satellites or applied technology regions, under chapter 313, may charge a tuition rate not up to exceed 2/3 of the maximum tuition rate as computed under sections 5805 or 5806. The applied technology center, satellite or region may charge a tuition rate of up to 1/3 of the maximum tuition rate as computed under section 5805 or 5806 for the student.

     Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §7001, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 1999, c. 721, §1 and affected by §4, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 7. 20-A MRSA §8102, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is amended to read:

     The department may, from funds available to it, grant funds to a school administrative unit to undertake gifted education programs. A grant shall must be made on the basis of $2 of state matching funds for each $1 of funds appropriated by the school administrative unit the requirements of the department.

     Sec. 8. 20-A MRSA §8102, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is amended to read:

     3. Time limits. The following limits shall apply.

     Sec. 9. 20-A MRSA §8103, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is amended to read:

§8103. Available funds

     Funds made available to the department for gifted and talented education programs from state, federal or other sources shall do not lapse at the end of a fiscal year, but shall be are carried forward to the next fiscal year for a period of 90 days to be used for the purposes set forth in this chapter or for the purposes stipulated by the granting agency.

     Sec. 10. 20-A MRSA §8104, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 790, Pt. N, §3, is further amended to read:

     1. Establishment. Each school administrative unit must shall, commencing with the 1987-88 2004-2005 school year, establish a fully implement its plan for phasing in gifted and talented educational programs. A school administrative unit or part of a school administrative unit is not required to comply with the provisions of its plan during the school years beginning in the fall of 2000 and 2001. Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, a school administrative unit may apply to the commissioner for a one-year waiver of this requirement if full implementation of this requirement presents an undue burden.

     Sec. 11. 20-A MRSA §8104, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 463, §1, is amended to read:

     2. Rules. The commissioner shall establish amend or adopt rules to implement this section, including the identification of students, needs and resource assessment, and program planning, development and delivery implementation. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

     Sec. 12. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§8, ¶B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 787, §6, is further amended to read:

Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

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