Title 20-A, Title 20-A

Each career and technical education region is administered by a cooperative board organized as follows. [PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD); PL 1991, c. 716, §6 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 545, §5 (REV).] 1. Structure of cooperative board. The school boards of the units located in a region, at a …

1. Requirements. Each member of a cooperative board must: A. Represent a unit or group of units within the region; [PL 1991, c. 518, §21 (NEW).] B. Represent a unit in which the member resides; and [PL 1991, c. 518, §21 (NEW).] C. Represent approximately the same number of person…

1. Oath. Before taking any official action, a newly appointed member of a cooperative board shall take the following oath or affirmation before a dedimus justice or notary public."I (name) do swear that I will faithfully discharge to the best of my abilities the duties incumbent …

A career and technical education region is a political subdivision within the meaning of Title 5, section 19002, subsection 6, and a quasi-municipal corporation within the meaning of Title 30‑A, section 5701, and all the provisions of those sections apply to it.

A region shall vote on articles submitted by the cooperative board using the procedures set forth in sections 1351 to 1354. For such purposes, references in those sections to "school administrative district" or "district" mean career and technical education region; references in …

1. General powers and duties. A cooperative board has all of the powers and duties of a school board as provided in section 1001, subsections 1, 2, 4 to 7 and 11‑A to 19; section 1002; section 1256, subsections 1, 2 and 4 to 7; section 1257; section 1314; section 1315; section 48…

1. Employment of career and technical education director. The cooperative board shall employ a certified career and technical education director who shall administer, in compliance with this section, the provision of career and technical education in the region. A. [PL 1991, c. 5…

The superintendents of the units within each region shall serve as an advisory committee to the cooperative board. This committee: [PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).] 1. Right to attend cooperative board meetings. Must receive notice of and must be invited to attend all meetings of the…

Each region's budget must be prepared and approved as follows. [PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).] 1. Duties of the cooperative board. The cooperative board shall: A. Prepare and approve a budget for the region; [PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).] B. Hold a public hearing in each of 2 separa…

1. Role of the school administrative unit. The legislative body of each unit in a region shall vote on the articles submitted by the cooperative board. A. The vote on the budget articles by each unit must occur at the same time as the vote on the unit's regular school budget. [PL…

1. Method of notice. A regional budget meeting must be called by a warrant. The warrant must be signed by a majority of the cooperative board. The following procedures apply to the warrant. A. The warrant must specify the time and place of the regional budget meeting. [PL 1991, c…

Municipal funds must be assessed and appropriated for a region's budget as follows. [PL 1991, c. 518, §29 (AMD).] 1. Operating, construction and debt service costs. Each region shall, in accordance with the region's written agreement for sharing costs adopted pursuant to section …

1. School warrant; monthly installment. Following the assessment of each unit pursuant to section 8463, the school officials of each unit in the region shall place on the school warrant for payment the first of each month an installment equal to 1/12 of the unit's share of the re…

The following applies in the event of a budget failure as defined in section 8301-A. [PL 1991, c. 518, §29 (AMD).] 1. Submission of a contingency plan. If a budget failure exists after August 1st of any fiscal year, the cooperative board shall submit to the state board a financia…

A region may issue bonds and notes for school construction purposes. For purposes of this section, school construction purposes include minor capital costs relating to maintenance of plant. The cooperative board shall decide whether the issuance of bonds or notes by the region fo…

1. Authority. A unit within a region may transfer or lease unused property of the unit to the region for career and technical education purposes. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this section, "unit" includes a special school district.

1. Sale of capital assets. A region may sell any of its buildings, equipment or other capital assets if the sale is in compliance with the conditions of any indebtedness issued to finance such assets and if the sale is approved by the state board. 2. Use of proceeds of sale. The …

1. Establishment. A career and technical education region may establish a reserve fund for a school construction project, the acquisition or reconstruction of a specific item or type of capital improvement, the acquisition of a specific item or type of capital equipment or any of…

Since education is a lifelong process, it is declared to be the policy of the State to provide and encourage the growth of educational opportunities and, where applicable, to ensure career, citizenship and college readiness for all adults.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1991, c. 518, §33 (NEW).] 1. Adult education. "Adult education" means an education program primarily operated for individuals beyond the compulsory school age tha…

The commissioner may adopt rules to establish requirements for adult education courses, to establish procedures for approving adult education courses offered by units, regions or centers and to otherwise carry out the purposes of this chapter.

Adult education courses may be offered by units, regions or centers with the approval of the commissioner.

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, a region may be reimbursed under section 8607‑A, subsection 2 if it offers adult career and technical education courses and may be reimbursed under section 8607‑A, subsection 9 if it offers adult workforce training and retrain…

A unit may: [PL 1991, c. 518, §36 (AMD).] 1. Fund adult education and educational activities. Raise, appropriate, receive and expend money for adult education and educational activities. Adult education and educational activities are under the direction and supervision of the sch…

1. Warrant language. In order to fund adult education and educational activities and tuition costs under section 8603, a school administrative unit must use the following warrant language at a duly called special or regular meeting or city election: "Article .......: To see if (t…

A unit, region or center may make available facilities for adults for day and evening educational and recreational activities not reimbursable by the State. These courses and activities may be financed by tuition fees, by funds made available by the unit, by funds from other sour…

1. General right. The following persons may attend adult education courses offered by a unit, region or center in accordance with that entity's published program criteria and admission standards: A. A person who is not yet 17 years of age who has withdrawn from school under the p…

1. Definitions. 2. Budget recommendation. Prior to February 1st of each year, the commissioner shall notify each school board of the estimated amount of the funding levels to be allocated to the school administrative unit for the various program categories in adult education for …

Reimbursement for the following costs are made in the year following the incurring of those costs, and the rates are as follows. [PL 2007, c. 131, §6 (AMD).] 1. Administrative costs. Administrative costs for all adult education courses and educational activities listed in section…

Fees for adult education are as follows. [PL 1991, c. 518, §41 (AMD).] 1. Registration fee. A unit, region or center shall establish a registration fee schedule for adult education courses and determine the use of those registration fees. 2. Laboratory and materials fees. A unit,…

A unit, region or center may provide transportation for adults to and from adult education courses.

A unit, region or center that provides adult education shall ensure that adult education students are provided, when applicable, information regarding and referral to other state departments and agencies that provide support to adult education students, including, but not limited…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school administrative unit may offer enrichment courses as part of its adult education program as long as the school administrative unit tracks and reports annually to the department the number of enrichment courses offered a…

Public secondary schools, approved private secondary schools, career and technical education centers, career and technical education regions and adult education programs conducted pursuant to chapter 315 may offer courses in driver education.

A driver education course offered in accordance with section 8701 must meet the curriculum requirements prescribed by the Secretary of State, include both classroom instruction and practice driving and be approved by the Secretary of State. Any state subsidy, state reimbursement …

A driver education teacher must hold a license to teach driver education. [PL 1995, c. 505, §6 (AMD); PL 1995, c. 505, §22 (AFF).] 1. Licensing. Only a person licensed by the Secretary of State as a driver education teacher may be employed by a public secondary school, approved p…

The instructor and students are required to use seat belts during the behind-the-wheel instruction portion of the course.

A public secondary school may provide driver education after the regular school day during the school year as part of its secondary course of study and may charge a fee based upon per pupil costs, but may not allow credit toward a high school diploma for that paid instruction.

The Secretary of State shall employ necessary personnel, subject to the terms of the Civil Service Law, to implement this chapter.

The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to implement this chapter.

Standards for summer schools shall be as follows. [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5 (NEW).] 1. Standards. The state board and the commissioner shall jointly adopt rules to establish standards consistent with basic school approval requirements for summer schools offering credit toward gradua…

The following provisions apply to summer school tuition. [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 1. Tuition. A school administrative unit may charge the students a tuition for enrollment in a summer school. 2. Maximum amount. Tuition may not exceed the following: A. In the first summer…

The department shall report by November 15, 2021 and annually thereafter to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs on school administrative unit summer educational programs, including but not limited to summer schoo…

The After-school Program Fund, referred to in this chapter as "the program fund," is established to encourage the facilitation of high-quality after-school programs in school administrative units throughout the State. The commissioner shall administer the program fund within the …

1. Eligibility. To receive program fund money calculated pursuant to subsection 2, the school administrative unit must be in compliance with any applicable standards and program requirements for after-school programs established by the commissioner pursuant to section 8901. 2. Pr…

The department shall report by June 30, 2007 and annually thereafter to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs on the number of school administrative units participating in an after-school program, the nature of the…