Title 20-A, Title 20-A

1. Fund established. The Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established under the Maine Fire Service Institute within the Maine Community College System as a nonlapsing fund to provide funds to municipalities for the construc…

1. Fund established. The Regional Fire Service Training Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established under the Maine Fire Service Institute within the Maine Community College System as a nonlapsing fund to provide funds to municipalities for regional fire servi…

1. Innovative Instruction and Tutoring Grant Program Fund. The Innovative Instruction and Tutoring Grant Program Fund, referred to in this chapter as "the fund," is established in the department to encourage the facilitation of innovative instruction and tutoring programs, includ…

1. Grant recipient report. In each year in which a local education provider receives a grant pursuant to section 9101 for an innovative instruction and tutoring program plan submitted pursuant to section 9101, subsection 3, the local education provider shall submit a report to th…

1. Requirement for certificate of approval. Any privately owned post-secondary correspondence school located within the State or outside the State but having a solicitor or agent in this State to recruit students or promote the school and its program must obtain a certificate of …

1. Application requirements; certification period; bonding and revocation of certificate. The application for a certificate of approval required in section 9201 must be made on forms furnished by the commissioner and be accompanied by a fee of $100 and a surety bond in the penal …

Any firm, association or corporation, operating or conducting a private correspondence school, except by authority of a valid certificate of approval as required by this chapter, is guilty of a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not more than $1,000 may be adjudged.

The commissioner is authorized to adopt rules for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

1. Requirement of license. Any person located either within or outside the State shall obtain a license from the commissioner before operating or maintaining any proprietary school or before collecting any tuition, fee or other charge for operating or maintaining or soliciting fo…

1. Application requirements; licensing; bonding and revocation of license. The application for a license required by this chapter must be made on forms furnished by the commissioner and be accompanied by a fee of $100 and a surety bond. For applicants that participate in state or…

The commissioner may investigate complaints involving a school including any allegation of noncompliance with or violation of this chapter and applicable rules. The commissioner shall promptly notify the Finance Authority of Maine of any complaints involving student financial ass…

1. Fines. Any person, who operates or maintains a proprietary school in violation of this chapter, or represents itself as operating and maintaining such a school, is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000, payable to the State, to be recovered in a civil act. 2. Enfo…

The commissioner shall adopt rules for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The rules must establish requirements relating to advertising, records and record keeping, health and sanitation, safety, personnel, tuition, fees, contracts and other matters that protect …

The commissioner may investigate complaints involving a school, including any allegation of noncompliance with or violation of this chapter and applicable rules. The commissioner may, after a hearing in conformance with Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter IV, to the extent applicabl…

The commissioner shall not refuse to renew a license for any reason other than failure to pay the required fee, unless the licensee has been given an opportunity for a hearing. [PL 1983, c. 841, §6 (NEW).] Hearings may also be conducted by the commissioner, at the commissioner's …

In addition to other powers or remedies under this chapter, the State may bring one or more actions in any state or federal court having jurisdiction on behalf of students harmed by fraud, misrepresentation, violation of this chapter or applicable rules, breach of contract or fai…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1987, c. 827, §1 (NEW).] 1. Drug treatment center. "Drug treatment center" means a facility as defined in Title 22, section 8001, which provides substance use dis…

A school administrative unit in which a licensed drug treatment center is located or a nearby school administrative unit shall provide an educational program, as prescribed by the commissioner, for each eligible student residing in the center, notwithstanding the student's legal …

Each such school unit shall submit a program plan for educational services to be approved by the commissioner. The program plan shall include the following components: [PL 1987, c. 827, §1 (NEW).] 1. Planning; approved. Evidence of collaborative planning with officials and staff …

A school unit required to offer an educational program or a drug treatment center which treats eligible students may appeal to the commissioner in the event agreement cannot be reached between them. The commissioner's decision on the program in such an appeal shall be rendered wi…

Each school unit operating an educational program for eligible students at drug treatment centers shall file an annual report, a proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year and an application for renewal of program approval as prescribed by the commissioner.

The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this chapter and the funding scheme under the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. GGG, §1 (NEW).] 1. Community partner. "Community partner" means a provider of one or more of the following services to students, families or com…

Beginning October 1, 2015, a school board may designate an existing school or establish a new school as a community school. [PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. GGG, §1 (NEW).] 1. Community school plan goals. A community school shall collaborate with community partners to provide services to st…

The department is authorized to designate 3 community schools established in accordance with this chapter beginning in the 2016-2017 school year. For the 2020-2021 school year, the department is authorized to designate 5 community schools established in accordance with this chapt…

1. Fund established. The Community Schools Success Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established within the department as a nonlapsing fund to provide grants to community schools, local education providers and nonprofit organizations. The commissioner shall admi…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2025, c. 422, §1 (NEW).] 1. Green school. "Green school" means a public school that shows exemplary progress in the following areas: A. Supporting the work of sch…

The Maine Green Schools Network is established within the department to support environmental education and initiatives within public schools and school administrative units as described in section 9933. [PL 2025, c. 422, §1 (NEW).] 1. Administration. The department shall adminis…

The following provisions govern the network's duties and authority under this chapter. [PL 2025, c. 422, §1 (NEW).] 1. Duties. The network shall: A. Assist with transportation of students to and from environmentally focused activities; [PL 2025, c. 422, §1 (NEW).] B. Support scho…

1. Participation in physical activity. A post-secondary institution may not require a person with hemophilia to participate in physical activity hazardous to that person's physical health, as a condition or requirement for a degree, unless the physical activity is approved by the…

1. Preservation of records. The trustees or officers of a post-secondary institution, on going out of existence or ceasing to function as an educational institution, shall turn over records of attendance and academic achievements by its students to the department. The department …

An officer of a post-secondary institution may not receive as prerequisite a fee for a degree granted by the institute. Fees of this type shall be paid into the institution treasury.

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Injurious hazing" means any action or situation, including harassing behavior, that recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical h…

1. Department as state postsecondary review entity. The department is designated as the state postsecondary review entity for the purpose of carrying out the program integrity triad of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 United States Code, Sections 1099a to 1099a-3, as amended.…

1. Endowment Incentive Fund; nonlapsing fund. The Endowment Incentive Fund, referred to in this section as the "endowment fund," is created to provide an incentive for private donations for endowment purposes to and for the benefit of the University of Maine System, the Maine Com…

In furtherance of the provisions of section 10902, subsection 2, paragraph B, the Board of Trustees of the Maine Maritime Academy, the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System and the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System shall each adopt a policy tha…

1. Provision of information; report of vaccination. Each postsecondary educational institution incorporated, chartered or established under the laws of the State that has a residential campus shall provide information on meningococcal disease and the meningococcal vaccine to each…

1. Definition. As used in this section the following terms have the following meanings. A. "College or university" means any postsecondary educational institution, including: (1) Any degree-granting educational institution regulated under chapter 409; (2) Any university in the Un…

If a current member of the United States Armed Forces or a veteran of the United States Armed Forces who has been honorably discharged is enrolled in a program of education at any campus of the University of Maine System, the Maine Community College System or the Maine Maritime A…

A spouse or dependent child of an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces who is assigned to duty out of the State immediately following assignment to duty in the State is eligible for in-state tuition rates and fees at the University of Maine System, the Maine Commu…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Graduation rate" means the percentage of the students who enrolled at the start of a postsecondary educational degree program who completed the pr…

1. Data and strategies. By January 15, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System, the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System and the Board of Trustees of the Maine Maritime Academy shall each submit to the joint standi…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Homeless student" means a student under 25 years of age who has been verified, at any time during the 24 months immediately preceding the student'…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Debt" means any money, obligation, claim or sum due or owing or alleged to be due or owing from a student. "Debt" does not include the fee, if any…

1. Designation of private support organization. The President of the Maine Maritime Academy may designate a nonprofit organization as the private support organization for the Maine Maritime Academy. If designated by the Maine Maritime Academy, a private support organization must …

The Higher Education Administrative Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established within the department as a nonlapsing fund to receive participation fees from institutions of higher education for applications for membership or membership renewal in the intersta…