CHAPTER 446

H.P. 988 - L.D. 1424

An Act To Simplify Implementation of the Maine Learning

Results

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

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §4504, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 454, §17, is amended to read:

2. Comprehensive review. The commissioner shall conduct a comprehensive review of a school administrative unit in accordance with the school assistance process established in section 6210, based on a review of the school administrative unit's comprehensive education plan and the local assessment system, or as part of an inspection in accordance with section 258-A.

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §4722, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, c. 454, §24 and PL 2003, c. 545, §6, is further amended to read:

3. Satisfactory completion. A diploma may be awarded only to secondary school students who have satisfactorily completed all diploma requirements in accordance with the academic standards of the school administrative unit, and effective with the class of 2007, with the requirements specified in section 6202-A, subsection 3 and this chapter. All secondary school students must work toward achievement of the content standards of the system of learning results.__Exceptional students, as defined in section 7001, subsection 2, 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