CHAPTER 428
H.P. 1099 - L.D. 1542
Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, two thirds of all of the members elected to each House have determined it necessary to enact this measure.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §4502, sub-§5, ¶K, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. A, §§20 and 25, is amended to read:
K. School improvement; and
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §4502, sub-§5, ¶L, as amended by PL 1989, c. 415, §11, is further amended to read:
L. Prepare and implement an on-going ongoing school improvement process and annually update a written school improvement plan, including a fully developed staff development plan for identifying at-risk students in kindergarten through to grade 12, including, but not limited to, truants and dropouts, and the development of appropriate alternative programs to meet their needs.; and
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §4502, sub-§5, ¶M is enacted to read:
M. The use of time-out areas, administered in accordance with standards adopted by the department and with this paragraph. The use of a time-out area is subject to the following:
(1) The time-out area must be well ventilated and sufficiently lighted. The time-out area may not be locked; and
(2) The time-out area must be designed to ensure the safety of the student so that the student is supervised by a professional staff member in the room or can be observed from outside of the time-out area and can be heard by a person supervising the time-out area.
Sec. 4. Adoption of rules for use of time-out procedures. The Commissioner of Education shall adopt rules by January 1, 1998 regarding the use of time-out procedures by school administrative units that are in accordance with the standards established by the Department of Human Services for licensing residential child care facilities and the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services for mental health treatment. These rules are major substantive rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
CHAPTER 429
S.P. 430 - L.D. 1378
An Act to Amend the Uniform Commercial Code as it Relates to Letters of Credit and Investment Securities
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
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