LD 1509, Page 2 - 119th Legislature, FIRST REGULAR Session

	The department in consultation with the state board shall
establish and implement a comprehensive, statewide system of
learning results, referred to in this section as the "system," no
later than the 2002-03 school year. The system, based broadly
upon guiding principles set forth in this section, must establish
high academic standards at all grade levels in the areas of math;
English; science and technology; social studies, including
history, economics and civics; career preparation; visual and
performing arts; health and physical education; and foreign
languages. Only students in a public school or a private school
approved by the State pursuant to section ~~2902~~ 2901 and approved
for the receipt of public funds by private secondary schools
pursuant to section 2951 are required to participate in the
system of learning results. The commissioner shall develop
accommodation provisions for instances where course content
conflicts with sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of
a student's parent or guardian. The system ~~shall~~ must be adopted
to accommodate exceptional students as defined in section 7001,
subsection 2.

Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §13013, sub-§2-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 266,
§17, is further amended to read:

B. Is a teacher with 5 or more years of experience teaching
within the 7 years prior to application in the State under a
valid certificate in another state and who has graduated
from a state-approved preparation program that utilizes the
standards of a national association of state directors of
teacher education and certification or a national council
for accreditation of teacher education or a national board
certificate issued by the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards, or its successor organization, or, with
the exception of the national teachers exam, meets entry-
level standards for the endorsement;

SUMMARY

This bill makes several technical corrections to the education
laws.

It corrects errors in section number references and corrects a
grammatical error.

It changes the method of computing the amount that a town in a
school administrative district would be required to pay if it
votes to keep an elementary school open against recommendations
of the school administrative district board of directors.

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