| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §2908 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §2908.__Receipt of public funds by elementary schools |
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| | | A private elementary school is presumed to be nonsectarian for | | the purpose of eligibility to receive public funds unless the | | department receives an opinion by the Attorney General that the | | private elementary school does not provide a nonsectarian | | education. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §2951, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 | | and 8, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Nonsectarian. Is a nonsectarian school in accordance with | | the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.__A private | | secondary school is presumed to be nonsectarian unless the | | department receives an opinion from the Attorney General that the | | private school does not provide a nonsectarian education; |
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| | | This bill requires an opinion by the Attorney General that a | | private school does not provide a nonsectarian education before | | the Department of Education may deny the private school public | | funds for tuition purposes. |
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