PUBLIC Law Chapter 279

liability or obligation may not be incurred under this chapter

beyond the amount approved in the administrative operating budget.

The school board may make expenditures only in accordance with

allocations approved by the Legislature. Any balance of an

allocation or subdivision of an allocation made by the Legislature

for the school that at the time is not required for the purpose

named in the allocation or subdivision may be transferred prior to

the closing of the books for the fiscal year to any other

allocation or subdivision of any allocation made by the Legislature

for the use of the school for the same fiscal year. The transfer

is subject to review by the joint standing committee of the

Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial

affairs. Financial statements describing the transfer must be

submitted by the school board to the Office of Fiscal and Program

Review 30 days before the transfer is implemented. In case of

extraordinary emergency transfers, the 30-day prior submission

requirement may be waived by vote of the committee. These

financial statements must include information specifying the

accounts that are affected, the amounts to be transferred, a

description of the transfer and a detailed explanation of the

reason the transfer is needed. The school board shall also provide

an annual justification for the finances and operations of the

programs under the jurisdiction of the school to the joint standing

committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over

appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing

committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education

matters. The justification for the finances and operations of the

school must be presented as a line-item budget for each of the

programs under its jurisdiction.

Sec. 10. 20-A MRSA §7407, sub-§17, as amended by PL 1999, c. 775, §11,
is further amended to read:

17. School programs. The school board may create, maintain
and expand center school programs and programs for children and
families that may be served by the school at any satellite
school, through statewide educational services and through the
statewide resource center. For the 2000-01 and 2001-02 school
years only, the residential program at the Governor Baxter School
for the Deaf located on Mackworth Island is limited to enrolling
up to 20 students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. The
superintendent may request that the commissioner approve a waiver
of the residential enrollment limit and establish additional
placements for students in the residential program at the
Governor Baxter School for the Deaf located on Mackworth Island;
the commissioner may approve those placements on a case-by-case
basis and only if the individual education plan of the
prospective student who is deaf or hard-of-hearing requires
placement in a residential program. Beginning with the 2002-03
school year, the school board shall establish a satellite school

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