Maine § 20-A §2405 Authorizers

Maine Statutes

§ 20-A §2405 — Authorizers

Maine·Title 20-A EDUCATION·Part 2 SCHOOL ORGANIZATION·Ch. 112 PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

1.Eligible authorizers. The following groups may become authorizers of public charter schools:

2.Powers and duties. An authorizer may:

3.Principles and professional standards. An authorizer shall develop and maintain policies and practices consistent with nationally recognized principles and professional standards for authorizing public charter schools, including standards relating to:

4.Reporting and evaluation. An authorizer shall submit to the commissioner and the Legislature an annual report within 150 days of the end of each school fiscal year summarizing:

5.Funding of authorizers. To cover costs for overseeing public charter schools in accordance with this chapter, an authorizer may:

6.Conflicts of interest. An employee, trustee, agent or representative of an authorizer may not

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1.
Eligible authorizers.
The following groups may become authorizers of public charter schools:
2.
Powers and duties.
An authorizer may:
3.
Principles and professional standards.
An authorizer shall develop and maintain policies and practices consistent with nationally recognized principles and professional standards for authorizing public charter schools, including standards relating to:
4.
Reporting and evaluation.
An authorizer shall submit to the commissioner and the Legislature an annual report within 150 days of the end of each school fiscal year summarizing:
5.
Funding of authorizers.
To cover costs for overseeing public charter schools in accordance with this chapter, an authorizer may:
6.
Conflicts of interest.
An employee, trustee, agent or representative of an authorizer may not simultaneously serve as an employee, trustee, agent, representative, vendor or contractor of a public charter school of that authorizer.
7.
Services purchased from authorizer.
A public charter school may not be required to purchase services from its authorizer as a condition of charter approval or of executing a charter contract, nor may any such condition be implied.
8.
Maine Charter School Commission.
The Maine Charter School Commission, established under Title 5, section 12004‑G, subsection 10‑D and referred to in this chapter as "the commission," is established as a public body corporate and politic and an incorporated public instrumentality of the State. The exercise of powers conferred by this subsection is held to be the performance of essential government functions.
9.
Transition period.
10.
Limit on number of public charter schools.
No more than 10 public charter schools may operate at any time. Any time the cap is reached, the commissioner may not accept further registrations from the commission or from local school boards and collaboratives of local school boards.

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Legislative History

PL 2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 570, §§4-8 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. JJJJ, §2 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 54, §1 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 448, §5 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. XXXXX, §1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 307, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 398, §12 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 406, §1 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 183, §1 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 320, §1 (AMD).