Maine § 20-A §3252 Elementary pupils

Maine Statutes

§ 20-A §3252 — Elementary pupils

Maine § 20-A §3252

Title 20-AEDUCATION

Part 2SCHOOL ORGANIZATION

Ch. 119UNORGANIZED TERRITORY

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 20-A §3252 (2026).

Text

1.Elementary school privileges provided. The commissioner may provide elementary schooling for resident children by establishing and maintaining such elementary schools as may seem advisable or by sending these children as tuition students to a public or private elementary school approved for tuition purposes under section 2951.

2.Admission by receiving school. Tuition students sent to a public school shall be admitted by the receiving school officials upon receipt of a notice of intention from the commissioner.

3.Benefits. Tuition students shall be entitled to all privileges and benefits and shall be subject to the same rules as students residing in the receiving school administrative unit.

4.Tuition. The commissioner shall pay tuition for each tuition student in the amount approved a

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1.
Elementary school privileges provided.
The commissioner may provide elementary schooling for resident children by establishing and maintaining such elementary schools as may seem advisable or by sending these children as tuition students to a public or private elementary school approved for tuition purposes under section 2951.
2.
Admission by receiving school.
Tuition students sent to a public school shall be admitted by the receiving school officials upon receipt of a notice of intention from the commissioner.
3.
Benefits.
Tuition students shall be entitled to all privileges and benefits and shall be subject to the same rules as students residing in the receiving school administrative unit.
4.
Tuition.
The commissioner shall pay tuition for each tuition student in the amount approved as the receiving administrative unit's official tuition cost pursuant to section 5804 or 7302.
4-A.
Targeted funds.
5.
Transportation and board.
The costs of transportation or board for students under this section may be paid in full or in part by the commissioner except that the commissioner may not provide or reimburse parents for providing transportation of students over roads that have not been accepted by the county as public roads or do not meet Department of Transportation standards.
6.
Studies outside the country.
The commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, make special arrangements for children in the unorganized territory to attend a public school in the adjoining territory of the Province of Quebec and may pay tuition for those students.
7.
Exception.

Legislative History

PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 490, §3 (RPR). PL 2005, c. 12, §QQQQ1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 635, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 424, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 541, Pt. C, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 678, Pt. F, §1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 398, §§15, 16 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 437, §2 (AMD).