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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
                   FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document                                                                        No. 414
H.P. 298                                                 House of Representatives, February 10, 2021
           An Act To Create Parity between Private Schools and Public
           Schools Regarding Career and Technical Education Tuition Rates
    Received by the Clerk of the House on February 8, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
                                                                                ROBERT B. HUNT
                                                                                           Clerk
Presented by Representative O'NEIL of Saco.
Cosponsored by Senator: MAXMIN of Lincoln.
                                        Printed on recycled paper
 1   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
 2       Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §3253-A, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 2007, c.
 3   424, §2, is amended to read:
 4        3. Tuition. Notwithstanding section 5805, subsection 2 and section 5809, the
 5   commissioner shall pay tuition for each tuition student in an amount equal to the official
 6   tuition rate approved pursuant to section 5805, subsection 1 for the receiving school for
 7   nonresident students enrolled in secondary schools or special education or career and
 8   technical education programs as long as the student maintains a satisfactory standard of
 9   deportment and scholarship. The commissioner shall pay tuition for each tuition student
10   in an amount equal to the official tuition rate approved pursuant to section 7302 for the
11   receiving school for nonresident students enrolled in special education programs, as long
12   as the student maintains a satisfactory standard of deportment and scholarship.
13       Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §5809, as amended by PL 2017, c. 420, §1, is repealed.
14                                         SUMMARY
15       Under current law, a school that receives tuition students who are enrolled in regular
16   school day career and technical educational programs at career and technical education
17   centers, satellites or career and technical education regions may only charge a tuition rate
18   of up to 2/3 of the maximum tuition rate. Public schools do not have this limitation and
19   are not limited to 2/3 of the funding for a student who enrolls in such a program. This bill
20   repeals this limitation on schools that receive tuition students to create parity with public
21   schools.
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Statutes affected: 
Bill Text LD 414, HP 298: 20-A.3253, 20-A.5809