An Act To Amend the Education Laws Regarding Equivalent Instruction, Medical Screening and Adult Education Fiscal Detail and Notes
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0887
Committee Amendment CA_A_S133 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S . P . 
295, L.D. 887, Bill, "An 
Act To Amend the Education Laws Regarding Equivalent Instruction, 
Medical Screening and Adult Education" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An 
Act 
To 
Amend 
the 
Education 
Laws 
Regarding 
Equivalent 
Instruction and Adult Education' 
Further amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2, 3 
and 4 and inserting in their place the following: 
'Sec. 2. 20-A MRS A §8605, sub-§3 is enacted to read: 
3. 
Transfer student. 
The following provisions ~pply to the 
transfer of a student who has not attained 20 years of age from 
one school administrative unit to another for the purposes of 
state subsidy when the student is not attending a public school 
and is enrolled in an adult education course. 
A. 
The 
transferor 
superintendent 
and 
the 
transferee 
superintendent may approve the transfer of a student from 
one school administrative unit to another if they find that 
the transfer is in the student's best interest and the 
student is in agreement with that finding. 
If the student 
has not attained 18 years of age and is not an emancipated 
minor, the student's parent must approve of the transfer. 
B. 
When 
a 
student has 
been 
denied 
a 
transfer 
under 
paragraph A, the student or the parent of a student who has 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A" to S.P. 295, L.D. 887 
not 
attained 
years 
of 
age 
may 
reguest 
from 
the 
commissioner a review of the denial. The commissioner shall 
review the decision 
and 
may 
approve 
or 
disapprove 
the 
transfer. 
The commissioner's decision is final and binding. 
C. 
A superintendent shall review annually any transfers 
made 
into 
or 
out 
of 
that 
superintendent's 
school 
administrative unit under this subsection. 
D. 
For purposes of state subsidy, 
a student transferred 
under this subsection is considered a resident of the school 
administrative unit to which the student is transferred. The 
superintendent of the receiving unit shall certify to the 
commissioner 
any transfer approved under this subsection 
when 
reporting 
to 
the 
department 
the 
number 
of 
adult 
education students ¥ho have not attained 20 years of age.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
removes 
those sections in the bill that 
repealed 
the 
requirement 
that 
schools 
screen 
children 
for 
scoliosis and related spinal abnormalities and report results of 
screening to a 
student's parents. 
It also clarifies that a 
parent's approval is not needed for school superintendents to 
approve a transfer for the purposes of subsidy when the student 
is at least 18 years of age or an emancipated minor. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/26/05 ~ae 
LD887 
LR 0548(02) 
An Act To Amend the Education Laws Regarding Equivalent Instruction, Medical Screening and 
Adult Education 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A' 
Committee: Education and Cultural Mfairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No net State impact 
Allowing school administrative units to directly receive subsidy for all secondary school-age students served through 
the adult education programs, including those students from other school districts, may result in a minor redistribution 
of state subsidy provided to local school units. The amount can not be determined at this time. 
LR0548(2) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1 
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