An Act To Protect Children in Public Schools by Notifying All School Personnel of Sex Offenders Residing, Working or Attending School in the School District
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0518
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: CEBRA, LANSLEY, ROBINSON, THOMAS
Amends: 20-A MRSA §1055, 34-A MRSA §11255

Legislative Document 
No. 518 
H.P.396 
House of Representatives, February 2, 2007 
An Act To Protect Children in Public Schools by Notifying All 
School Personnel of Sex Offenders Residing, Working or Attending 
School in the School District 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative CEBRA of Naples. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representatives: LANSLEY of Sabattus, ROBINSON of Raymond, 
THOMAS of Ripley. 
Prin.ed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 15 MRS A §3308, sub-§7, ~, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, § 15 and 
PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to read: 
D. 
When a juvenile who is adjudicated of a juvenile crime that if committed by an 
adult would be gross sexual assault under Title 17-A, section 253, subsection 1 is 
committed to a Department of Corrections juvenile correctional facility or placed on 
probation, the Department of Corrections shall provide, while the juvenile is 
committed or on probation, a copy of the juvenile's judgment and commitment to the 
Department of Health and Human Services, to all law enforcement agencies that have 
jurisdiction in those areas where the juvenile may reside, work or attend school and to 
the superintendent of any school system in which the juvenile attends school during 
the period of commitment or probation. The Department of Corrections shall provide 
a copy of the juvenile's judgment and commitment to all licensed and registered day-
care facility operators located in the municipality where the juvenile resides, works or 
attends school during the period of commitment or probation. Upon request, the 
Department of Corrections shall also provide a copy of the juvenile'S judgment and 
commitment to other entities that are involved in the care of children and are located 
in the municipality where the juvenile resides, works or attends school during the 
period of commitment or probation. The Department of Corrections may provide a 
copy of the juvenile'S judgment and commitment to any other agency or person whom 
the Department of Corrections determines is appropriate to ensure public safety. 
Neither the failure of the Department of Corrections to perform the requirements of 
this paragraph nor compliance with this paragraph subjects the Department of 
Corrections or its employees to liability in a civil action. 
Notwithstanding any confidentiality provisions in this chapter or in Title 20-A, 
section 1055, a superintendent who receives information pursuant to Title 34-A, 
section 11255, subsection 3 regarding a student who has been adjudicated of a 
juvenile crime that if committed by an adult would be gross sexual assault under Title 
17-A, section 253, subsection 1 shall provide notice of the adjudication to all parents 
and guardians of students who are enrolled at the same school as that adjudicated 
juvenile. 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1055, sub-§13 is enacted to read: 
13. Notification to parents and guardians. Notwithstanding the confidentiality 
provisions of this section, the superintendent, pursuant to Title 15, section 3308, 
subsection 7, paragraph D, shall notify all parents and guardians of students enrolled in a 
school of the adjudication of any juvenile who is enrolled in that school and whose 
adjudication is for a juvenile crime that if committed by an adult would be gross sexual 
assault under Title 17-A, section 253, subsection 1. 
Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §11255, sub-§3 is enacted to read: 
3. Notification to schools. In addition to other notification requirements of this 
section, upon receipt of the information concerning the conditional release or discharge of 
a registrant pursuant to section 11254, subsection 2, a law enforcement agency shall 
notify the superintendent of a school in a school district where a registrant is residing, 
working or attending school. The law enforcement agency shall notify the superintendent 
of all information under section 11254, subsection 1. Notwithstanding the confidentiality 
provisions of Title 20-A, section 1055, upon receipt of that information, the 
superintendent shall provide that information to all teachers and other school personnel. 
SUMMARY 
This bill expands notification requirements to schools and families regarding persons 
convicted of sex offenses. The bill requires that a law enforcement agency notifY the 
superintendent of a school in a school district where a registered offender is residing, 
working or attending school. 
Upon receipt of that information, notwithstanding any 
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confidentiality laws, the superintendent shall provide that information to all teachers and 
other school personnel. The bill also requires that a superintendent provide notice of any 
adjudication for a juvenile crime that if committed by an adult would be gross sexual 
assault to all parents and guardians of students enrolled in the same school as the 
adjudicated juvenile.