An Act To Permit Public School Online Learning Programs To Accept Nonresident Tuition Students
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0938
Committee Amendment CA_A_H537 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §5801-A, 20-A MRSA §5805, 20-A MRSA §5810, 20-A MRSA §6004, 20-A MRSA §19152, 20-A MRSA §19156

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 698, L.D. 938, Bill, "An Act To Permit 
Public School Online Learning Programs To Accept Nonresident Tuition Students" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 to 11 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §5801-A is enacted to read: 
§5801-A. Acceptance of tuition students; online learning programs 
A school board may decide whether a school in its school administrative unit accepts 
tuition students who reside, and whose parents reside, outside the State in an online 
learning program. 
This section is repealed July 1, 2014. 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §5805, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5. Online learning program. Tuition for students in an online learning program 
who reside, and whose parents reside, outside the State is not subject to the limitations of 
this section. 
This subsection is repealed July 1, 2014. 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §5810, sub-§3 is enacted to read: 
3. Online program tuition. A school administrative unit shall collect tuition for 
students in an online learning program who reside, and whose parents reside, outside the 
State. 
This subsection is repealed July 1,2014. 
Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §6004, sub-§3 is enacted to read: 
3. Online learning program. Tuition students in an online learning program who 
reside, and whose parents reside, outside the State must be reported separately to the 
commissioner and are not included in the annual student count required by subsections I 
and 2. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 698, L.D. 938 
This subsection is repealed July 1, 2014. 
Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §19152, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 330, §4, is 
amended to read: 
3. Educational options. Use existing educational resources, along with technology, 
to provide parents a broader range of educational options and to help students in the State 
improve their academic achievement; tm:d 
Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §19152, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 330, §4, is 
amended to read: 
4. 
Public school educational opportunities. 
Increase the capacity of school 
administrative units to provide public school educational opportunities for stUdents whose 
educational needs are not being met in the regular public school program,.; and 
Sec. 7. 20-A MRSA §19152, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5. Nonresident tuition students. Permit school administrative units to provide 
online educational opportunities to nonresident tuition students who reside, and whose 
parents reside, outside the State. 
This subsection is repealed July 1, 2014. 
Sec. 8. 20-A MRSA §19156 is enacted to read: 
§19156. Applicable laws 
A tuition student enrolled in an online learning program who resides, and whose 
parents reside, outside the State is not counted for purposes of essential programs and 
services under chapter 606-B, is not included in the statewide assessment program 
established pursuant to chapter 222 and is not subject to chapter 223, sub chapters 1, 2 and 
4. Notwithstanding section 1001, subsection 9, the participation in any online learning 
program by a student who resides, and whose parents reside, outside the State may be 
terminated at the discretion of the superintendent after providing the student with an 
online opportunity to be heard. 
This section is repealed July 1, 2014.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment clarifies the provisions in the bill that permit Maine public school 
systems that offer online learning programs to allow nonresident students to participate in 
those programs on a tuition basis when the students, and their parents, reside outside the 
State. The amendment also adds language to repeal these provisions in 3 years. 
The amendment changes provisions in the bill that provide that tuition students 
whose parents reside outside the State may not be counted for purposes of the Essential 
Programs and Services Funding Act, may not be included in the statewide assessment 
program established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 222 and 
are not subject to Title 20-A, chapter 223 provisions pertaining to student health, 
immunization and health screening to clarify that the tuition student must also reside 
outside the State for these exemptions to apply. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 698, L.D. 938 
The amendment also strikes provisions in the bill that propose to establish a 
definition of "learning coach" and to add the term to provisions pertaining to online 
learning programs or courses. 
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