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20-A ME Rev Stat § 3618 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 4: DISTRICT MEETINGS|20-A §3618. Return of warrant

 §3618. Return of warrant The warrant with a certificate thereon, verified by oath, stating the time and place when and where copies of the warrant were posted and published, must be given to the clerk of the interstate school district at or before the time of the meeting, and must be recorded by the clerk in the records of the interstate school district.   [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §4 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 806, §31 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §4 (COR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3619 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 4: DISTRICT MEETINGS|20-A §3619. Organization meeting

 §3619. Organization meeting The commissioners, acting jointly, shall fix a time and place for a special meeting of the qualified voters within the interstate school district for the purpose of organization, and shall prepare and issue the warrant for the meeting after consultation with the interstate school district planning board and the members-elect, if any, of the interstate school board of directors. Such meeting must be held within 60 days after the date of issuance of the certificate of formation, unless the time is further extended by the joint action of the state boards. At the organization meeting the commissioner of education of the state where the meeting is held, or that commissioner of education's designate, shall preside in the first instance, and the following business must be transacted:   [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §5 (COR).]1.  Temporary moderator and clerk.  A temporary moderator and a temporary clerk shall be elected from among the qualified voters who shall serve until a moderator and clerk respectively have been elected and qualified.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 2.  Officers.  A moderator, a clerk, a treasurer and 3 auditors shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting and thereafter until their successors are elected and qualified. Unless previously elected, a board of school directors shall be elected to serve until their successors are elected and qualified.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 3.  Date of annual meeting.  The date for the annual meeting shall be established.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 4.  Expenses.  Provision shall be made for the payment of any organizational or other expense incurred on behalf of the district before the organization meeting, including the cost of architects, surveyors, contractors, attorneys and educational or other consultants or experts.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 5.  Other business.  Any other business, the subject matter of which has been included in the warrant, and which the voters would have had power to transact at an annual meeting.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 806, §32 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §5 (COR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3620 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 4: DISTRICT MEETINGS|20-A §3620. Annual meetings

 §3620. Annual meetings An annual meeting of the district shall be held between January 15th and June 1st of each year at such time as the interstate district may by vote determine. Once determined, the date of the annual meeting shall remain fixed until changed by vote of the interstate district at a subsequent annual or special meeting. At each annual meeting the following business shall be transacted:   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]1.  Officers.  Necessary officers shall be elected.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 2.  Appropriation.  Money shall be appropriated for the support of the interstate district schools for the fiscal year beginning the following July 1st.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 3.  Other business.  Such other business as may properly come before the meeting.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3621 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 4: DISTRICT MEETINGS|20-A §3621. Special meetings

 §3621. Special meetings A special meeting of the district shall be held whenever, in the opinion of the directors, there is occasion therefor, or whenever written application shall have been made by 5% or more of the voters based on the checklists as prepared for the last preceding meeting, setting forth the subject matter upon which such action is desired. A special meeting may appropriate money without compliance with RSA 338 or RSA 197.3 which would otherwise require the approval of the New Hampshire Superior Court.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3622 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 4: DISTRICT MEETINGS|20-A §3622. Certification of records

 §3622. Certification of records The clerk of an interstate school district shall have the power to certify the record of the votes adopted at an interstate school district meeting to the respective commissioners and state boards and, where required, for filing with a secretary of state.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3623 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 4: DISTRICT MEETINGS|20-A §3623. Method of voting at school district meetings

 §3623. Method of voting at school district meetings Voting at meetings of interstate school districts shall take place as follows:   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]1.  School directors.  A separate ballot shall be prepared for each member district, listing the candidates for interstate school director to represent such member district; and any candidates for interstate school director at large; and the voters of each member district shall register on a separate ballot their choice for the office of school director or directors. In the alternative, the articles of agreement may provide for the election of school directors by one or more of the member districts at an election otherwise held for the choice of school or other municipal officers.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 2.  Other votes.  Except as otherwise provided in the articles of agreement or this compact, with respect to all other votes, the voters of the interstate school district shall vote as one body irrespective of the member districts in which they are resident, and a simple majority of those present and voting at any duly warned meeting shall carry the vote. Voting for officers to be elected at any meeting, other than school directors, shall be by ballot or voice, as the interstate district may determine, either in its articles of agreement or by a vote of the meeting.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3624 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3624. Officers; general

 §3624. Officers; general The officers of an interstate school district consist of a board of school directors, a chair of the board, a vice-chair of the board, a secretary of the board, a moderator, a clerk, a treasurer and 3 auditors. Except as otherwise specifically provided, they are eligible to take office immediately following their election; they shall serve until the next annual meeting of the interstate district and until their successors are elected and qualified. Each shall take an oath for the faithful performance of that officer's duties before the moderator, or a notary public or a justice of the peace of the state in which the oath is administered. Their compensation must be fixed by vote of the district. A person is not eligible to hold any district office unless that person is a voter in the district. A custodian, school teacher, principal, superintendent or other employee of an interstate district acting as such is not eligible to hold office as a school director.   [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §6 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 806, §33 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §6 (COR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3625 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3625. Board of directors

 §3625. Board of directors 1.  How chosen.  Each member district must be represented by at least one resident on the board of school directors of an interstate school district. A member district is entitled to such further representation on the interstate board of school directors as provided in the articles of agreement as amended from time to time. The articles of agreement as amended from time to time may provide for school directors at large, as set forth. A person may not be disqualified to serve as a member of an interstate board because that person is at the same time a member of the school board of a member district.   [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §7 (COR).] 2.  Term.  Interstate school directors shall be elected for terms in accordance with the articles of agreement.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 3.  Duties of board of directors.  The board of school directors of an interstate school district shall have and exercise all of the powers of the district not reserved herein to the voters of the district.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] 4.  Organization.  The clerk of the district shall warn a meeting of the board of school directors to be held within 10 days following the date of the annual meeting, for the purpose of organizing the board, including the election of its officers.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 806, §34 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §7 (COR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3626 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3626. Chair of the board

 §3626. Chair of the board The chair of the board of interstate school directors must be elected by the interstate board from among its members at its first meeting following the annual meeting. The chair shall preside at the meetings of the board and shall perform such other duties as the board may assign to the chair.   [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §8 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 806, §35 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §8 (COR). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. A, §16 (COR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3627 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3627. Vice-chair of the board of directors

 §3627. Vice-chair of the board of directors The vice-chair of the interstate board must be elected in the same manner as the chair. The vice-chair must represent a member district in a state other than that represented by the chair. The vice-chair shall preside in the absence of the chair and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to the vice-chair by the interstate board.   [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §9 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 806, §36 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §9 (COR). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. A, §17 (COR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3628 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3628. Secretary of the board

 §3628. Secretary of the board The secretary of the interstate board must be elected in the same manner as the chair. Instead of electing one of its members, the interstate board may appoint the interstate district clerk to serve as secretary of the board in addition to the interstate district clerk's other duties. The secretary of the interstate board, or the interstate district clerk, if so appointed, shall keep the minutes of its meetings, shall certify its records, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to the secretary by the board.   [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §10 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 806, §37 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §10 (COR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3629 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3629. Moderator

 §3629. Moderator The moderator shall preside at the district meetings, regulate the business thereof, decide questions of order and make a public declaration of every vote passed. The moderator may prescribe rules of procedure; but such rules may be altered by the district. The moderator may administer oaths to district officers in either state.   [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §11 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 806, §38 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §11 (COR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3630 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3630. Clerk

 §3630. Clerk The clerk shall keep a true record of all proceedings at each district meeting, shall certify its records, shall make an attested copy of any records of the district for any person upon request and tender of reasonable fees therefor, if so appointed, shall serve as secretary of the board of school directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be required by custom or law.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3631 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3631. Treasurer

 §3631. Treasurer The treasurer has custody of all of the moneys belonging to the district and shall pay out the same only upon the order of the interstate board. The treasurer shall keep a fair and accurate account of all sums received into and paid from the interstate district treasury, and at the close of each fiscal year the treasurer shall make a report to the interstate district, giving a particular account of all receipts and payments during the year. The treasurer shall furnish to the interstate directors statements from the treasurer's books and submit the treasurer's books and vouchers to them and to the district auditors for examination whenever so requested. The treasurer shall make all returns called for by laws relating to school districts. Before entering on the treasurer's duties, the treasurer shall give a bond with sufficient sureties and in such sum as the directors may require. The treasurer's term of office is from July 1st to the following June 30th.   [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §12 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 806, §39 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §12 (COR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3632 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3632. Auditors

 §3632. Auditors At the organization meeting of the district, 3 auditors shall be chosen, one to serve for a term of one year, one to serve for a term of 2 years and one to serve for a term of 3 years. After the expiration of each original term, the successor shall be chosen for a 3-year term. At least one auditor shall be a resident of Maine, and one auditor shall be a resident of New Hampshire. An interstate district may vote to employ a certified public accountant to assist the auditors in the performance of their duties. The auditors shall carefully examine the accounts of the treasurer and the directors at the close of each fiscal year, and at such other times whenever necessary, and report to the district whether the same are correctly cast and properly vouched.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3633 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3633. Superintendent

 §3633. Superintendent The superintendent of schools shall be selected by a majority vote of the board of school directors of the interstate district with the approval of both commissioners.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3634 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 5: OFFICERS|20-A §3634. Vacancies

 §3634. Vacancies Any vacancy among the elected officers of the district shall be filled by the interstate board until the next annual meeting of the district or other election, when a successor shall be elected to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term, if any. Until all vacancies on the interstate board are filled, the remaining members shall have full power to act.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3635 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 6: APPROPRIATION AND APPORTIONMENT|20-A §3635. Budget

 §3635. Budget Before each annual meeting, the interstate board shall prepare a report of expenditures for the preceding fiscal year, an estimate of expenditures for the current fiscal year, and a budget for the succeeding fiscal year.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3636 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 6: APPROPRIATION AND APPORTIONMENT|20-A §3636. Appropriation

 §3636. Appropriation The interstate board of directors shall present the budget report at the annual meeting. The interstate district shall appropriate a sum of money for the support of its schools and for the discharge of its obligations for the ensuing fiscal year.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3637 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 6: APPROPRIATION AND APPORTIONMENT|20-A §3637. Apportionment of appropriation

 §3637. Apportionment of appropriation Subject to the provisions of article VII, the interstate board shall first apply against such appropriation any income to which the interstate district is entitled, and shall then apportion the balance among the member districts in accordance with one of the following formulas as determined by the articles of agreement as amended from time to time:   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§5, 8 (NEW).]1.  Taxable property.  All of such balance to be apportioned on the basis of the ratio that the fair market value of the taxable property in each member district bears to that of the entire interstate district; or   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§5, 8 (NEW).] 2.  Resident membership.  All of such balance to be apportioned on the basis that the average daily resident membership for the preceding fiscal year of each member district bears to that of the average daily resident membership of the entire interstate school district; or   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§5, 8 (NEW).] 3.  Combined formula.  A formula based on any combination of the foregoing factors. The term "fair market value of taxable property" shall mean the last locally assessed valuation of a member district in New Hampshire, as last equalized by the New Hampshire state tax commission.   The term "fair market value of taxable property" shall mean the equalized grand list of a Maine member district, as determined by the Maine Bureau of Revenue Services.   Such assessed valuation and grand list may be further adjusted, by elimination of certain types of taxable property from one or the other or otherwise, in accordance with the articles of agreement, in order that the fair market value of taxable property in each state shall be comparable.   "Average daily resident membership" of the interstate district in the first instance shall be the sum of the average daily resident membership of the member districts in the grades involved for the preceding fiscal year where no students were enrolled in the interstate district schools for such preceding fiscal year.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§5, 8 (NEW); PL 1997, c. 526, §14 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 526, §14 (AMD).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3638 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 6: APPROPRIATION AND APPORTIONMENT|20-A §3638. Share of Maine member district

 §3638. Share of Maine member district The interstate board shall certify the share of a Maine member district of the total appropriation to the school board of each member district which shall add such sum to the amount appropriated by the member district itself for the ensuing year and raise such sum in the same manner as though the appropriation had been voted at a school district meeting of the member district.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3639 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 6: APPROPRIATION AND APPORTIONMENT|20-A §3639. Share of New Hampshire member district

 §3639. Share of New Hampshire member district The interstate board shall certify the share of a New Hampshire member district of the total appropriation to the school board of each member district which shall add such sum to the amount appropriated by the member district itself for the ensuing year and raise such sum in the same manner as though the appropriation had been voted at a school district meeting of the member district. The interstate district shall not set up its own capital reserve funds; but a New Hampshire member district may set up a capital reserve fund in accordance with RSA 35, to be turned over to the interstate district in payment of the New Hampshire member district's share of any anticipated obligations.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 3640 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 121: MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT|Article 7: BORROWING|20-A §3640. Interstate district indebtedness

 §3640. Interstate district indebtedness Indebtedness of an interstate district shall be a general obligation of the district and shall be a joint and several general obligation of each member district, except that such obligations of the district and its member districts shall not be deemed indebtedness of any member district for the purposes of determining its borrowing capacity under Maine or New Hampshire law. A member district which withdraws from an interstate district shall remain liable for indebtedness of the interstate district which is outstanding at the time of withdrawal and shall be responsible for paying its share of such indebtedness to the same extent as though it had not withdrawn.   [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).