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20-A ME Rev Stat § 1472-C (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 3: SCHOOL GOVERNANCE; PROGRAM|20-A §1472-C. Term of office for elected directors

 §1472-C. Term of office for elected directors Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a regional school unit board may place an article before the voters in the member municipalities of the regional school unit that would permit the regional school unit board to establish a single common date for beginning the term of office for duly elected directors when the board members are elected at the regular municipal election of the member municipalities and these municipal elections are held at different times.   [PL 2009, c. 580, §12 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 580, §12 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1474 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 3: SCHOOL GOVERNANCE; PROGRAM|20-A §1474. Vacancies

 §1474. Vacancies 1.  Definition of vacancy.  A vacancy on a regional school unit board occurs:   A. When the term of office of a regional school unit board director expires;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]B. When a regional school unit board director changes residency from the municipality or subdistrict from which elected. Evidence that an individual is registered to vote in a municipality is prima facie evidence of that individual's residency;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]C. On the death of a regional school unit board director; or   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]D. When a regional school unit board director resigns.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]In addition to paragraphs A, B, C and D, except in municipalities having a municipal charter, when a director is absent without excuse from 3 consecutive regular board meetings, the regional school unit board may declare that a vacancy exists.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] 2.  Regional school unit board.  The regional school unit board shall notify the municipal officers of the municipalities within the regional school unit of a vacancy before the annual town meeting or before the regular municipal election.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] 3.  Filling vacancies.  A vacancy on a regional school unit board must be filled according to this subsection.   A. The municipal officers of the municipality in which the director resided shall select an interim director for the municipality or subdistrict to serve until the next annual municipal election. The interim director shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]B. The municipal officers shall provide at the next municipal or subdistrict election for the election of a director to fill the vacancy.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).][PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1477 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 3: SCHOOL GOVERNANCE; PROGRAM|20-A §1477. Quorum

 §1477. Quorum A majority of the regional school unit board directors in number and voting power constitutes a quorum.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1478 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 3: SCHOOL GOVERNANCE; PROGRAM|20-A §1478. Local school committees

 §1478. Local school committees 1.  Formation.  A reorganization plan under section 1461 or a regional school unit board may authorize the formation of a local school committee for a member municipality established in accordance with chapter 111, subchapter 1.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §10 (NEW).] 2.  Delegation of functions.  A reorganization plan that has been approved in accordance with subchapter 2 or a regional school unit board may delegate a local school committee to perform any duties, functions and services other than those reserved to the regional school unit under subchapter 1. The core functions provided by a regional school unit pursuant to section 1452 may be supplemented at the expense of any member municipality.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §10 (NEW).] 3.  Budget responsibility.  A reorganization plan that has been approved in accordance with subchapter 2 or a regional school unit board may authorize a local school committee to present to the board a proposed budget for the local school in a form that is consistent with section 1485. The proposed local school budget must be submitted in time to be included in the budget for the regional school unit. Proposed expenditures that are not included in the regional school unit budget may be separately appropriated by the municipality to be expended by the regional school unit in accordance with the appropriation. Supplemental municipal appropriations for education are not subject to section 1486.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §10 (NEW).] 4.  Title to property.  School property overseen by a local school committee may be owned either by the municipality or by the regional school unit as long as there is a clear allocation of responsibilities for management of all of the school property in the regional school unit.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §10 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 668, §10 (RPR).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1481 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1481. Finances (REPEALED)

 §1481. Finances (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 668, §14 (RP).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1481-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1481-B. Application (REPEALED )

 §1481-B. Application (REPEALED )SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 668, §16 (NEW). MRSA T. 20-A §1481-B (RP).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1482 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1482. Budget preparation

 §1482. Budget preparation 1.  Preparation by regional school unit board.  A regional school unit board shall annually prepare a budget for:   A. Operational costs;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]B. Bonds falling due;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]C. Interest on bonds or other obligations;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]D. Rentals and other charges in a contract; and   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]E. Temporary loans.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).][PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] 2.  Distribution.  At least 7 days before a regional school unit budget meeting, the regional school unit board shall make available to the legislative body responsible for final budget approval and residents of the regional school unit a detailed budget document. The detailed budget document must include a summary of anticipated revenues and estimated school expenditures.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1482-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1482-A. Budget meeting

 §1482-A. Budget meeting A regional school unit board shall hold a regional school unit budget meeting at a time it determines.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).]1.  Warrant.  The budget meeting must be called by a warrant. The warrant must:   A. Be signed by a majority of the regional school unit board;   [PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).]B. Specify the time and place of the meeting;   [PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).]C. Include the proposed school budget and other articles the regional school unit board chooses to place before the voters, excluding authorization to borrow money for school construction purposes;   [PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).]D. Specify the state and local shares of the state-local allocation and local leeway and additional expenditures without state participation; and   [PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).]E. Be directed to a resident of the regional school unit by name ordering the resident to notify all voters within the regional school unit to assemble at the time and place appointed.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).][PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).] 2.  Notice.  An attested copy of the warrant must be posted by the person to whom it is directed in some conspicuous public place in each of the municipalities within the regional school unit at least 7 days before the meeting. The person who gives notice of the meeting shall make a return of the posting on the warrant stating the manner of notice in each municipality and the time when it was given.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).] 3.  Requested articles.  If requested by a written petition of at least 10% of the number of voters voting for the gubernatorial candidates in the last gubernatorial election in each municipality within the regional school unit, the regional school unit board shall place specific articles, not in conflict with existing state statutes, in the warrants for consideration at the next annual regional school unit budget meeting. To be included in the warrant, a petition must be received by the regional school unit board at least 15 days before the date set for the budget meeting. When placed on the warrant, the articles must be considered before action relating to the appropriation of money for the operation of schools may be taken.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 668, §17 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1482-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1482-B. Annual budget meeting procedures

 §1482-B. Annual budget meeting procedures The following procedures must be used at a regional school unit annual budget meeting.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).]1.  Election of moderator.  The secretary of the regional school unit board or the chair of the regional school unit board when the secretary is absent shall open the annual budget meeting and call for the election of a moderator, receive and count votes for the moderator and swear in the moderator.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).] 2.  Appointing ballot clerks.  The moderator shall appoint from the certified voting list the ballot clerks necessary for the efficient operation of the annual budget meeting. The moderator shall swear in the clerks.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).] 3.  Budget consideration.  The superintendent of the regional school unit shall thoroughly explain the budget. The voters must have an opportunity to be heard. The voters may change only items dealing with:   A. The expenses necessary to operate the regional school unit;   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).]B. Appropriations for the reserve fund; and   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).]C. Appropriations for the contingency fund and school construction purposes.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).][PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).] 4.  Approval.  A majority vote of those voters present and voting is necessary for the approval of the annual budget.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).] 5.  Voting lists.  Registration of voters for the annual budget meeting must be held in each member municipality in accordance with Title 21-A, section 122.   A. Prior to the annual budget meeting, the municipal clerks of the member municipalities shall supply to the regional school unit board certified corrected copies of the registered voters of their municipalities.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).]B. The certified corrected copies under paragraph A must be used in determining the voters who are eligible to vote at the annual budget meeting.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).][PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).] 6.  Written ballot.  An article must be voted on by written ballot if at least 10% of those present and voting vote to use a written ballot. The department, in consultation with municipal and school officials and with organizations representing those officials, shall develop and distribute guidelines to assist regional school unit annual budget meeting moderators in explaining and implementing this subsection.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 668, §18 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1483 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1483. Regional school unit budget; budget formats

 §1483. Regional school unit budget; budget formats 1.  Content.  Beginning with the budget for the 2008-2009 school year, a regional school unit shall include in its budget document:   A. The regional school unit's total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12, its non-state-funded debt service, if any, and any additional expenditures authorized by law;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]B. A summary of anticipated revenues and estimated school expenditures for the fiscal year; and   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]C. The following statement, including the estimated dollar amount of state retirement payments: "This budget does not include the estimated amount of $....... in employer share of teacher retirement costs that is paid directly by the State."   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).][PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1484 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1484. Checklist required

 §1484. Checklist required Beginning with the budget for the 2008-2009 school year, prior to a vote on articles dealing with regional school unit appropriations, the moderator of a regular or special regional school unit budget meeting shall require the clerk or secretary of the regional school unit board to make a checklist of the registered voters present. The number of voters listed on the checklist is conclusive evidence of the number present at the meeting.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1487 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1487. Failure to pass budget

 §1487. Failure to pass budget If a budget for the operation of a regional school unit is not approved prior to July 1st, the latest budget approved at a regional school unit budget meeting and submitted to the voters for validation at a referendum in accordance with section 1486 is automatically considered the budget for operational expenses for the ensuing year until a final budget is approved, except that, when the regional school unit board delays the regional school unit budget meeting, the operating budget must be approved within 30 days of the date the commissioner notifies the regional school unit board of the amount allocated to the regional school unit under section 15689-B, or the latest budget submitted by the regional school unit board becomes the operating budget for the next school year until a budget is approved at a regional school unit budget meeting and validated at a referendum. If the budget of a regional school unit is not approved and validated before July 1st and the officers of any affected municipality determine that the property taxes must be committed in a timely manner to the collector pursuant to Title 36, section 709, the municipal assessor or assessors may commit the property taxes on the basis of the latest budget approved at a regional school unit budget meeting and submitted to the voters for validation at a referendum in accordance with section 1486.   [PL 2007, c. 668, §21 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 668, §21 (AMD).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1488 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1488. Special budget meeting

 §1488. Special budget meeting The regional school unit board may call a special budget meeting when it declares that an emergency exists. The voters of the regional school unit may authorize the regional school unit board at a special regional school unit budget meeting to expend additional funds from the regional school unit's undesignated fund balance or to pledge the credit of the regional school unit to obtain additional money for the operation of schools. A special budget meeting held on or after July 1, 2008 must be conducted in accordance with sections 1485 and 1486.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1491 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1491. Reserve fund

 §1491. Reserve fund 1.  Establishment.  A regional school unit may establish a reserve fund for school construction projects, financing the acquisition or reconstruction of a specific or type of capital improvement, financing the acquisition of a specific item or type of capital equipment or any of the expenditures listed under section 1485, subsection 1, paragraph A by including a request in the regional school unit budget, which must include a description of the purpose of the reserve fund, and receiving voter approval. The regional school unit board is the trustee of the reserve fund. The reserve fund must be deposited or invested by the treasurer of the regional school unit under the direction of the regional school unit board.   [PL 2019, c. 588, §4 (AMD).] 2.  Deposit or investment.  All regional school unit funds, including reserve funds and trust funds to the extent not prohibited by the terms of the instrument or vote creating the fund, must be deposited or invested by the treasurer of the regional school unit under the direction of the regional school unit board according to the requirements for the deposit or investment of municipal funds contained in Title 30-A, chapter 223, subchapter 3-A.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] 3.  Expending money from reserve funds.  The regional school unit board may expend the sum in the reserve fund when authorized to do so by a vote of the regional school unit at a regional school unit meeting or a regional school unit budget meeting when an article for that purpose is set out in the warrant calling the meeting, except that the regional school unit board may expend funds from a reserve fund by a vote of the board in accordance with the procedure in subsection 4:   A. In the event of an emergency that requires the immediate expenditure of funds and when, in responding to the emergency, a vote of the regional school unit for permission is cost-prohibitive; or   [PL 2019, c. 588, §5 (NEW).]B. When such an expenditure is required by law.   [PL 2019, c. 588, §5 (NEW).][PL 2019, c. 588, §5 (AMD).] 4.  Procedure for expending money from reserve funds by vote of board.  The procedure for the regional school unit board to expend funds from the reserve fund pursuant to subsection 3, paragraph A or B must be as follows.   A. The regional school unit board shall provide public notice of the regular or special meeting at which the vote to expend funds from the reserve fund will be taken.   [PL 2019, c. 588, §6 (NEW).]B. The regional school unit board shall hold a public hearing prior to the vote to expend funds from the reserve fund.   [PL 2019, c. 588, §6 (NEW).]C. The vote to expend funds from the reserve fund must be recorded in the meeting minutes of the regional school unit board.   [PL 2019, c. 588, §6 (NEW).][PL 2019, c. 588, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 588, §§4-6 (AMD).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1492 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1492. Bid procedure

 §1492. Bid procedure 1.  Written bids.  Bids must be in writing, sealed with the outside envelope or wrapper plainly marked "Bid, not to be opened until (appropriate date)" and mailed to or filed with the superintendent.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] 2.  Time of opening  . A director on the regional school unit board or an employee of the regional school unit may not open a bid until the appointed time.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] 3.  Public opening.  At the time and place stated in the public notice, and open to the public, all bids must be opened by the superintendent or, in the superintendent's absence or disability, by any director designated for the purpose by the chair of the regional school unit board.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] 4.  Reading.  If any citizens who are not directors or employees of the regional school unit are present or if any representatives of the press are present, bids must at the time of opening either be made available for examination by them or must be read aloud in a manner to be heard plainly by those in attendance.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1493 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 4: FINANCING|20-A §1493. Void contracts

 §1493. Void contracts A contract made by the regional school unit board during the term of a member who is pecuniarily interested in that contract, either directly or indirectly, is void, unless the regional school unit board has advertised for sealed bids for that contract and that advertisement for sealed bids has been published at least 5 days prior to the date set for closing of bids in a newspaper having general circulation within the regional school unit.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).
20-A ME Rev Stat § 1501 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION|Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION|Chapter 103-A: REGIONAL SCHOOL UNITS|Subchapter 5: REFERENDUM|20-A §1501. Regional school unit referendum

 §1501. Regional school unit referendum 1.  Authority to call a regional school unit referendum.  The regional school unit board shall initiate a regional school unit referendum:   A. To approve the issuance of bonds or notes for school construction projects;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]B. To approve a change in the selection of a school building site;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]C. To authorize the regional school unit board to contract for the schooling of secondary pupils;   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]D. To accept or reject a prospective gift; and   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).]E. To borrow funds for minor capital costs as defined in section 15672, subsection 20‑A.   [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).][PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13 (NEW).