Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20107 – Graduation – Article 7
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In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of a child of a military family, states and local education agencies shall incorporate the procedures set forth in this section. [PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
1. Waiver requirements. Local education agency administrative officials shall waive specific courses required for graduation if similar course work has been satisfactorily completed in another local education agency or shall provide reasonable justification for denial. If a waiver is not granted to a student who would qualify to graduate from the sending school, the local education agency shall provide an alternative means of acquiring required course work so that graduation may occur on time.
[PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20107
- Child of a military family: means a school-aged child enrolled in kindergarten to grade 12 in the household of an active duty member. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- Compact: means the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- Local education agency: means a public authority legally constituted by a member state as an administrative agency to provide control of and direction for kindergarten to grade 12 public educational institutions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- Member state: means a state that has enacted the compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- Receiving state: means the state to which a child of a military family is sent, brought or caused to be sent or brought. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- Sending state: means the state from which a child of a military family is sent, brought or caused to be sent or brought. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands and any other United States territory. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- Student: means the child of a military family for whom the local education agency receives public funding and who is formally enrolled in kindergarten to grade 12. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Exit examinations. States shall accept, in lieu of testing requirements for graduation in the receiving state:
A. Exit or end-of-course examinations required for graduation from the sending state; [PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
B. National norm-referenced achievement tests; or [PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
C. Alternative testing. [PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
If the alternatives set forth in paragraphs A to C cannot be accommodated by the receiving state for a student transferring in the student’s senior year of high school, then the provisions of subsection 3 apply.
[PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
3. Transfers during senior year of high school. If a student transferring at the beginning or during the student’s senior year of high school is ineligible to graduate from the receiving local education agency after all alternatives set forth in subsection 2 have been considered, the sending and receiving local education agencies shall ensure the receipt of a diploma from the sending local education agency, if the student meets the graduation requirements of the sending local education agency. In the event that one of the states in question is not a member of the compact, the member state shall use best efforts to facilitate the on-time graduation of the student in accordance with subsections 1 and 2.
[PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).