Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7404 – Funding and tuition for Mackworth Island preschool and site-based programs
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The following provisions apply to funding for and tuition to the Mackworth Island preschool, early intervention services for children from birth to under 3 years of age who are deaf and hard of hearing and statewide education and family services, including site-based programs. [PL 2021, c. 646, §4 (AMD).]
1. Funding of the Mackworth Island preschool. Students from this State may attend the Mackworth Island preschool free of tuition. Funding for these students is provided by legislative appropriation or allocation based on the services necessary to satisfy the individualized education programs of the students enrolled in the Mackworth Island preschool. Funding must support maintenance of the Mackworth Island preschool and that portion of the island used by the Mackworth Island preschool.
[PL 2021, c. 646, §4 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7404
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- board: means the Board of the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Center: means the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf established under section 7401 that is responsible for operating the Mackworth Island preschool, early intervention services and statewide education and family services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Early intervention services: means developmental services that are provided under public supervision; are provided at no cost except where federal or state law provides for a system of payments by families, including a schedule of sliding fees; are designed to meet the developmental needs of a child with a disability, as identified by the individualized family service plan team, in one or more areas including physical development, cognitive development, communication development, social or emotional development and adaptive development; meet the standards of the State; are provided by qualified personnel; to the maximum extent appropriate, are provided in natural environments, including the home, and community settings in which children without disabilities participate; and are provided in conformity with an individualized family service plan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7001
- Host school: means the school administrative unit at which a site-based program is located. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Mackworth Island preschool: means the preschool program located at Mackworth Island and operated by the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Room and board: means food and residence provided to a student. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Sending school: means any school administrative unit that has a student in attendance at the Mackworth Island preschool or a site-based program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Site-based program: means an inclusive deaf education classroom or classrooms embedded in a general education setting, operating through a memorandum of understanding between the center and a host school. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Statewide education and family services: means educational outreach services, resources and information that are provided by staff employed through the center to children who are deaf or hard of hearing, from 3 through 22 years of age, their families and schools throughout the State, including students at site-based programs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
2. Out-of-state tuition; site-based programs. Students from other states and countries who meet enrollment criteria and receive approval from the host school may attend a site-based program on a space-available basis by paying the cost of tuition, fees and room and board as established by the center board.
[PL 2021, c. 646, §4 (AMD).]
3. In-state tuition; site-based programs. The sending school shall pay tuition to the host school and any additional costs for the individualized education program services and evaluations that are not specific to deaf and hard-of-hearing students and not otherwise covered by funding through the center. Funding for the individualized education services at the site-based program must be provided by legislative appropriation or allocation based on the services necessary to satisfy the individualized education program for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in accordance with section 7405?D.
[PL 2021, c. 646, §4 (NEW).]
4. Room and board. The center shall pay the room and board costs for each student placed in a site-based program in grades 9 to 12, and grade 8 on a case-by-case basis, whose full-time residence is more than a 50-mile one-way commute from the site-based program. The costs must be paid using funds appropriated or allocated by the State in accordance with a memorandum of understanding between the host school and the center.
[PL 2021, c. 646, §4 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 676, §5 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 676, §13 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 775, §5 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 111, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 683, §3 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 646, §4 (AMD).