Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8306 – Powers and duties of State Board of Education
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1. State plan. The state board shall approve and update as it determines necessary a state plan for career and technical education, in compliance with the requirements of applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations. The state plan must be prepared by the commissioner.
[RR 2003, c. 2, §44 (COR).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8306
- Career and technical education: means a course or program of education designed to create or improve job-related skills that is part of a secondary school or middle school level curriculum and approved by the commissioner according to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
- Center: means an administrative entity established pursuant to this chapter that provides career and technical education to secondary students and middle school level students. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Cooperative board: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a career and technical education region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Region: means a quasi-municipal corporation established by the Legislature to provide career and technical education to secondary students and middle school level students that is comprised of all the school administrative units within the geographical boundaries set forth for each career and technical education region in section 8451. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
- School board: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a school administrative unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- State board: means the State Board of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
2. Center and region plans. The state board shall approve a plan for the provision of career and technical education by each center or region. The plans must be prepared by each center or region at the time of its organization or reorganization, approved by the school board or cooperative board governing each center or region respectively, and include:
A. A survey of the career and technical education needs nationally, statewide and in the geographic area served by the center or region; [RR 2003, c. 2, §44 (COR).]
B. A survey of employment opportunities nationally, statewide and in the geographic area served by the center or region; [PL 1991, c. 518, §5 (AMD).]
C. A description of the programs to be offered by the center or region; [PL 1991, c. 518, §5 (AMD).]
C-1. A description of the manner in which academic courses will be used to augment trade-oriented skill courses for career and technical education students at the center or region; [RR 2003, c. 2, §44 (COR).]
D. A description of each geographic area served by the center or region and the location of each career and technical education program to serve those areas; and [RR 2003, c. 2, §44 (COR).]
E. A description of the manner in which the career and technical education programs offered by the center or region address the career and technical education needs in the geographic area served by the center or region and employment opportunities nationally, statewide and in the geographic area served by the center or region. [RR 2003, c. 2, §44 (COR).]
[RR 2003, c. 2, §44 (COR).]
3. Plans for vocational satellite programs.
[PL 1991, c. 518, §5 (RP).]
4. Boundaries of centers and regions.
[PL 1991, c. 518, §5 (RP).]
5. Reorganizing centers and regions. The state board may, in compliance with section 8307?A:
A. Change existing boundaries of centers and regions; [PL 1991, c. 518, §5 (NEW).]
B. Change the status of a center to a region or a region to a center; [PL 1991, c. 518, §5 (NEW).]
C. Dissolve existing regions or centers; [PL 1991, c. 518, §5 (NEW).]
D. Create new regions or centers; or [PL 1991, c. 518, §5 (NEW).]
E. Create alternative organizational methods of delivering career and technical education. [RR 2003, c. 2, §45 (COR).]
[RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. A, §42 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 518, §5 (AMD). RR 2003, c. 2, §§44,45 (COR). RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. A, §42 (COR).