Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8452 – Cooperative board; formation
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Each career and technical education region is administered by a cooperative board organized as follows. [PL 1991, c. 716, §6 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 545, §5 (REV).]
1. Structure of cooperative board. The school boards of the units located in a region, at a joint meeting called by the commissioner, shall decide for the region by majority vote:
A. The size of the cooperative board; [PL 1981, c. 693, §§5, 8 (NEW).]
B. The number of members of the cooperative board to represent each unit or group of units; [PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
C. The method of selecting members of the cooperative board to represent each unit or group of units; and [PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
D. The method of sharing costs of career and technical education among the units in the region. [RR 2003, c. 2, §62 (COR).]
E. [PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (RP).]
[RR 2003, c. 2, §62 (COR).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8452
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- 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
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
- 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
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
- Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Membership: means active participation in the program of a school from the date of enrollment to the time the student withdraws or is absent from the school for 10 consecutive days for reasons other than illness. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15001
- Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- 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
- Superintendent: means the person in a school administrative unit or school union appointed and having the authority and responsibility under this Title and other applicable statutes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Unit: means a school administrative unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
2. Role of municipal officers. The municipal officers of each unit in the region must be invited to the joint meeting to present testimony on cooperative board membership and on the methods of sharing costs among the units in the region.
[PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
3. Voting. The school board of each unit shall caucus with the municipal officers of that unit. Thereafter, in the joint meeting, each school board shall cast its votes on the issues identified in subsection 1 in accordance with the majority vote of the caucus of the school board and municipal officers. Each school board has one vote on each of the issues identified in subsection 1.
[PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
4. Process of appeal. Within 30 days of the date of the joint meeting, a school board may appeal to the state board any decision reached at the joint meeting on an issue identified in subsection 1. The state board decision is final and binding on the school administrative units within the region.
[PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
5. Appointment of cooperative board members. After the school boards of the units in a region have decided the issues identified in subsection 1, the superintendent of each unit in the region shall call a meeting of the school board for the unit. At that meeting the school board shall appoint its authorized number of members to the cooperative board.
[PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
6. Organization of the cooperative board. The cooperative board is organized as follows.
A. The superintendents of the units within the region shall call a meeting of the cooperative board members appointed pursuant to subsection 5. [PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
B. The cooperative board members shall:
(1) Elect a chair and vice-chair;
(2) Elect a secretary, who need not be a member of the cooperative board;
(3) Adopt a constitution or bylaws; and
(4) Elect a treasurer, who need not be a member of the cooperative board. The treasurer shall give a bond to the cooperative board with the sum and sureties established by the cooperative board. This bond must be deposited with the chair. The expense of the bond must be paid by the cooperative board. [PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
[PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
7. Filing return with state board. The secretary of the cooperative board shall immediately file a return with the state board identifying the names of the members and officers of the cooperative board and certifying that the cooperative board has been properly organized.
[PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
8. Issuance of certificate of approval. In response to a return filed pursuant to subsection 7, the state board shall issue a certificate of approval for the organization of the region. The issuance of the certificate is conclusive evidence of the lawful organization of the region. The original certificate must be kept on file with the secretary of the region, and copies must be placed on file in the office of the commissioner.
[PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 518, §19 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 716, §6 (AMD). RR 2003, c. 2, §62 (COR). PL 2003, c. 545, §5 (REV).