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2.__Responsibility for maintaining school.__The State, through the
department, has the responsibility and expense of maintaining the
school in compliance with all elementary and secondary state
education requirements for public schools and private schools
approved for tuition purposes established in Title 20-A.

 
3.__School privileges.__A person residing at the Maine Youth
Center is eligible to attend the Arthur R. Gould School and
receive education, vocational education, special education and
alternative education services in accordance with all state and
federal requirements.

 
§8911. Juvenile caseworker

 
1.__Departmental employees.__A juvenile caseworker is an
employee of the department.

 
2.__Juvenile caseworker's functions.__A juvenile caseworker's
functions are:

 
A.__To serve as a juvenile probation officer;

 
B.__To carry out all functions of a juvenile caseworker
delineated in Title 15, Part 6; and

 
C.__To provide appropriate services to juveniles committed
to the Maine Youth Center who are in the community on
aftercare status.

 
3.__Juvenile caseworker's duties.__A juvenile caseworker
shall:

 
A.__When directed, provide information to the Maine Youth
Center on juveniles committed to the Maine Youth Center;

 
B.__Make such investigations as the Juvenile Court may
direct and keep written records of the investigations as the
Juvenile Court may direct;

 
C.__Use all suitable means, including counseling, to aid
each juvenile under the caseworker's supervision and perform
such duties in connection with the care and custody of
juveniles as the Juvenile Court may direct;

 
D.__Keep informed as to the condition and conduct of each
juvenile placed under the caseworker's supervision and
report on the condition and conduct to the court and to the
department as the court or department may direct;


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