| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA c. 615 is enacted to read: |
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| | | SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT GRANTS |
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| | | §17221.__School achievement funds |
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| | | The commissioner shall administer any funds available for | | school achievement grants. |
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| | | §17222.__School achievement grants |
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| | | The department and state board shall adopt rules for the | | making of school achievement grants to school administrative | | units.__The rules must: |
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| | | 1.__Proposals.__Establish a process for the department and | | state board to request proposals for school achievement grants | | and for school administrative units to respond to these | | proposals; and |
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| | | 2.__Criteria.__Present criteria for the identification of | | school administrative units eligible for school achievement | | grants. |
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| | | The department and state board shall annually make school | | achievement grants to school administrative units that follow the | | process established under subsection 1 and meet the criteria | | established under subsection 2. |
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| | | Rules adopted pursuant to this chapter are routine technical | | rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Rule-making progress report. The Commissioner of Education | | shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and | | Cultural Affairs by January 15, 2000 on the progress of | | rulemaking to implement school achievement grants under the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 615. |
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| | | Sec. 3. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from the | | General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act. |
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