(2) Maintenance of continuing contacts with recent dropouts in order to extend opportunities for alternate educational programs, counseling and referral;

(3) Education of teachers and administrators about the dropout problem;

(4) Use of human services programs to help dropouts;

(5) The school administrative unit's policies on suspension, expulsion and other disciplinary action; and

(6) Discriminatory practices and attitudes within the school administrative unit. including those of other students;

(7)__Dropouts' family situations;

(8)__The school administrative unit's relationship with law enforcement agencies; and

(9)__The effects of drug and alcohol use on the dropout problem.

Sec. 15. 20-A MRSA c. 211, sub-c. III-A is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER III-A

SUPERVISION FOR SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED STUDENTS

§5121.__Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.__Department.__"Department" means the Department of Human Services.

2.__Removed student.__"Removed student" means a juvenile of school age who is being or has been expelled, suspended or placed on early release from school or who is an habitual truant or dropout.

3.__Juvenile in need of services.__"Juvenile in need of services" means a juvenile of school age who has been expelled from school, who has been suspended from school for more than 10% of the days of the current semester of the student's school