Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §4502, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. A, §§20 and 25, is amended to read:

1. General requirements. Elementary and secondary schools and school administrative units, including an educational program or school located in or operated by a juvenile correctional facility, shall meet all requirements of this Title and other statutory requirements applicable to the public schools and basic school approval standards.

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §4502, sub-§7 is enacted to read:

7.__Juvenile corrections facilities.__An educational program or school for juveniles located in or operated by a correctional facility must be reviewed for approval by the department on an annual basis, with special attention paid to alternative educational programming.__The department shall report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations, criminal justice and education matters on the results of the review by January 15th of each year.

Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §3002-A, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 752, §34, is amended to read:

The commissioner and the Commissioner of Education shall appoint a 7-member 9-member policy review council, referred to in this section as the "council," as authorized by Title 5, chapter 379.

Sec. 4. 34-A MRSA §3002-A, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 752, §34, are amended to read:

1. Term. Legislative members serve ex officio. The term of office for nonlegislative members is 3 years. The initial appointments are as follows:

A. Three members for 3 years;

B. Two members for 2 years; and

C. Two members for one year.

Replacements for council members who do not complete their terms of office are for the remainder of the unexpired terms.

2. Council members. The cochairs of the joint standing committee of the Legislature have jurisdiction over education matters or their designees are members. The other council