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members must be representative of a broad range of professionals, | | parents and citizens interested in the education of students | | confined in the department's juvenile facilities and include the | | parents of a current or former student. In addition, council | | members may include: |
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| | | A. Professionals not employed by the department who serve | | or have served students in a corrections setting; |
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| | | B. Representatives of advocacy groups for children with | | special needs; |
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| | | C. School administrative unit administrators or special | | education directors; and |
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| | A Legislator may not serve on the council. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 34-A MRSA §3002-A, sub-§5 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 5.__Meetings; report.__The council shall meet at least 4 times | | a year and keep minutes and records of the meetings.__The council | | shall submit a report each year to the joint standing committee | | of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters. |
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| | | Sec. 6. Establish task force on educational programming at juvenile correctional | | facilities. |
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| | | 1. Task force on educational programming at juvenile | | correctional facilities established. The task force on | | educational programming at juvenile correctional facilities, | | referred to in this section as the "task force," is established. |
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| | | 2. Membership. The task force consists of 13 members as | | follows: |
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| | | A. Two members from the Senate, with one member from each | | major political party; a representative from the field of | | special education; and a parent of a student at the Southern | | Maine Juvenile Facility, all of which to be appointed by the | | President of the Senate; |
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| | | B. Two members from the House of Representatives, with one | | member from each major political party; a representative | | from the field of alternative education; and a | | representative from the field of correctional education, all | | of which to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; and |
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