| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §8301-A, as corrected by PL 1991, c. 2, §61, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise | | indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | | 1. Affiliated unit. "Affiliated unit" means a school | | administrative unit that is affiliated with another school | | administrative unit that operates an applied career technology | | center. An affiliated school administrative unit may have its | | secondary students served by an applied career technology center | | operated by a school administrative unit with which it is | | affiliated. An affiliated school administrative unit may also | | operate applied career technology satellite programs. |
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| | | 2. Budget failure. "Budget failure" means the failure of an | | applied career technology region, by August 1st of any fiscal | | year, to approve a budget for the applied career technology | | region that is at least equal to the sum of the total allocations | | for applied career technology education of the member school | | administrative units in the applied career technology region. |
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| | | 3. Center. "Center" means an administrative entity | | established pursuant to this chapter that provides applied career | | technology education to secondary students. Unless otherwise | | specifically provided for by this chapter, an applied career | | technology center is governed, operated and administered by a | | single school administrative unit. An applied career technology | | center shall make its programs available to serve secondary | | students from school administrative units with which it is | | affiliated. An applied career technology center may include | | within its administrative structure applied career technology | | satellite programs operated by school administrative units with | | which it is affiliated. |
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| | | 4. Municipality. "Municipality" has the same meaning as in | | section 15603, subsection 19. |
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| | | 5. Parent. "Parent" means a parent, as defined in section 1, | | subsection 20, with legal custody of a minor child. |
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| | | 6. Region. "Region" means a quasi-municipal corporation | | established by the Legislature to provide applied career | | technology education to secondary students that is comprised of | | all the school administrative units within the geographical | | boundaries set forth for each applied career technology region in |
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