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| | | An Act To Amend and Improve the Education Laws |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1, sub-§13-A, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 608, §1, | | is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1, sub-§13-A, ¶B-1 is enacted to read: |
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| | | B-1.__Is a child or a youth: |
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| | | (1)__Who is sharing the housing of other persons due to | | loss of housing or economic hardship or a similar | | reason; is living in a motel, hotel, trailer park or | | camping ground due to the lack of alternative adequate | | accommodation; is living in an emergency or | | transitional shelter; is abandoned in a hospital; or is | | awaiting foster care placement; |
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| | | (2)__Who is living in a car, park or public space or in | | an abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or | | train station or similar setting; |
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| | | (3)__Who has a primary nighttime residence that is a | | public or private place not designed for or ordinarily | | used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human | | beings; and |
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| | | (4)__Who is a migratory child, as defined in Section 1309 of the | | federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, who | | qualifies as homeless for the purpose |
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