CHAPTER 545

H.P. 1227 - L.D. 1649

An Act To Rename the Former Vocational-technical Secondary

Education Schools, Now Called Applied Technology Centers

and Regions, Career and Technical Education Centers and

Regions

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §8301-A, as corrected by RR 1991, c. 2, §61, is amended to read:

§8301-A. Definitions

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

1. Affiliated unit. "Affiliated unit" means a school administrative unit that is affiliated with another school administrative unit that operates an applied technology a center. An affiliated school administrative unit may have its secondary students served by an applied technology a center operated by a school administrative unit with which it is affiliated. An affiliated school administrative unit may also operate applied technology career and technical education satellite programs.

2. Budget failure. "Budget failure" means the failure of an applied technology a region, by August 1st of any fiscal year, to approve a budget for the applied technology region that is at least equal to the sum of the total allocations for applied technology career and technical education of the member school administrative units in the applied technology region.