| Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Develop |
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| Guidelines for Outdoor Playground Surfaces |
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| | Sec. 1. Policy guidelines for outdoor playground surfaces. Resolved: That the | Department of Education shall develop policy guidelines for | outdoor playground surfaces at public elementary and secondary | schools no later than January 1, 2004. The policy guidelines for | outdoor playground surfaces at public elementary and secondary | schools developed pursuant to this section may not be mandatory, | but rather must provide nonregulatory guidance to local school | officials, school personnel and other interested parties who may | be concerned with the best information and the best practices | available regarding outdoor playground surfaces. |
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| | In communicating the policy guidelines for outdoor playground | surfaces at public schools to local school officials, school personnel | and other interested parties, the Department of Education shall utilize | existing department resources, including, but not limited to, the Maine | School Facilities Maintenance Plan template, the school facilities list | serve and the Commissioner of Education's policy information letters. |
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