| | 4. Superintendent. "Superintendent" means the Superintendent | of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf Maine Educational | Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. |
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| | 5. Center school. "Center school" means the programs | established and operated by the Governor Baxter School for the | Deaf Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at | the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf located at Mackworth | Island, including the residential program, day school program, | statewide consultation and outreach programs, parent-infant | program, preschool program, communication garden program, | distance education program and community education program. |
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| | 6. Satellite school. "Satellite school" means the programs, | including a residential program, day school programs, early | childhood programs and outreach programs, that are located near | the population centers of deaf and hard-of-hearing students | within the State established by the School Board of the Governor | Baxter School for the Deaf Maine Educational Center for the Deaf | and Hard of Hearing. |
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| | Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §7406, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 676, §5, is | amended to read: |
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| | The School Board of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf | Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is | established as the policy-making authority and the governing body | of the school. |
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| | Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §7407, sub-§4-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 790, Pt. | L, §1 and affected by §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | 4-A. Budget development. The school board shall, with the | aid of the superintendent and staff, prepare an annual budget for | the operation of the school and exercise budgetary | responsibility. The school board shall allocate for expenditure | by the school and programs under its jurisdiction all the | resources available for the operation of the school and its | programs. Annually, not later than January 1st, beginning for | fiscal year 2001-02, in addition to complying with the provisions | of Title 5, sections 1665 and 1666, the school board shall | present the administrative operating budget for the Governor | Baxter School for the Deaf Maine Educational Center for the Deaf | and Hard of Hearing to the Governor and the Legislature for | review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having | jurisdiction over education matters. The administrative | operating budget must be presented as a line-item budget for each | of the programs under its jurisdiction. A liability or | obligation may not be incurred under this chapter beyond the | amount approved in the administrative operating budget. The |
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