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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 Maine Educational | | Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter | | School for the Deaf. |
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| | | 7.__Statewide educational services or outreach.__"Statewide | | educational services" or "outreach" means consultation services | | provided to families of children from birth to 5 years of age who | | are deaf or hard-of-hearing students, consulting services to | | school administrative units that serve school-age deaf or hard- | | of-hearing children and services provided through the parent- | | infant-toddler program, the preschool program and the | | communication garden program provided at the center school. |
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| | | 8.__Statewide resource center.__"Statewide resource center" | | means the information and referral services provided by the | | library at the center school and the distance education program | | and the community education program offered at the center school. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 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 Maine Educational Center for the Deaf | | and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf | | is established as the policy-making authority and the governing | | body of the school. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 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 Maine | | Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the | | Governor Baxter School for the Deaf 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 |
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