Sec. A-41. 20-A MRSA §15672, sub-§30-A, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 and affected by §§72 and 74 and c. 12, Pt. WW, §18, is amended to read:

D. Special education costs that are the costs of educational services provided to students who are temporarily unable to participate in regular school programs. Students who may be included are pregnant students, hospitalized students or those confined to their homes for illness or injury, students involved in substance abuse programs within hospital settings or in residential rehabilitation facilities licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention for less than 6 weeks duration or students suffering from other temporary conditions that prohibit their attendance at school. Students served under this paragraph may not be counted as exceptional students children with disabilities for federal reporting purposes.

Sec. A-42. 22 MRSA §8823, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 647, §2, is amended to read:

C. A representative of hospitals, a representative of health carriers, a representative of the Child Development Services System established in Title 20-A, section 7724 early childhood special education program under Title 20-A, chapter 303 and a representative of the department.

Sec. A-43. 26 MRSA §962, sub-§7, ¶A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 279, §15, is further amended to read:

A. Any officer, board, commission, council, committee or other persons or body acting on behalf of:

(1) Any municipality or any subdivision of a municipality;

(2) Any school, water, sewer, fire or other district;

(3) The Maine Turnpike Authority;

(4) Any board of directors functioning as a regional intermediate education unit pursuant to Title 20-A, section 7730;

(5) Any county or subdivision of a county;

(6) The Maine State Retirement System; or