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content areas of the system of learning results established in | | section 6209 specified by the commissioner. The commissioner may | | elect to provide for the use of alternative measures of student | | achievement in grade 11. This assessment applies to students in | | the public elementary and secondary schools and in all private | | schools approved for tuition whose school enrollments include at | least 60% publicly-funded | | by the previous school year's October and April average enrollment. | | The assessment program must be adapted to meet the needs of | exceptional students | section 7001, subsection 2 | | rules by the commissioner. |
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| | | Sec. A-14. 20-A MRSA §6209, first ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 454, | | §31, is further amended to read: |
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| | | The department in consultation with the state board shall | | establish and implement a comprehensive, statewide system of | | learning results, referred to in this section as the "system," no | | later than the 2002-03 school year. The system, based broadly | | upon guiding principles set forth in this section, must establish | | high academic standards at all grade levels in the areas of math; | | English; science and technology; social studies, including | | history, economics and civics; career preparation; visual and | | performing arts; health and physical education; and foreign | | languages. Only students in a public school or a private school | | approved for tuition that enrolls at least 60% publicly funded | | students, as determined by the previous school year's October and | | April average enrollment, are required to participate in the | | system of learning results. The commissioner shall develop | | accommodation provisions for instances where course content | | conflicts with sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of | a student's parent or guardian. The system must be adopted | adapted to accommodate exceptional students | disabilities as defined in section 7001, subsection 2 |
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| | | Sec. A-15. 20-A MRSA §7001, as amended by PL 2003, c. 676, §§1 and | | 2, is further amended to read: |
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| | | As used in this subpart, unless the context otherwise | | indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | | 1. Agency. "Agency" means an agency, school, organization, | | facility or institution. |
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| | | 1-A.__Child Development Services System.__"Child Development | | Services System" means regional sites, or their successor sites, | | and the state intermediate educational unit under section 7209, |
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