‘An Act To Reduce the Time Period after Which a Member Municipality May Petition To Withdraw from a Regional School Unit’
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First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-548, Sponsored by
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LR 128 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Reduce the Time Period after Which a Member Municipality May Petition To Withdraw from a Regional School Unit’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following:
‘Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1466, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 580, §9, is amended to read:
For the purposes of this subsection, the 3-year 30-month period after which a petition to withdraw may be considered in a member municipality of a school administrative district that was reformulated as a regional school unit pursuant to Public Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX, section 36, subsection 12 is 3 years 30 months after the original operational date of the school administrative district; and the 3-year 30-month period after which a petition to withdraw may be considered in a member municipality of a school administrative district that did not reformulate as a regional school unit but that became a member entity of an alternative organizational structure is 3 years 30 months after the operational date of the alternative organizational structure.
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.’
SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. The amendment strikes and replaces the bill. Beginning January 1, 2012, the amendment reduces the time period from 3 years to 30 months after which a member municipality may petition to withdraw from a regional school unit.