An Act To Ensure Municipal Equity for the Town of Frye Island

Sec. 1. P&SL 1997, c. 41, Pt. A, §8,  as amended by P&SL 2001, c. 8, §1, is further amended to read:

Sec. A-8. Educational needs. If the Town of Frye Island is incorporated and separated from the Town of Standish, it remains in the School Administrative District 6 or its successor and pays its proportional share of costs , unless or until such time as it withdraws from the school administrative district in accordance with applicable state law and joins another school administrative unit within 2 years of withdrawing from School Administrative District 6. School transportation services must be provided as follows: The Town of Frye Island is authorized to require each resident with a child or children enrolled in School Administrative District 6 to provide transportation from the island to the mainland point of pickup at the resident's own expense; transportation costs from the mainland point of pickup to the school must be provided, as is customarily done, by the school administrative district.

Sec. 2. P&SL 1997, c. 41, Pt. A, §9,  as enacted by P&SL 2001, c. 8, §2, is repealed.

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This bill repeals the prohibition against the withdrawal of the Town of Frye Island from School Administrative District No. 6, which then allows the Town of Frye Island the same statutory municipal power of any other municipality in Maine, as long as the Town of Frye Island joins another school administrative unit within 2 years of the withdrawal.