An Act To Organize Biannual County Meetings for Local School Boards

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1005  is enacted to read:

§ 1005.  Countywide meetings

The state board shall organize and oversee a biannual meeting in each county for the school boards in each county to attend for the purpose of engaging in peer-to-peer discussions, developing new ideas and reviewing proposed rule changes by the department and other policies and issues impacting school administrative units. Each school board may send up to 3 representatives, and the state board shall send at least one representative to the biannual county meeting. Costs for a biannual county meeting must be split between the state board and the school administrative units in that county.

SUMMARY

This bill requires the State Board of Education to organize a biannual meeting in each county for the school boards in each county to engage in peer-to-peer discussions, develop new ideas and review proposed rule changes by the Department of Education and other policies and issues impacting school administrative units. Each school board may send up to 3 representatives, and the state board shall send at least one representative to the biannual county meeting. Costs for a biannual county meeting must be split between the state board and the school administrative units in that county.