H.P. 956 - L.D. 1354
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1002, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
A. "Employee" means a person who receives monetary payment or benefits, no matter the amount paid or hours worked, for personal services performed for a school administrative unit.
B. "Volunteer" means a person who performs personal services for a school administrative unit without monetary payment or benefits of any kind or amount.
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1002, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is amended to read:
2. Employment by school administrative unit, school union, academy. A member of a school board or spouse of a member may not be employed as a full-time an employee in a public school within the jurisdiction of the school board to which the member is elected or in a contract high school or academy located within a supervisory union in which the member is a representative on the union committee.
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §1002, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:
2-A. Volunteer placement by school administrative unit, school union, academy. A member of a school board or member's spouse may not serve as a volunteer when that volunteer has primary responsibility for a curricular, cocurricular or extracurricular program or activity and reports directly to the superintendent, principal, athletic director or other school administrator in a public school within the jurisdiction of the school board to which the member is elected or in a contract high school or academy located within a supervisory union in which the member is a representative on the school committee. Volunteer activities of a member of a school board or member's spouse, other than in roles that are prohibited by this subsection, may be prescribed by policies
developed and approved by the school board of the school administrative unit.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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