Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13011-A

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
  • School administrative unit: means the state-approved unit of school administration and includes a municipal school unit, school administrative district, community school district, regional school unit or any other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation responsible for operating or constructing public schools, except that it does not include a career and technical education region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
Notwithstanding the term of a conditional or professional certificate under this chapter, upon the request of a school administrative unit, the commissioner shall grant an extension on an individual’s conditional or professional certificate if the individual uses family medical leave during the final year of the individual’s certificate and the school administrative unit provides the commissioner with sufficient proof of the use of family medical leave. An extension under this section is for the same number of days as the family medical leave used during the final year of the individual’s certificate. For the purposes of this section, “family medical leave” has the same meaning as in Title 26, section 843, subsection 4. [PL 2019, c. 610, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 2019, c. 610, §1 (NEW).