Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8456

  • Career and technical education: means a course or program of education designed to create or improve job-related skills that is part of a secondary school or middle school level curriculum and approved by the commissioner according to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
  • Cooperative board: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a career and technical education region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
  • Region: means a quasi-municipal corporation established by the Legislature to provide career and technical education to secondary students and middle school level students that is comprised of all the school administrative units within the geographical boundaries set forth for each career and technical education region in section 8451. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
A region shall vote on articles submitted by the cooperative board using the procedures set forth in sections 1351 to 1354. For such purposes, references in those sections to “school administrative district” or “district” mean career and technical education region; references in those sections to “board of directors,” “board,” “school board,” “school directors” or “school director” mean cooperative board; and references in those sections to “they” mean either, as appropriate in the context, cooperative board or members of the cooperative board. [PL 1991, c. 716, §6 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 545, §5 (REV).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 518, §24 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 716, §6 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 545, §5 (REV).