Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8460 – Budget
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Each region‘s budget must be prepared and approved as follows. [PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).]
1. Duties of the cooperative board. The cooperative board shall:
A. Prepare and approve a budget for the region; [PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).]
B. Hold a public hearing in each of 2 separate municipalities in the region, prior to submitting the budget for approval by the region’s voters in accordance with one of the methods of voting set forth in subsection 2; [PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).]
C. Prepare articles, or orders for municipal council meetings, in substantially the form set forth in subparagraphs (1) and (2):
(1) “Shall the regional career and technical education operating budget as approved by the cooperative board for the year be approved in the amount of $ ?”; and
(2) “Shall the career and technical education region approve a budget for adult education in the amount of $ for the year ?”; [RR 2003, c. 2, §65 (COR).]
D. Select the method of submitting the articles or orders for budget approval from those set forth in subsection 2; and [PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).]
E. Select the date of the budget vote, if the regional budget meeting method is used. [PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).]
[RR 2003, c. 2, §65 (COR).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8460
- Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Adult education: means education programs primarily operated for individuals beyond the compulsory school ages and administered by school administrative units. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- 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
- 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
- Unit: means a school administrative unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 8301-A
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Methods of budget approval. The cooperative board shall submit the budget for approval by the voters in a region as follows:
A. The articles, or orders, for the career and technical education operating budget and adult education budget for the region must be submitted for approval by one of the following methods prior to July 1st:
B. For the purpose of approving money to repay bonds issued by the region, each school administrative unit within the region shall include as part of the debt service portion of its regular school budget an amount sufficient to pay such school administrative unit’s share of the region’s debt service. [PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).]
[RR 2003, c. 2, §66 (COR).]
3. Budget reconsideration. If the articles or orders are not approved pursuant to subsection 2, the cooperative board shall:
A. Prepare a revised budget and budget articles; and [PL 1981, c. 693, §§5, 8 (NEW).]
B. Submit the revised budget articles for voter approval under the regional budget meeting method before August 1st. [PL 1981, c. 693, §§5, 8 (NEW).]
[PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 518, §26 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 716, §§6,7 (AMD). RR 2003, c. 2, §§65,66 (COR).