Maine Revised Statutes > Title 20-A > Part 7 > Chapter 609 – School Construction
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- Board of directors: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a school administrative district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Community school district: means a state-approved unit of school administration composed of more than one municipality or school administrative district which may provide public education for any combination of kindergarten through grade 12. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Concept approval: means the initial approval of a school construction project by the state board which indicates:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901Cooperative 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 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Design and funding approval: means approval by the state board indicating that a school construction project's drawings and specifications have been developed to 100% completion, the project has gained the recommendations of the department and the school administrative unit is authorized to seek bids for the work. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901 District school committee: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a community school district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office. Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Maintenance of plant: means those activities concerned with keeping the grounds, buildings and equipment at their original condition of completeness or efficiency either through repairs or by replacement of property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901 Major capital cost: means school construction projects and may include the cost for equipment approved under a school construction project. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Municipal school unit: means a state-approved unit of school administration composed of a single municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Permanent space lease-purchase project: means the lease-purchase of permanent administrative space or permanent small nonadministrative or instructional space whose costs are wholly or partially eligible as debt service costs for subsidy purposes under section 15672, subsection 2?A, paragraph B, subparagraph (1) or subparagraph (3). See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901 Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Public school: means a school that is governed by a school board of a school administrative unit and funded primarily with public funds. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Regional school unit: means the state-approved unit of school administration as established pursuant to chapter 103?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 School administrative district: means a state-approved unit of school administration, composed of one or more municipalities which must provide public education to all public school students in the district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 School administrative unit: means a school administrative unit as defined by section 1, subsection 26 and a career and technical education region as defined by section 8301-A, subsection 6, except that in section 15907, the reference to "unit" or "school administrative unit" means a unit within a career and technical education region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901 School board: means a school board as defined in section 1, subsection 28 and the cooperative board of a career and technical education region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901 School committee: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a municipal school unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 School construction project: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901Secondary school: means that portion of a school that provides instruction in any combination of grades 9 through 12. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Small scale school construction project: means a project that will not be eligible for state subsidy and is limited to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901Superintendent: means a superintendent as defined by section 1, subsection 39, and the director of a career and technical education region, if that person had been appointed to serve as administrative officer of the region, or the superintendent who has been appointed to serve as ex officio administrative officer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15901 Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.