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An Act To Provide an Administrative Structure for a School Administrative Unit That Does Not Join a Regional School Unit or an Alternative Organizational Structure
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1051, sub-§6, ¶D  is enacted to read:
 
D.  In a school administrative unit that is not in conformity with the requirements of chapter 103-A and Public Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX, section 36, as amended by Public Law 2007, chapter 668, the school board shall elect the superintendent.
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1466  is enacted to read:
§ 1466.  Nonconforming school administrative units; superintendents; administrative, instructional and noninstructional functions
Beginning July 1, 2009, the provisions of this section apply to a school board of a school administrative unit that is not in conformity with the requirements of this chapter and Public Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX, section 36, as amended by Public Law 2007, chapter 668.
 
1.  Superintendent.     The school board shall elect a superintendent as provided under section 1051, subsection 6, paragraph D.
 
2.  Administrative, instructional and noninstructional functions.     The school board shall enter into a collaborative agreement for administrative, instructional and noninstructional functions with another school administrative unit as provided under chapter 114.
Sec. 3. Retroactivity. This Act applies retroactively to July 1, 2009.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides an administrative structure for a school administrative unit that does not join a regional school unit or an alternative organizational structure by July 1, 2009 in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 103-A and Public Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX, section 36, as amended by Public Law 2007, chapter 668.