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An Act To Allow the Employment or Service in a School of a Spouse of a School Board or Committee Member
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1002, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 128, §2, is further amended to read:
 
2. Employment by school administrative unit, school union, academy.   A member of a school board or spouse of a member may not be an employee in a public school within the jurisdiction of the school board to which the member is elected or in a contract high school or academy located within a supervisory union in which the member is a representative on the union committee, except that a member's spouse may be employed in a position prohibited by this subsection upon a 2/3 vote of the school board.
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1002, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 128, §3, is amended to read:
 
2-A. Volunteer placement by school administrative unit, school union, academy.   A member of a school board or member's spouse may not serve as a volunteer when that volunteer has primary responsibility for a curricular, cocurricular or extracurricular program or activity and reports directly to the superintendent, principal, athletic director or other school administrator in a public school within the jurisdiction of the school board to which the member is elected, except that a member's spouse may serve in a volunteer position prohibited by this subsection upon a 2/3 vote of the school board, or in a contract high school or academy located within a supervisory union in which the member is a representative on the school committee, except that a member's spouse may serve in a volunteer position prohibited by this subsection upon a 2/3 vote of the school committee. Volunteer activities of a member of a school board or member's spouse, other than in roles that are prohibited by this subsection, may be prescribed by policies developed and approved by the school board of the school administrative unit.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a spouse of a school board member to be employed or serve in a volunteer position in a public school within the jurisdiction of the school board to which the member is elected or in a contract high school or academy located within a supervisory union in which the member is a representative on the union committee upon a 2/3 vote of the school board or committee.