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Amend the bill in section 1 in §5808 by adding after the 2nd paragraph a new paragraph to read:
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an out-of-state secondary school that was included on the list of approved out-of-state secondary schools maintained by the department for the 2017-2018 school year must continue to receive tuition payments under this section for any student who was enrolled at that school for the 2018-2019 school year. Tuition payments must continue for such a student until that student graduates or terminates enrollment.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment provides that an out-of-state secondary school that was included on the list of approved out-of-state secondary schools maintained by the Department of Education for the 2017-2018 school year continues to receive tuition payments for any student who resides in Maine in a school administrative unit that does not maintain a secondary school and who was enrolled at that out-of-state secondary school for the 2018-2019 school year. Tuition payments must continue for such a student until that student graduates or terminates enrollment.