Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20, § 161 (2026)

Powers and duties of superintendents

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SECTION HISTORY

PL 1967, c. 425, §19 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 454, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 723, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 24, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 580, §§16,17 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 658, §1 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 693, §§1,8 (RP). PL 1983, c. 147, §1 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 485, §1 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 506, §A20 (RP).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 23 cases, 1968–1984 · leading case: Elaine Perkins v. The Bd. of Directors of Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 13, 686 F.2d 49 (1st Cir. 1982).

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Elaine Perkins v. The Bd. of Directors of Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 13, 686 F.2d 49 (1st Cir. 1982). · cites it 4× “5 As was required by Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 20, § 161(5) (1964 & Supp.”

Superintending Sch. Comm. v. Winslow Educ. Ass'n, 363 A.2d 229 (Me. 1976). · cites it 7× “2d 708 (1976), appellant argued that 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) was a bar to requiring, by interest arbitration, the insertion into a labor relations contract between a teachers’ association and the teachers’ employer a provision that the failure of the school superintendent to…”

Cape Elizabeth Sch. Bd. v. Cape Elizabeth Teachers Ass'n, 459 A.2d 166 (Me. 1983). · cites it 4× “Effect of 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) The next question is whether a school board may make its statutory authority to dismiss nonprobationary teachers subject to binding grievance arbitration.”

Lane v. Bd. of Directors of Me. Sch., Etc., 447 A.2d 806 (Me. 1982). · cites it 6× “This appeal involves the question of whether Emily Lane is entitled, pursuant to either 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) or her contract with the school district, to a hearing prior to the non-renewal of her teaching contract.”

Bd. of Directors v. Maine Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 36 Teachers Ass'n, 428 A.2d 419 (Me. 1981). · cites it 4× “20 M.R.S.A. § 161 (Supp.1980) provides, in part, as follows: A superintendent of schools shall have the following powers and duties: 5.”

Paradis v. Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 33 Sch. Bd., 446 A.2d 46 (Me. 1982). · cites it 4× “In this case on appeal from Superior Court (Aroostook County), we are asked to construe the portion of 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) 1 that governs the elimination of *48 teaching positions in public schools.”

Curran v. Portland Superintending Sch. Comm., 435 F. Supp. 1063 (D. Me. 1977). “It is true that the School Committee and the Superintendent are given the responsibility and authority for the employment of teachers and other personnel, 20 M.R.S.A. §§ 161(5), 473, and the City is not permitted by its charter to become involved in the actual administration and…”

City of Biddeford Ex Rel. Bd. of Educ. v. Biddeford Teachers Ass'n, 304 A.2d 387 (Me. 1973). · cites it 2× “20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5). They may, after notice and hearing, dismiss a teacher for unfitness.”

Vanguard Just. Soc'y, Inc. v. Hughes, 471 F. Supp. 670 (D. Maryland 1979). “It is true that the School Committee and the Superintendent are given the responsibility and authority for the employment of teachers and other personnel, 20 M.R.S.A. §§ 161(5), 473, and the City is not permitted by its charter to become involved in the actual administration and…”

Westbrook Sch. Comm. v. Westbrook Teachers Ass'n, 404 A.2d 204 (Me. 1979). “Under 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) (Supp.1978), a teacher becomes a continuing contract teacher after a “probationary period of not to exceed 2 years.”

Paradis v. Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 33 Sch. Bd., 462 A.2d 474 (Me. 1983). · cites it 6× “This action involving the alleged breach of a continuing contract for a public school teaching position, in contravention of 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) (Pamph.1982-83), is now before us on appeal for the second time.”

Bd. of Directors of Maine Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 75 v. Merrymeeting Educators' Ass'n, 354 A.2d 169 (Me. 1976). · cites it 2× “20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) mandates the continuation of teacher contracts for those who have served a probationary period.”

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— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20, § 161(5) — 20 cases

Elaine Perkins v. The Bd. of Directors of Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 13, 686 F.2d 49 (1st Cir. 1982). “5 As was required by Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 20, § 161(5) (1964 & Supp.”

Superintending Sch. Comm. v. Winslow Educ. Ass'n, 363 A.2d 229 (Me. 1976). “2d 708 (1976), appellant argued that 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) was a bar to requiring, by interest arbitration, the insertion into a labor relations contract between a teachers’ association and the teachers’ employer a provision that the failure of the school superintendent to…”

Cape Elizabeth Sch. Bd. v. Cape Elizabeth Teachers Ass'n, 459 A.2d 166 (Me. 1983). “Effect of 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) The next question is whether a school board may make its statutory authority to dismiss nonprobationary teachers subject to binding grievance arbitration.”

Lane v. Bd. of Directors of Me. Sch., Etc., 447 A.2d 806 (Me. 1982). “This appeal involves the question of whether Emily Lane is entitled, pursuant to either 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) or her contract with the school district, to a hearing prior to the non-renewal of her teaching contract.”

Bd. of Directors v. Maine Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 36 Teachers Ass'n, 428 A.2d 419 (Me. 1981). “20 M.R.S.A. § 161 (Supp.1980) provides, in part, as follows: A superintendent of schools shall have the following powers and duties: 5.”

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