Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20, § 473 (2026)

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SECTION HISTORY

PL 1965, c. 315 (AMD). PL 1967, c. 425, §7 (AMD). PL 1967, c. 425, §19 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 74 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 235 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 269 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 554 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 24 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 202, §3 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 746, §10 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 78, §130 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 385 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 693, §§1,8 (RP).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 20 cases, 1969–1983 · leading case: City of Biddeford Ex Rel. Bd. of Educ. v. Biddeford Teachers Ass'n, 304 A.2d 387 (Me. 1973).

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City of Biddeford Ex Rel. Bd. of Educ. v. Biddeford Teachers Ass'n, 304 A.2d 387 (Me. 1973). · cites it 6× “§ 471) and their statutory duties include (20 M.R.S.A. § 473): "1. Management of schools.”

Cape Elizabeth Sch. Bd. v. Cape Elizabeth Teachers Ass'n, 459 A.2d 166 (Me. 1983). · cites it 5× “§ 473(4) through grievance arbitration; (3) whether the review of a statutory dismissal of a teacher under 20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4) through grievance arbitration is invalid as an unconstitutional delegation of governmental power; and (4) whether the Superior Court erred in upholding…”

Boynton v. Casey, 543 F. Supp. 995 (D. Me. 1982). · cites it 5× “1980), provides in pertinent part: Superintending school committees and school directors shall perform the following duties: Expel any obstinately disobedient and disorderly scholar, after proper investigation of his behavior, if found necessary for the peace and usefulness of…”

Wright v. Superintending Sch. Com., City of Portland, 331 A.2d 640 (Me. 1975). · cites it 6× “20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4) permits a school committee to dismiss "any teacher.”

Lovejoy v. Grant, 434 A.2d 45 (Me. 1981). · cites it 4× “In the alternative, Lovejoy suggests that even if her termination was subject to the CETA procedures, the school district was also required to observe the statutory provisions for dismissal of teachers, set forth in 20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4). That section provides: Superintending…”

Winship v. Brewer Sch. Comm., 390 A.2d 1089 (Me. 1978). · cites it 3× “On February 26, 1975, after conducting a hearing, the Committee issued a certificate of dismissal pursuant to 20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4), 1 in which it made the following findings: “1.”

Elaine Perkins v. The Bd. of Directors of Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 13, 686 F.2d 49 (1st Cir. 1982). · cites it 2× “Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 20, § 473(4) (1965).”

Cape Elizabeth Sch. Bd. v. Cape Elizabeth Teachers Ass'n, 435 A.2d 1381 (Me. 1981). · cites it 3× “20 M.R.S.A. § 473 (1965) provides in pertinent part: “Superintending school committees and directors shall perform the following duties: 2 .”

Fernald v. City of Ellsworth Superintending Sch. Comm., 342 A.2d 704 (Me. 1975). · cites it 5× “On April 24, 1973, defendant issued a certificate of dismissal, discharging plaintiff from her position as a tenured teacher; the discharge was based on each and both of the statutory grounds provided for teacher dismissal under 20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4). On May 17, 1973, plaintiff…”

Superintending Sch. Comm. v. Winslow Educ. Ass'n, 363 A.2d 229 (Me. 1976). · cites it 2× “" This statute sets forth the procedural steps the committee must take as well as the reasons which justify dismissal.”

McLaughlin v. MacHias Sch. Comm., 385 A.2d 53 (Me. 1978). · cites it 2× “McLaughlin was unfit to teach and that his services were unprofitable to the Machias Schools, issued a certificate of dismissal against him, pursuant to 20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4). In accordance with Rule 80B M.”

Bd. of Directors v. Maine Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 36 Teachers Ass'n, 428 A.2d 419 (Me. 1981). “20 M.R.S.A. § 473 provides, in part, as follows: Superintending school committees and school directors shall perform the following duties: 4.”

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— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20, § 473(1) — 1 case

Superintending Sch. Comm. of Bangor v. Bangor Educ. Ass'n, 433 A.2d 383 (Me. 1981).

— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20, § 473(3) — 1 case

City of Biddeford Ex Rel. Bd. of Educ. v. Biddeford Teachers Ass'n, 304 A.2d 387 (Me. 1973). “§ 471) and their statutory duties include (20 M.R.S.A. § 473): "1. Management of schools.”

— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20, § 473(4) — 14 cases

Cape Elizabeth Sch. Bd. v. Cape Elizabeth Teachers Ass'n, 459 A.2d 166 (Me. 1983). “§ 473(4) through grievance arbitration; (3) whether the review of a statutory dismissal of a teacher under 20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4) through grievance arbitration is invalid as an unconstitutional delegation of governmental power; and (4) whether the Superior Court erred in upholding…”

Wright v. Superintending Sch. Com., City of Portland, 331 A.2d 640 (Me. 1975). “20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4) permits a school committee to dismiss "any teacher.”

Lovejoy v. Grant, 434 A.2d 45 (Me. 1981). “In the alternative, Lovejoy suggests that even if her termination was subject to the CETA procedures, the school district was also required to observe the statutory provisions for dismissal of teachers, set forth in 20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4). That section provides: Superintending…”

Winship v. Brewer Sch. Comm., 390 A.2d 1089 (Me. 1978). “On February 26, 1975, after conducting a hearing, the Committee issued a certificate of dismissal pursuant to 20 M.R.S.A. § 473(4), 1 in which it made the following findings: “1.”

Elaine Perkins v. The Bd. of Directors of Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 13, 686 F.2d 49 (1st Cir. 1982). “Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 20, § 473(4) (1965).”

— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20, § 473(5) — 2 cases

Boynton v. Casey, 543 F. Supp. 995 (D. Me. 1982). “1980), provides in pertinent part: Superintending school committees and school directors shall perform the following duties: Expel any obstinately disobedient and disorderly scholar, after proper investigation of his behavior, if found necessary for the peace and usefulness of…”

Bradstreet v. Clarke, 394 A.2d 270 (Me. 1978).

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