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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 2701 (2026)

Authority to contract for school privileges

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The legislative body of a school administrative unit other than a school administrative district, which does not maintain any of the grades from kindergarten to grade 12, may authorize its school board to contract with another school for school privileges for all or a part of its resident students in those grades for a term of 2 to 10 years.   [PL 1985, c. 797, §17 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 797, §17 (AMD).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2002–2019 · leading case: Anderson v. Town of Durham, 2006 ME 39, 895 A.2d 944.
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Anderson v. Town of Durham, 2006 ME 39, 895 A.2d 944. · cites it 4× “Public funds are used to pay to the selected high school a set amount towards tuition costs that is based on an anticipated public high school tuition cost, set pursuant to 20-A M.”
Logiodice v. Trs. of Maine Cent. Inst., 296 F.3d 22 (1st Cir. 2002). · cites it 2× “See 20-A M.R.S.A. § 2701 (West 1993 & Supp.2001).”
Thornton Academy v. Reg'l Sch. Unit 21, 2019 ME 115, 212 A.3d 340. “tions on and the financial burdens created by such a requirement, however, the Legislature has long permitted any school district that has no school of its own to satisfy the public education requirement by alternative means-(1) by contracting with a public school in another…”
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