2010 Maine Code
TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION
Chapter 211: ATTENDANCE
20-A §5031. High school graduation rate

Part 3: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

Subchapter 1-B: HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE

§5031. High school graduation rate

1. Goal. It is the goal of the State to achieve a graduation rate of 90% by the end of the 2015-2016 school year for each publicly supported secondary school.

[ 2009, c. 626, §1 (NEW) .]

2. Technical assistance. The department shall provide forms to publicly supported secondary schools for reporting graduation rates. The commissioner shall provide technical assistance to publicly supported secondary schools in the State that have not attained a graduation rate of 80% by the end of the 2012-2013 school year. Publicly supported secondary schools that do not meet the 80% graduation rate by the end of the 2012-2013 school year shall provide the commissioner with a copy of the action plan developed under section 5103, subsection 5 no later than December 31, 2013. The action plan may include the steps necessary to achieve a graduation rate of 90% by the end of the 2015-2016 school year.

[ 2009, c. 626, §1 (NEW) .]

3. Rules. The department shall adopt rules specifying the method to be used to calculate publicly supported secondary school graduation rates through 2016 and dates by which graduation rates must be reported to the department. Rules adopted under this section are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2 A and must be provisionally adopted and submitted to the Legislature for review no later than January 14, 2011.

[ 2009, c. 626, §1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2009, c. 626, §1 (NEW).