2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION
Chapter 802: MAINE ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAM
20-A §19152. Program established

Part 9: LEARNING TECHNOLOGY HEADING: PL 1999, C. 731, PT. FFF, §1 (NEW)

§19152. Program established

(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)

The Maine Online Learning Program, referred to in this chapter as "the program," is established to provide high-quality educational options for kindergarten to grade 12 students in this State using online learning programs and courses. The goals of the program are to: [2009, c. 330, §4 (NEW).]

1. Create opportunity. Create educational opportunities for students in this State that may not exist without such technology;

[ 2009, c. 330, §4 (NEW) .]

2. Close achievement gap. Close the achievement gap between high-performing and low-performing students, including the gap between minority and nonminority students and between economically disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers;

[ 2009, c. 330, §4 (NEW) .]

3. Educational options. Use existing educational resources, along with technology, to provide parents a broader range of educational options and to help students in the State improve their academic achievement;

[ 2011, c. 353, §5 (AMD) .]

4. Public school educational opportunities. Increase the capacity of school administrative units to provide public school educational opportunities for students whose educational needs are not being met in the regular public school program; and

[ 2011, c. 353, §6 (AMD) .]

5. (TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7/1/14) (TEXT REPEALED 7/1/14) Nonresident tuition students. Permit school administrative units to provide online educational opportunities to nonresident tuition students who reside, and whose parents reside, outside the State.

This subsection is repealed July 1, 2014.

[ 2011, c. 353, §7 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2009, c. 330, §4 (NEW). 2011, c. 353, §§5-7 (AMD).