State of Maine
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05 071 Education / General
Ch. 4 Equal Educational Opportunity (a joint chapter with 94-348)
Ch. 7 Implementation of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Model
Ch. 13 Qualifying Examinations for Teachers, Educational Specialists, and Administrators
Ch. 14 Exceptions to General Residency Rules and Education of Homeless Students
Ch. 18 Licensure of Residential Child Care Facilities (Joint rule with 10-148 and
14-193)
Ch. 21 Secular Textbooks and Services to Private School Pupils
Ch. 23 Collection of Staff Information
Ch. 25 Administration of Special Education Adjustments;Definition of Budgetary
Hardship
Ch. 26 Rules Relating to Reorganization of School Administrative Districts
Ch. 27 Rules for Determining Geographic Isolation Status
Ch. 28 Closing a School in the Unorganized Territory
Ch. 33 Use of Timeout Rooms, Therapeutic Restraints and Aversives
in Public Schools and Approved Private Schools
Ch. 40 Rule for Medication Administration in Maine Schools
Ch. 45 Rule for Vision and Hearing Screening in Maine Schools
Ch. 51 Child Nutrition Programs in Public Schools and Institutions
Ch. 52 School Nutrition Program Eligibility Verification Process Rule
Ch. 58 Child Nutrition Programs in Child Centers and Recreational Centers and Camps
Ch. 60 New School Siting Approval
Ch. 61 Rules for Major Capital School Construction Projects
Ch. 64 Maine School Facilities Program and School Revolving Renovation Fund
(a joint chapter with the Maine Municipal Bond Bank, 94-376)
Ch. 81 Uniform School Bus Standards for Pupil Transportation in Maine
Ch. 101 Maine Unified Special Education Regulation
Ch. 104 Education Programs for Gifted and Talented Children
Ch. 114 Purpose, Standards and Procedures for the Review and Approval of
Educational Personnel Preparation Programs
Ch. 115 Certification, Authorization and Approval of Education Personnel
Part I, Standards and Procedures for Certification, Authorization, and Approval
Part II, Requirements for Specific Certificates and Endorsements
Ch. 118 Purposes, Standards, and Procedures for Educational Personnel Support Systems
Exhibit A
Ch. 119 Adjudicatory Proceedings on Certification Issues
Ch. 120 Innovative Education Grants
Ch. 125 Basic Approval Standards: Public Schools and School Administrative Units
Ch. 126 Immunization Requirements for Children
Ch. 127 Instructional Program, Assessment, and Diploma Requirements
Ch. 128 Truants and Dropouts Guidelines
Ch. 129 Rights and Responsibilities of Educators and Pupils
Ch. 131 The Maine Federal, State, and Local Accountability Standards
(formerly "Rules for Learning Results")
Ch. 132 Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction
Ch. 138 State Accreditation Standards and Processes
Ch. 145 Procedures for Establishing and for Student Participation
in the Maine Opportunity Program
Ch. 147 Licensing of Privately Owned Business, Trade and Technical (Proprietary)
Schools
Ch. 149 Authority for Institutions of Higher Education to Confer Academic Degrees /
Offer Programs
Ch. 150 Licensing Privately Owned Correspondence Schools
Ch. 161 Purchase and Storage of Hazardous Chemicals
Ch. 170 Evaluating Requests for Degree Authorization (Maine and Out-of-State
Institutions)
Ch. 181 Child Development Services System: Regional Provider Advisory Boards
Ch. 182 Formula for Distribution of Funds to
Child Development Services (CDS) Regional Sites
Ch. 221 Adult Education Administrative Cost Reimbursement
Ch. 222 Adult Career and Technical Education, and Workforce Training and Re-training,
Cost Reimbursement
Ch. 225 Adult High School Completion Programs
Ch. 228 Standards for School-Based Child Care Services and Parenting / Child
Development Education
Ch. 229 Adult Education Fees
Ch. 230 Adult Education Program Requirements
Ch. 231 Vocational Program and Funding Procedure
Ch. 232 Standard Criteria for Maine Secondary Vocational Programs
Ch. 236 Program Evaluation Requirements
Ch. 237 Live or Outside Work
Ch. 245 Standards for Education Programming for Certified Nursing Assistants
Ch. 250 School Approval for Nontraditional Limited Purpose Schools
Ch. 301 State Board of Education Members, Removal from Office by Governor
05 150 Blind and Visually Impaired Division
(Moved to 12, Department of Labor on July 1, 1996)
05 152 Office of Rehabilitation Services
(Moved to 12, Department of Labor on July 1, 1996)
