{"data":{"id":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-4002","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"20-A M.R.S. §4002","heading":"Schoolbooks, apparatus and appliances","body":"The following provisions shall apply to schoolbooks, apparatus and appliances.\n1.  Free schoolbooks.  A school administrative unit shall provide its students with schoolbooks and necessary apparatus and appliances at the expense of the school administrative unit.\n2.  Purchased textbooks.  The parent of a student may buy required textbooks for that student's exclusive use.\n3.  Rules.  A school board may adopt rules for distributing and preserving schoolbooks, apparatus and appliances provided by the unit.","path":["TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION","PART 3: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION","CHAPTER 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/20-A/title20-Asec4002.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:30Z","sha256":"075bd7f2fd1821d99191943ecb78d517fcee4e7c1bca83eafc78af8c3979d2a4","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-4001","next":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-4003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}