{"data":{"id":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-5808","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"20-A M.R.S. §5808","heading":"Schools outside state","body":"The tuition payment for students educated in whole in another state or country may not exceed the average per pupil cost in all secondary schools of this State.  The legislative body of the school administrative unit may vote to authorize its school board to pay a larger tuition rate.\nFor an out-of-state secondary school that serves a student who resides in a school administrative unit that does not maintain a secondary school, the tuition payment may not be withheld solely because persons regularly employed in that school do not meet the requirements of section 6103, as long as those persons are required to meet background check standards in that state determined by the commissioner to be equivalent to the requirements of section 6103.  The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this paragraph.  Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an out-of-state secondary school that was included on the list of approved out-of-state secondary schools maintained by the department for the 2017-2018 school year must continue to receive tuition payments under this section for any student who was enrolled at that school for the 2018-2019 school year.  Tuition payments must continue for such a student until that student graduates or terminates enrollment.","path":["TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION","PART 3: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION","CHAPTER 219: TUITION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/20-A/title20-Asec5808.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:30Z","sha256":"bb020bdb15855747f98d4089b594d608e93fefd90e732a147e731313dd464ced","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-5807","next":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-5809"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}