Code of Maine Rules
05 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
071 - EDUCATION - GENERAL
Chapter 125 - BASIC APPROVAL STANDARDS: PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

Summary: This rule establishes school approval standards governing the school administrative units and other public schools of the state and adopts procedures for ascertaining compliance with all applicable legal requirements, as authorized by Title 20-A, Maine Revised Statutes, chapter 206. This rule includes that which is required to be in Rule pursuant to 20-A M.R.S. §4502(5), and that which is not in detail in statute or other Department of Education or Department of Health and Human Services regulations.

February 14, 1974 - "School Evaluation Procedures:
February 28, 1983 - "Requirements for Basic Approval and Accreditation of Schools"
August 25, 1985 - "Basic Approval Standards: Public Schools and School Units"
EFFECTIVE DATE:
February 14, 1974 (filed October 23, 1978)
AMENDED:
March 19, 1980
March 4, 1983
September 1, 1985
June 25, 1986
July 1, 1989
February 25, 1990 - Sections 5(C), 12(D), 23(B)
EFFECTIVE DATE:
March 4, 1983
EFFECTIVE DATE:
February 14, 1974 (filed October 23, 1978)
AMENDED:
October 27, 1979
March 19, 1980
March 4, 1983
REPEALED AND REPLACED:
September 19, 1989 - replaced by Chapter 138 EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):
May 19, 1996 AMENDED:
July 29, 2001 - added 125.17(D)
April 27, 2002 - filing 2002-104 accepted March 28, 2002: 125.17(D) removed from Chapter 125 and established as new Chapter 33, "Regulations Governing Timeout Rooms, Therapeutic Restraints and Aversives in Public Schools and Approved Private Schools"
REPEALED AND REPLACED:
June 26, 2002 - as "Basic Approval Standards: Public Schools and School Administrative Units", filing 2002-208 accepted June 21, 2002 NON-SUBSTANTIVE CORRECTIONS:
October 17, 2002 - punctuation, numbering, spelling, one numbered internal reference AMENDED:
May 14, 2015 - Section 6.02, authorized by Public Law 2015 ch. 60
December 19, 2015 - Section 10.02(A)
REPEALED AND REPLACED:
May 23, 2020 - filing 2020-102 (Final adoption, major substantive)
AMENDED:
August 24, 2020 - filing 2020-190 (Emergency adoption, major substantive), affecting Section 5.01(E)
REVERTED:
August 24, 2021 - emergency major substantive filing 2020-190 expired, reverted to filing 2020-102 AMENDED:
6/10/2022- filing 2022- 091 (Final adoption, major substantive), affecting Section 5.10(D)

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 20 MRS §4502(5)