Section 071-228-I - SCOPE AND PURPOSEThe implementation of 20-A MRSA,6651 - 6653, part of P.L. 1988, c.767, will provide minimum standards for school-based child care services and parenting and child development education for the purpose of:
A. Making it possible for student parents to continue attending or return to school;B. Providing parenting education and training in child development for teenage parents;C. Aiding teacher/school personnel recruitment and retention. This shall be accomplished through a program which is:
A. Developmentally based;B. Available on a priority basis first to children of students in the school administrative unit and second to children of teachers or other employees in the unit andC. Includes training in parenting and child development for the student parents of the children in the program; to ensure quality and accessible child care services.05- 071 C.M.R. ch. 228, § I