School
Learn about your rights or your child’s rights at school: special education, truancy, enrollment, discipline
Suspension and Expulsion
Suspensions
A suspension means a student is temporarily prohibited from going to regular classes and/or school. A student does not have to be sent home to be considered "suspended" under Maine law.
In Maine, a student can be suspended for any of these activities at a school function or on school grounds:
Special Education for School Aged Children
What is Special Education?
Special education is when a child receives specialized instruction in school for their disability. The disability categories are:
Autism
Deaf-Blindness
Deafness
Emotional Disturbance
Hearing Impairment
Intellectual Disability
Multiple Disabilities
Orthopedic Impairment
Other Health Impairment
Maine public school enrollment
What schools can children in Maine go to?
Generally, a student must be a resident of a public school district to go to school there.
A student is a resident of the public school district where their parent or guardian with custody lives.