05- 071 C.M.R. ch. 4, § 01 - GENERALLY

A. Purpose

Pursuant to Title 5, M.R.S.A., §§ 4551et seq., as amended by P.L. 1983 c. 578, the Maine Human Rights Commission and the Commissioner of Education adopt this rule designed to assure nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in the educational institutions of the State of Maine.

B. Effect

This rule shall be accorded the full force and effect of interpretative administrative regulations.

C. Construction

(1) Consistent with the public policy underlying the Maine Human Rights Act, this rule shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes of the governing legislation.

(2) Should any provision or the application of any provision of this rule to any educational institution, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provision or its application.

Notes

05- 071 C.M.R. ch. 4, § 01