Maine law prohibits possession of a firearm on public school property.¹ In 2010, Maine adopted a law extending this prohibition to the property of approved private schools.² No law in Maine prohibits possession of a firearm on the campus of a college or university, although a Maine law adopted in 2009 specifically affirms the power of any college or university to regulate the possession of firearms on its property.³

See our Guns in Schools policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue.

1. Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 6552. [↩]
2. 2009 Me. ALS 614 § 2. [↩]
3. 2009 Me. ALS 170 (codified as Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 10009). [↩]