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Chapter 606-B: ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES §15673
have the following meanings. [2003, c. 504, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
1. Allocation year. "Allocation year" means the year that subsidy is distributed to school administrative
2003, c. 504, Pt. A, §6 (NEW)
1-A. Adjusted total cost of components of essential programs and services. "Adjusted total cost of the components of essential programs and services" means
the total cost of the components of essential programs and services adjusted to reflect
the application of the transition targets to the base total component as specified
in section 15671, subsection 7, paragraph A.
2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF)
1-C. Bus purchase costs. "Bus purchase costs" includes expenditures for bus purchase payments approved by
the commissioner and made during the year prior to the allocation year. For bus purchases
approved in fiscal year 2004-05 only, 50% of first year approved payments must be
allocated in fiscal year 2006-07 and 50% of first year approved payments must be allocated
in fiscal year 2007-08.
2005, c. 519, Pt. J, §1 (AMD)
1-D. Career and technical education costs. "Career and technical education costs" for subsidy purposes means all costs incurred
by the career and technical education regions, centers or satellites in providing
approved secondary school career and technical education programs, excluding transportation,
capital costs and debt service.
2011, c. 679, §27 (NEW)
2. Clerical staff. "Clerical staff" means full-time equivalent public school secretaries, as documented
in the department's database.
2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (AMD); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF)
A. Principal and interest costs for approved major capital projects in the allocation
year, excluding payments made with funds from state and local government accounts established
under the federal Internal Revenue Code and regulations for disposition of excess,
unneeded proceeds of bonds issued for a school project and excluding any principal and interest costs attributable to a school closed for
lack of need pursuant to chapter 202; [2013, c. 167, Pt. B, §1 (AMD).]
B. Lease costs for school buildings when the leases, including leases under which the
school administrative unit may apply the lease payments to the purchase of portable,
temporary classroom space, have been approved by the commissioner for the year prior to the allocation year.
Lease costs include costs for leasing:
(1) Administrative space. A school administrative unit engaged in a state-approved lease-purchase agreement for administrative space is eligible for state support until
(2) Temporary and interim instructional space. Temporary space is instructional space consisting of one or more mobile or modular
buildings that are portable, that are constructed on- or off-site and that can be
disassembled and moved economically to a new location. Interim instructional space
is fixed instructional space that a school administrative unit rents for a defined
period of time and then vacates at the end of the lease.
(a) A school administrative unit with state-approved need for instructional space may lease temporary or interim space, with state support, for a maximum of 5 years. A school administrative
unit may appeal to the commissioner if this limitation presents an undue burden. When making a determination on a school
administrative unit's request for relief based on undue burden, the commissioner may consider, but is not limited to considering, the following:
(iii) Unforeseen circumstances not within the control of the appealing school administrative
An extension granted by the commissioner beyond the 5-year maximum for state support
is limited to a period of one year. Any additional request for extensions must be
submitted and reviewed on an annual basis. The commissioner's decision is final.
(b) A school administrative unit with state-approved need for instructional space may engage in a lease-purchase agreement for temporary or interim instructional space with state support for a maximum of 5 years; and
(3) Permanent small instructional space that replaces existing approved leased temporary or interim instructional space. Permanent small instructional space consists of new buildings or additions to existing
buildings that are secured to a permanent foundation. Once an existing leased temporary or interim instructional space has been replaced by a permanent small instructional space through an approved financing agreement, that space is eligible for state support for a maximum of 10 years.
The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement this paragraph. Rules adopted
by the department to implement this paragraph are major substantive rules pursuant
to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A; and [2007, c. 111, §3 (AMD).]
C. The portion of the tuition costs applicable to the insured value factor for the base
year computed under section 5806 . [2007, c. 111, §4 (AMD).]
2013, c. 167, Pt. B, §1 (AMD)
2-B. Debt service adjustment mill rate. "Debt service adjustment mill rate" is the mill rate derived by dividing 45% of the
debt service costs by the property fiscal capacity for all school administrative units.
2005, c. 519, Pt. AAAA, §3 (NEW)
3. Economically disadvantaged students. "Economically disadvantaged students" means students who are included in the department's
count of students who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals or free milk or
4. Education technician. "Education technician" means a full-time equivalent public teacher aide or education
technician I, associate teacher or education technician II or assistant teacher or
education technician III but not a special education technician I, II or III, as documented
5. Elementary free or reduced-price meals percentage. "Elementary free or reduced-price meals percentage" means the percentage, as determined
by the commissioner, that reflects either:
A. The actual percentage of elementary students in a school administrative unit who are
eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals or free milk or both; or [2003, c. 504, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
B. The commissioner's estimated percentage of elementary students in a school administrative
unit who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals or free milk or both. [2003, c. 504, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
2007, c. 141, §13 (AMD)
2007, c. 141, §14 (AMD)
7-A. EPS per-pupil rate. "EPS per-pupil rate" means the rate calculated under section 15676 or 15676-A, as
8. Essential programs and services. "Essential programs and services" means those educational resources that are identified
in this chapter that enable all students to meet the standards in the 8 content standard
subject areas of the system of learning results established in chapter 222.
9. Essential programs and services transition percentage. "Essential programs and services transition percentage" means the percentage of
the base total calculated pursuant to section 15671, subsection 7, paragraph A.
9-A. Gifted and talented costs. "Gifted and talented costs" means the cost of programs for gifted and talented students
that have been approved by the commissioner.
10. Grade 9 to 12 portion. "Grade 9 to 12 portion" means those pupils in the secondary grades or high school
11. Guidance staff. "Guidance staff" means full-time equivalent public guidance counselors, directors
of guidance or school social workers, as documented in the department's database.
12. Health staff. "Health staff" means full-time equivalent public school nurses, as documented in
the department's database.
13-A. Institutional resident. "Institutional resident" means a person between 5 years of age and 20 years of age
who is attending a public school of the school administrative unit and who is committed
or otherwise legally admitted to and residing at a state-operated institution. "Institutional
resident" does not include students attending private facilities, regardless of the
14. Income weight. [
2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (RP); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF)
15. Kindergarten to grade 8 portion. "Kindergarten to grade 8 portion" means those pupils in the elementary grades or
a combination of the elementary school level and middle school level.
16. Kindergarten to grade 2 student. "Kindergarten to grade 2 student" means a student in any grade from prekindergarten
to grade 2 who is at least 4 years old on October 15th of the school year.
17. Librarian. "Librarian" means a full-time equivalent public librarian or media specialist, as
documented in the department's database.
18. Limited English proficiency student. "Limited English proficiency student" means a student who was not born in the United
States or whose native language is a language other than English and who satisfies
the definition of a limited English proficient student under the federal No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 United States Code, Chapter 70.
18-A. Major capital costs. "Major capital costs" means costs relating to school construction projects, as defined
in section 15901.
19. Media assistant. "Media assistant" means a full-time equivalent public librarian aide or library
technician I, librarian assistant or library technician II or librarian associate
or library technician III, as documented in the department's database.
20-A. Minor capital costs. "Minor capital costs" means costs relating to plant maintenance, minor remodeling,
site development or the purchase of land not in conjunction with a construction project.
A. "Minor capital costs" does not include construction of new buildings or the purchase
of land in conjunction with a school construction project. [2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).]
B. Expenditures to repay funds borrowed for minor capital expenditures must be considered
minor capital costs in the year in which these funds are repaid. [2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).]
21-A. Other subsidizable costs. "Other subsidizable costs" means those costs identified in section 15681-A. These
costs are part of the total operating allocation under section 15683.
21-B. Portable, temporary classroom space. "Portable, temporary classroom space" means one or more mobile or modular buildings
that are at least partially constructed off site and that are designed to be moved
to other sites with a minimum of disassembly and reassembly.
22. Per-pupil guarantee. [
A. A pupil density model based on the net cost per resident pupil for each school administrative
unit that is predicted by pupil density per mile of Class 1 to Class 5 roads in the
school administrative unit and approved adjustments; and [2005, c. 519, Pt. AAAA, §4 (NEW).]
B. The average of the pupil density model under paragraph A and an odometer miles model
based on the gross cost per pupil conveyed for each school administrative unit that
is predicted by the odometer miles traveled per pupil conveyed by the school administrative
unit. [2005, c. 519, Pt. AAAA, §4 (NEW).]
Approved adjustments include a per-mile rate equal to the state average gross transportation
operating costs per mile driven for transportation associated with out-of-district
special education programs, up to 2 round trips per day to each facility for transportation
associated with career and technical education programs, and adjustments for expenditures
for ferry services within a school administrative unit, transportation of homeless
children in accordance with section 5205 and transportation costs of island school
2005, c. 519, Pt. AAAA, §4 (RPR)
A. Prior to fiscal year 2014-15, the certified state valuation for the year prior to
the most recently certified state valuation; [2013, c. 203, §1 (NEW).]
B. For fiscal year 2014-15, the average of the certified state valuations for the 2 most
recent years prior to the most recently certified state valuation; and [2013, c. 203, §1 (NEW).]
C. For fiscal year 2015-16 and each subsequent fiscal year, the average of the certified
state valuations for the 3 most recent years prior to the most recently certified
state valuation. [2013, c. 203, §1 (NEW).]
2013, c. 203, §1 (RPR)
24. Property weight. [
25. School administrative staff. "School administrative staff" means full-time equivalent public school principals
and assistant principals, as documented in the department's database.
25-A. School administrative unit. "School administrative unit" means a school administrative unit as defined by section
1, subsection 26, paragraphs A to G.
2011, c. 655, Pt. C, §6 (AMD)
26. School administrative unit's local contribution to EPS per-pupil rate. "School administrative unit's local contribution to the EPS per-pupil rate" means
the funds that a school administrative unit provides for each subsidizable pupil who
resides in that unit.
27. School administrative unit's state contribution to EPS per-pupil rate. "School administrative unit's state contribution to the EPS per-pupil rate" means
the funds that the State provides to a school administrative unit for each subsidizable
pupil who resides in that unit.
29. School level teaching staff. "School level teaching staff" means full-time equivalent public classroom teachers,
itinerant classroom teachers and special teachers of reading or literacy specialists
excluding special education teachers and career and technical education teachers,
as documented in the department's database.
2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (AMD); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF); 2005, c. 397, Pt. D, §3 (REV)
A. The salary and benefit costs of certified professionals, assistants and aides or costs
of persons contracted to perform a special education service; [2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §4 (AMD).]
B. The costs of tuition and board to other schools for programs that have been approved
by the commissioner and not paid directly by the State. Medical costs are not allowable
as part of a tuition charge; [2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).]
(1) The salary and benefit costs of certified professionals, assistants and aides
or persons contracted to perform preschool handicapped services that have been approved
(2) The cost of tuition to other schools for programs that have been approved by
the commissioner; and [2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).]
D. Special education costs that are the costs of educational services provided to students
who are temporarily unable to participate in regular school programs. Students who
may be included are pregnant students, hospitalized students or those confined to
their homes for illness or injury, students involved in substance abuse programs within
hospital settings or in residential rehabilitation facilities licensed by the Department
of Health and Human Services, Office of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention for less
than 6 weeks duration or students suffering from other temporary conditions that prohibit
their attendance at school. Students served under this paragraph may not be counted
as children with disabilities for federal reporting purposes. [2005, c. 662, Pt. A, §41 (AMD).]
2005, c. 662, Pt. A, §41 (AMD)
30-B. State-operated institution. "State-operated institution" means any residential facility or institution that
is operated by the Department of Health and Human Services or a school operated by
31. State share percentage. "State share percentage" means the percentage of the state contribution determined
under section 15688, subsection 3-A, paragraph D divided by the total cost determined
in section 15688, subsection 1.
RR 2005, c. 1, §3 (COR)
31-A. State subsidy. "State subsidy" means the total of the state contribution determined under section
15688, subsection 3-A, paragraph B and any applicable adjustment under section 15689.
31-B. Subsidizable costs. "Subsidizable costs" includes the costs described in paragraphs A to C and used
to calculate the total allocation amount:
C. Adjustments and miscellaneous costs under sections 15689 and 15689-A including special
education tuition and board, excluding medical costs. For purposes of this paragraph,
"special education tuition and board" means:
(1) Tuition and board for pupils placed directly by the State in accordance with
rules adopted or amended by the commissioner; and
(2) Special education tuition and other tuition for institutional residents of state-operated
institutions attending programs in school administrative units or private schools
in accordance with rules adopted or amended by the commissioner. [2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).]
32. Subsidizable pupils. "Subsidizable pupils" means all school level pupils who reside in a school administrative
unit and who are educated at public expense at a public school or at a private school
approved for tuition purposes.
32-A. Total allocation. "Total allocation" means the total of the operating allocation as described in section
15683 and the debt service allocation as described in section 15683-A.
Nonsubsidizable costs are not considered in the calculation of the total allocation.
"Nonsubsidizable costs" includes the following:
C. Expenditures from all federal revenue sources, except for amounts received under United
States Public Law 81-874; [2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).]
D. Transportation costs not associated with transporting students from home to school
and back home each day; and [2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).]
E. Costs payable to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System under Title 5, section
17154, subsections 10 and 11. [2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF); 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV).]
2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 (NEW); 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF); 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV)
32-B. Total cost of components of essential programs and services. "Total cost of the components of essential programs and services" means the total
32-C. Transportation operating costs. "Transportation operating costs" means all costs incurred in the transportation
of pupils in kindergarten to grade 12, including lease costs for bus garage and maintenance
facilities and lease-purchase costs that the school administrative unit may apply
to the purchase of bus garage and maintenance facilities, when the leases and lease-purchase
agreements have been approved by the commissioner, but excluding the costs of bus
purchases and excluding all costs not associated with transporting students from home
to school and back home each day. The amount includable for determining the subsidy
for a school administrative unit for lease-purchase of bus garage and maintenance
facilities may not exceed the amount for the lease of a comparable facility.
32-D. Vocational education costs. [
2011, c. 679, §28 (RP)
32-E. Year. "Year" means a fiscal year starting July 1st and ending June 30th of the succeeding
33. Year of funding. "Year of funding" means the fiscal year during which state subsidies are disbursed
to school administrative units, except as specified in section 15005, subsection 1.
2003, c. 504, §A6 (NEW). 2003, c. 712, §12 (AMD). RR 2005, c. 1, §3 (COR). 2005, c. 2, §D36 (AMD). 2005, c. 2, §§D72,74 (AFF). 2005, c. 12, §WW4 (AMD). 2005, c. 12, §WW18 (AFF). 2005, c. 397, §D3 (REV). 2005, c. 519, §§J1,AAAA3,4 (AMD). 2005, c. 662, §A41 (AMD). 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV). 2007, c. 111, §§3-5 (AMD). 2007, c. 141, §§13, 14 (AMD). 2007, c. 668, §35 (AMD). 2011, c. 655, Pt. C, §6 (AMD). 2011, c. 679, §§27, 28 (AMD). 2013, c. 167, Pt. B, §1 (AMD). 2013, c. 203, §1 (AMD). The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or