An Act to Restore an Annual Adjustment for Costs to the School Funding Formula LR0036(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1112
Committee Amendment CA_A_H201 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,/) .. to H.P. 815, L.D. 1112, Bill, "An 
Act To 
Restore an Annual" Adjustment for Costs to the School 
Funding Formula" 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 
. Sec. 3. PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. C, §§14, 15 and 18 are amended to read: 
Sec. C-14. Adjustments and miscellaneous costs allocation. 
The 
adjustments and miscellaneous costs allocation of state funds for 
fiscal year 2003-04 for the purposes listed in this section is as 
follows: 
Adjustments and ~scellaneous Costs 
Cost of geographic isolation adjustments 
Cost of quality incentive adjustments 
Audit adjustments 
Cost of reimbursement for private 
school services 
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2003-04 
TOTAL 
$483,140 
o 
o 
200,228 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
~ 
~ 
~, 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. f): to H.P. 815, L.D. 1112 
Special education tuition and board 
for state wards and other pupils 
placed directly by the State 
State agency clients 
English as a 2nd language 
Out-of-district placements 
Long-term drug treatment centers 
Contract for ees~-e~-ea~ea~ieB-aBa 
iBeeffie-aa~a development of noralized 
regional cost adjustment index 
Learning results implementation 
Maine Education Policy Research Institute 
Essential Programs and Services contract 
Fiscal Year 2003-04 Tier 1 Cushion 
Fiscal year 2003-04 Tier 2 Cushion 
Total Adjustments 
11,076,541 
25,514,625 
2,100,412 
2,939,905 
68,327 
Q 40,000 
1,250,000 
150,000 
75,000 
4,000,000 
1, 000,000 
$48 T 8§8 T l+8 
$48,898,178 
Sec. C-15. Adjustments and miscellaneous costs appropriation. 
The 
adjustments and miscellaneous costs appropriation provided for 
general 
purpose 
aid for 
local 
schools 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004 is calculated as 
follows: 
2003-04 
TOTAL 
2003-04 
STATE 
ADJUSTMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS COSTS 
TOTAL 
$4Ih8§8Tl+8 
$48,898,178 
$48 T 8§8 T l+8 
$48,898,178 
FOUNDATION, DEBT SERVICE AND 
ADJUS'l'MEHTS AND MISCELLANEOUS 
COSTS 
TOTAL 
Sec. C-18. Component funding. 
Revised 
Statutes, 
Title 
20-A, 
$h499 T sas T §+9 
$1,469,666,579 
$+nTlahUQ 
$732,166,120 
In accordance with the Maine 
section 
15607, 
subsection 
3, 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT II/} to H.P. 815, L.D. 1112 
component funding within general purpose aid for local schools 
for fiscal year 2003-04 is as follows: 
Foundation (including Minimum State Subsidy) 
Debt Service 
Adjustments 
TOTAL 
Sec. 
4. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 
0308 
The 
2003-04 
$623,398,405 
59,869,537 
T 8§8 T H8 
48,898,178 
$H6 T 16h169 
$732,166,120 
following 
Initiative: 
Provides 
one-time 
funds 
to 
the 
adjustment 
and 
miscellaneous cost component of general purpose aid for local 
schools for the department to contract with an outside vendor to 
develop a normalized regional cost adjustment index to be used to 
adjust a median household income value to reflect variations in 
regional costs. 
General FUJld 
A1l Other 
General Fund Total 
SUMMARY 
2003-04 
$40,000 
$40,000 
2004-05 
$0 
$0' 
This amendment is the minority report. 
The amendment adds 
an appropriation and allocation section to the bill and makes 
necessary adjustments to Public Law 2003, chapter 20 to reflect 
the impact of this bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations! Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 04/16/03 ,;tpac::.. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1112 
An Act to Restore an Annual Adjustment for Costs to the School 
Funding Formula 
LR0036(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003-04 
2004-05 
Projections 
2005-06 
Projections 
2006-07 
$40,000 
$0 
$0 
$40,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation in fiscal year 2003-04 to the General Purpose Aid for Local 
Schools program within the Department of Education to contract with an outside vendor to develop the adjustment. 
The department estimates that it will take approximately six to eight months for the index to be developed. The funds 
appropriated for General Purpose Aid for Local Schools will be redistributed once the index is available. The impact 
to local school units can not be determined at this time. 
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