An Act To Update Teachers' Minimum Salaries
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1381
Committee Amendment CA_B_S578 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "8,, to S.P. 480, L.D. 1381, Bill, "An 
Act To Update Teachers' Minimum Salaries" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 20·A MRSA §3252, sub·§4.A, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 
12, Pt. QQQQ, §1, is amended to read: 
4-A. 
Tarqeted 
funds. 
In 
addition 
to 
tuition 
rates 
calculated pursuant to chapter 219, 
targeted funds 
for 
each 
student in the unorganized territory must be paid to the school 
administrative 
unit 
or 
private 
school 
approved 
for 
tuition 
purposes 
that 
a 
student 
attends. 
For 
purposes 
of 
this 
subsection, "targeted funds" means those funds identified under 
essential 
programs 
and 
services 
for 
technology, 
assessmeB~ 
implementation of a standards-based system and kindergarten to· 
grade 2 pursuant to section 15671, subsection 6 and section 15681. 
Sec. 2. 20·A MRSA §3253·A, sub·§3·A, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 
12, Pt. QQQQ, §2, is amended to read: 
3-A. 
Tarqeted 
funds. 
In 
addition 
to 
tuition 
rates 
calculated pursuant to chapter 
219, 
targeted funds 
for each 
student in the unorganized territory must be paid to the school 
administrative 
unit 
or 
private 
school 
approved 
for 
tuition 
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purposes 
that 
a 
student 
attends. 
For 
purposes 
of 
this 
subsection, "targeted funds" means those funds identified under 
essential 
programs 
and 
services 
for 
technology, 
assessmeBt 
implementation of a standards-based system and kindergarten to 
grade 2 pursuant to section 15671, subsection 6 and section 15681. 
Sec. 3. 20·A MRS A §13402, sub·§2, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 
693, §§5 and 8, is repealed. 
Sec. 4. 20·A MRSA §§13403 and 13404, as enacted by PL 1985, 
c. 505, §3, are repealed. 
Sec. S. 20·A MRSA c. S06·A is enacted to read: 
CHAPTER 506-A 
TEAtjlRR SALARY ADJUSTMENT 
§13521. 
Teacher salary adjustment: program established 
This 
chapter 
establishes 
a 
teacher 
salary 
adjustment 
program, 
referred to 
in this 
chapter 
as 
"the program," 
to 
recognize 
the 
importance 
of 
teachers 
that 
serve 
in 
school 
administrative units that enroll a disproportionate percentage of 
economically 
disadvantaged 
students. 
The 
teacher 
salary 
adjustment program is established-in order to retain and attract 
teachers 
in 
school 
administrative 
units 
that 
enroll 
a 
disproportionate 
percentage 
of 
economically 
disadvantaged 
students by providing state-funded salary adjustments in addition 
to, and not in lieu of, locally established salary schedules. 
The program is administered by the commissioner. 
§13522. 
Definitions 
As 
ysed in this chapter, 
ynless 
the context otherwise 
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 
1. 
Qualifying 
school 
administrative 
unit. 
"Oyalifying 
school administrative unit" means a school administrative unit as 
defined in section L 
sybsection 26, except that a gyalifying 
school administrative unit also inclydes a career and technical 
education region as defined in section 1, sybsection 44 that the 
commissioner has determined has 36.52% or more of its resident 
pupils 
designated 
as 
economically 
disadvantaged 
students 
as 
defined in section 15672, subsection 3 and in accordance with 
section 15672. sybsection 5. 
2. 
Teacher. 
"Teacher" means 
a 
J?erson certified by the 
deJ?artment who is an emJ?loyee of a school administrative unit, 
inclyding an elementary or a 
secondary teacher, 
a specialized 
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subject teacher and a career and technical education teacher as 
defined in the certification rules of the state board. 
"Teacher" 
includes. by position title. only the following: 
A. 
A classroom teacher; 
B. 
An itinerant teacher; 
C. 
A special education teacher; and 
D. 
A literacy specialist. 
§l3523. 
Teacher sala{Y adjustment for fiscal year 2006-07 
1. 
Eligibility regyi.rements. 
A teacher salary adjustment 
for fiscal year 2006-07 must be awarded to teachers who are or 
have been employed in qualifying school administrative units 
during 
the 
2006-2007 
school 
year. 
The 
adjustment 
must 
be 
provided as follows. 
A. 
The adjustment must be prorated to part-time teachers, 
who are teachers whose assignments are. less than full-time 
or who job share a single position. 
B. 
All 
teachers 
on 
approved 
sabbatical 
leave 
who 
are 
expected 
to 
resume 
their 
positions 
in 
a 
school 
administrative unit must be included as recipients of these 
adjustments. 
c. 
Persons 
providing 
contract 
services 
to 
a 
school 
administrative unit and substitute teachers are not eligible 
for the teacher salary adjustment provided in this section. 
2. Schedule of p~nt. State funds appropriated by the 
Legislature for the teacher salary adjustment for fiscal year 
2006-07 must be allocated to qualifying school administrative 
units as an adjustment to state school subsidy for distribution 
to the eligible teachers. 
Teacher salary adjustments for fiscal 
year 2006-07 must be included in the school administrative unit's 
monthly subsidy checks. 
3. Local filing: certification. 
The superintendent of a 
qualifying 
school 
administrative 
unit 
shall 
file 
with 
the 
commissioner a certified list of teachers eligible to receive 
salary adjustments for fiscal year 2006-07 under this section, 
including their names and current salaries. 
Filing information 
must be submitted on or before October 1, 2006. 
4. Responsibility of the commissioner. 
The responsibilities 
of the commissioner to implement this program are as follows. 
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A. 
The 
commissioner 
shall notify all qualifying school 
administrative units at least 45 days in advance of the 
filing deadline under subsection 3. 
B. 
The commissioner shall allocate the funds appropriated 
by the Legislature in fiscal year 2006-07 as block grants to 
c;[ualifying school administrative units that the commissioner 
has determined employ eligible teachers under subsection 1. 
5. Computation of block grants; p~nts. The commissioner 
shall allocate the state funds appropriated by the Legislature 
for block grants under subsection 4, paragraph B in fiscal year 
2006-07 in accordance with the following conditions. 
A. 
For the purposes of determining the amount of the block 
grant 
payments 
to 
be 
provided 
to 
qualifying 
school 
administrative units, 
the commissioner shall calculate a 
per-teacher rate. 
The per-teacher rate is the amount of 
state funds 
appropriated to the program in fiscal year 
2006-07 
divided 
by 
the 
number 
of 
full-time 
equivalent 
teachers eligible statewide to receive the teacher salary 
adjustment during the 2006-2007 school year. 
B. 
The number of teachers to be used in computing block 
grant payments 
in fiscal year 
2006-07 
must 
include the 
number of full-time equivalent teachers eligible to receive 
the teacher salary adjustment in each school administrative 
unit, plus any additional certified teachers whose local 
employment responsibility includes 
an assignment to work 
directly with students in an instructional relationship on a 
regular basis, excluding teachers whose salaries are paid 
from federal funds. 
The number of teachers to be used in 
computing block grant payments for fiscal year 2006-07 must 
be based on the local staff information data supplied to the 
department in October 2006. 
C. 
The amount of the block grant payment provided to each 
qualifying school administrative unit is the product of the 
per-teacher rate calculated under paragraph A multiplied by 
the 
number 
of 
teachers 
calculated 
under 
paragraph 
B. 
Qualifying school administrative units shall use the block 
grant 
payments 
provided 
under 
this 
section 
to 
provide 
teacher 
salary 
adjustments 
as 
locally 
determined 
in 
accordance with subsection 6. 
D. 
The department shall collect the necessary data to allow 
the block grants to be paid as supplemental monthly payments 
in fiscal year 2006-07 and for the salary adjustments to be 
paid on or before February 2007. 
Block grant payments must 
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be made directly to career and technical education regions 
on or before April 15, 2007, based on the submission of 
information 
to 
the 
commissioner 
indicating 
that 
those 
payments are being used to meet the purposes of this section. 
E. 
The amounts required to meet the employer's share of 
teacher 
retirement 
costs 
attributable 
to 
block 
grant 
payments in fiscal year 2006-07 must be transferred to the 
Maine State Retirement System in the appropriate year. 
6. Local collective bargaining. 
Where a teacher bargaining 
agent 
exists, 
the 
teacher 
bargaining 
agent 
and 
school 
administrative unit shalL at a minimum, in accordance with the 
collective bargaining procedures set forth in Title 26, chapter 
9-A, 
negotiate 
or, 
where 
a 
contract 
is 
in effect, 
reopen 
negotiations as to the use of the block grant funds provided in 
this section as a 
recruitment or retention adjustment to the 
salaries of eligible teachers. 
The negotiations must be limited 
to the use of the block grant funds provided in this section. 
§13524. 
Repeal 
This chapter is repealed June 30, 2007. 
Sec. 6. 20·A MRSA §15671, sub.§6, as amended by PL 2005, c. 
12, Pt. UU, §l and affected by §§12 and 13 and Pt. WW, §18, is 
further amended to read: 
6. 
Targeted 
funds. 
Funds 
for 
technology, 
assessmeB~ 
implementation of 
a 
standards-based system and the costs of 
additional investments in educating children in kindergarten to 
grade 
as 
described in section 15681 must be provided as 
targeted allocations. 
School administrative units shall submit a 
plan for the use of these funds and saa;!,;!, receive funding based 
on approval of the plan by the commissioner. 
Sec. 7. 20·A MRSA §15681, sub·§l, ,A, as enacted by PL 2003, 
c. 504, Pt. A, §6, is amended to read: 
A. 
To 
receive targeted 
st~QeRt--assessmeBt funds for the 
implementation 
of 
a 
standards-based 
system 
calculated 
pursuant to subsection 2, a school administrative unit must 
be 
in 
compliance 
with 
applicable 
state 
statutes 
and 
department rules regarding local assessment systems for the 
system of learning results established in section 6209 and 
be 
in 
compliance' with 
applicable 
federal 
statutes 
and 
regulations pertaining to student assessment as required by 
the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 
United 
States Code, Chapter 70. 
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Sec. 8. 20·A MRSA §15681, sub.§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 
504, Pt. A, §6, is amended to read: 
2. 
Targeted 
funds 
for 
the 
implementation 
of 
a 
standards-based system. 
For targeted 
s~~EieR.t.--as-s-es-s-HleB~ funds 
for 
the 
implementation 
of 
a 
standards-based 
system, 
the 
commissioner 
shall 
calculate 
one 
amount 
that 
may 
be 
made 
available to the elementary school level and middle school level 
and another amount that may be made available to the high school 
level in accordance with the following. 
A. For fiscal year 2005-06, the commissioner shall establish 
a per-pupil amount for targeted st~eeBE-assessHleBE funds for 
the implementation of a standards-based system. 
B. 
For fiscal year 2006-07 and each subsequent year, the 
commissioner shall recalculate the per-pupil amount by using 
the 
amount calculated under paragraph A as 
a 
base 
and 
appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other 
comparable index. 
C. 
Notwithstanding paragraph B, 
for 
~iscal year 2006-07 
only, 
a 
portion of 
the 
targeted 
funds 
to 
implement 
a 
standards-based system must be dedicated to the achievement 
of the teacher salary adjustment for certified teachers 
established in section 13523. 
This paragraph is repealed 
June 30, 2007. 
Sec. 9. 20-A MRSA §lS683, sub-§l, ,C, as enacted by PL 2003, 
c. 504, Pt. A, §6, is amended to read: 
C. 
If 
the 
school 
administrative 
unit is 
eligible 
for 
targeted sE~eeBE-a66e6sHleRE funds for the implementation of 
a 
standards-based 
system 
pursuant 
to 
section 
15681, 
subsection 1, the sum of: 
(1) 
The product of the elementary school level 
and 
middle 
school 
level 
per-pupil 
amount 
for 
targeted 
s~~eeR~--a-s-s-e-s-SHleBE funds for the implementation of a 
standards-based system calculated pursuant to section 
15681, subsection 2 multiplied by the kindergarten to 
grade 8 portion of the pupil count calculated pursuant 
to 
section 
15674, 
subsection 
1, 
paragraph 
C, 
subparagraph (1); and 
(2) 
The product of the high school level per-pupil 
amount for targeted 
st~eeR.t.--a-s-s-es-s-HleBE funds for the 
implementation of a standards-based system calculated 
pursuant to section 15681, subsection 2 multiplied by 
the grade 9 to 12 portion of the pupil count calculated 
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pursuant to section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C, 
subparagraph (1); 
Sec. 10. PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. J, §§6 and 7 are amended to read: 
Sec. J-6. Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to 
grade 12. 
The 
total cost of 
funding public education 
from 
kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 2006-07 is as follows: 
Total Operating Allocation 
Total operating allocation pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 
15683 without transition percentage 
Total operating allocation pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 
15683 with 90~ transition percentage 
Transition adjustments pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15686 
Total other subsidizable costs pursuant to 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
section l568l-A 
Total Operating Allocation 
Total operating allocation pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 
15683 with 90~ transition percentage plus 
transition adjustment pursuant to Title 
20-A, section 15686 and total other 
subsidizable costs pursuant to Title 
20-A, section 15681-A 
Total Debt Service Allocation 
Total debt service allocation pursuant to 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
section l5683-A 
Total Adjustments and Miscellaneous Costs 
2006-07 
"l'OTAL 
$h~69r;l.~h4;1.8 
$1,325.380,974 
$h;l.9hs6;1.T819 
$1,192,842,877 
$10,712,943 
$354,628,374 
$hss8T89h;l.9~ 
$1,558,184,194 
$86,741,023 
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Total adjustments and miscellaneous costs 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 20-A, sections 15689 and 15689-A 
Total Cost of Fundiuq Public Education from 
Kindergarten to Grade 12 
Total cost of funding public education 
from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal 
year 2006-07 pursuant to the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 606-B 
$§h§19T~91 
$55,144,293 
$h991 T H4 T 991 
$1, 700,069,510 
Sec. J-7. Local and state contributions to total cost of funding public 
education from kindergarten to grade 12. 
The local contribution and 
the state contribution appropriation provided for General Purpose 
Aid for Local Schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 
and ending June 30, 2007 is calculated as follows: 
Local and State Contributions to the 
Total Cost of Funding Public Education 
from Kindergarten to Grade 12 
Local and state contributions to 
the total cost of funding public 
education from kindergarten to 
grade 12 pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
2006-07 
LOCAL 
section 15683 
$783,076,345 
Sec. 
11. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPAR'I'MENT OF 
Teacher Retirement 
2006-07 
STATE 
$914 T 998 T 666 
$916,993,165 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Provides funds for the increase in the employer 
contributions related to the normal cost component of the Maine 
State Retirement System associated with providing teacher salary 
adjustments to certified teachers in fiscal year 2006-07. 
GENERAL FUND 
2005-06 
2006-07 
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All Other 
$0 
$215,866 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
$215,866 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 
0308 
Initiative: 
Provides additional funds in fiscal year 2006-07 to 
provide 
teacher salary adjustments 
to certified teachers 
in 
qualifying school administrative units. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPAR"DIENT '1'O'.rALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPAR"DIENT 'l'OTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2005-06 
2006-07 
$0 
$2,894,943 
$0 
$2,894,943 
2005-06 
2006-07 
$0 
$3,110,809 
$0 
$3,110,809' 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing 
Committee 
on 
Education 
and Cultural Affairs. 
The 
amendment 
strikes and replaces the bill to accomplish the fOllowing. 
1. 
It establishes a teacher salary adjustment for certified 
teachers 
in qualifying 
school 
administrative 
units 
for 
the 
2006-2007 school year. 
2. 
It defines a "qualifying school administrative unit" as 
a school administrative unit or a career and technical education 
region that the Commissioner of Education has determined has 
36.52% or more of its resident pupils designated as "economically 
disadvantaged students" as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 20-A, section 15672, subsection 3 and in accordance with 
Title 20-A, section 15672, subsection 5. 
3. 
It authorizes local collective bargaining, including the 
reopening of negotiations where a contract is already in effect, 
between 
teacher 
bargaining 
agents 
and 
qualifying 
school 
administrative units for the limited purpose of the use of the 
block grant fund payments provided through the teacher salary 
adjustment program as a recruitment or retention adjustment to 
the salaries of eligible teachers. 
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4. 
It repeals statutory language that limits the amount a 
school administrative unit may be required to increase the salary 
of any teacher to no more than $500 in one school year. 
5. 
It revises the statutes that define the categories of 
targeted funds within the Essential Programs and Services Funding 
Act by striking the term "assessment" and replacing it with the 
term "implementation of a standards-based system" to broaden this 
targeted fund definition to reflect the work that has been done 
to implement a standards-based system of educating children in 
kindergarten through grade 12. 
6. 
It provides that for fiscal year 2006-07 a portion of 
targeted funds to implement 
a 
standards-based system must be 
dedicated to the distribution of teacher salary adjustments to 
certified teachers employed in qualifying school administrative 
units in school year 2006-2007. 
7. 
It provides additional appropriations for fiscal year 
2006-07 to fund the teacher salary adjustment program, including 
the increase in the employer contributions related to the normal 
cost component of the Maine State Retirement System associated 
with providing these teacher salary adjustments 
to certified 
teachers. 
8. 
It amends Public Law 2005, chapter 519, Part J to adjust 
the total allocation of funds to include the teacher salary 
adjustment. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
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An Act To Update Teachers' Minimum Salaries 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,,f!>,, 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Current Cost - State Mandate 
2005-06 
2006-07 
Projections 
2007-08 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
State Mandate 
$3,110,809 
$0 
$0 
$3,110,809 
$0 
New or Expanded Activity. 
Unit Affected 
Requiring certain "qualifYing schools" where a teacher bargaining agent exists and a 
School 
contact is in effect to reopen negotiations to detennine the use of the funds provided 
in fiscal year 2006-07 for salary adjustments is a mandate. Unless General Fund 
appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate 
Preamble is amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote 
to exempt this mandate from the funding requirement, the affected school 
administrative units may not be required to implement this measure. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
Costs 
Significant 
This legislation provides teacher salary adjustments for certain qualifying school administrative units and provides 
$3,789,808 in funding for the total cost of this measure. 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $3,110,809 in fiscal year 2006-07 for the Department of 
Education for the costs associated with providing the one-time teacher salary adjustment to eligible school 
administrative units. Of that amount, $2,894,943 is provided to the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program 
(GPA) and $215,866 is provided to the Teacher Retirement program to increase the employer contributions of the 
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nonnal cost component of the Maine State Retirement System as a result of the teacher salary adjustment. 
Public Law 2005, Chapter 519, the 2006-2007 Supplemental Budget, eliminated the proposal to establish a minimum 
salary of$30,000 for certified teachers for the school year starting after June 30, 2006. Of the $3.6 million that had 
been available within the fiscal year 2006-07 GP A program to support the increase in teacher salaries, $2.9 million 
was used to fund transition adjustments for certain eligible school administrative units, leaving approximately $0.7 
million remaining to fund the teacher salary adjustment. With only $0.7 million available within the GPA funding, 
additional General Fund appropriations are required for the balance. 
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