An Act To Establish a Cost-sharing Formula for the Five Town Community School District (AFfER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1668
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: MERRILL, WESTON, BOWEN, SAVAGE

Legislative Document 
No. 1668 
H.P.1177 
House of Representatives, May 10,2005 
An Act To Establish a Cost-sharing Formula for the Five Town 
Community School District 
(AFfER DEADLINE) 
(EMERGENCY) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative MERRILL of Appleton. 
Cosponsored by Senator WESTON of Waldo and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representative: BOWEN of Rockport, Senator: SAVAGE of Knox. 
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Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect before the 
expiration of the 90-day period to enable the voters of the Five 
Town Community School District to vote on a budget that is based 
on the cost-sharing formula established in this legislation; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts 
create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of 
Maine 
and 
require 
the 
following 
legislation 
as 
immediately 
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 
safety; now, therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1993, c. 64, §10, sub-§l, as amended by P&SL 1993, 
c. 87, §1, is repealed. 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1993, c. 64. §10, sub-§§I-A and I-B, as enacted by 
P&SL 1993, c. 87, §2, are repealed. 
Sec.3. P&SL 1993, c. 64, §10, sub-§I-C is enacted to read: 
C. 
Cost sharing formula. 
Beginning July 1, 
2005. 
the 
community 
school 
district 
shall 
share 
its 
costs. 
including 
additional 
local 
funds. 
among 
the 
member 
municipalities 
in 
proportion to each municipality' s 
reguired contribution to the 
total cost of funding education as described in the Essential 
Programs and Services Funding Act in the Maine Revised Statutes. 
Title 20-A. chapter 606 B. 
Sec. 4. P&SL 1993, c. 64, §10, sub-§2, as amended by P&SL 1993. 
c. 87, §3, is repealed. 
Sec. 5. P&SL 1993, c. 64, §10, sub-§3 is amended to read: 
3. 
Amendment 
of 
formula. 
applicable to the community school 
~ 
may be amended pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 1704. 
The 
cost-sharing 
formula 
district's additional local 
the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. 
Page l-LR2369(1) 
SUMMARY 
This 
bill 
establishes 
a 
cost-sharing 
formula 
for 
the 
community school district created in Private and Special 
Law 
1993, chapter 64. 
It provides that beginning July 1, 2005, the 
community 
school 
district 
shall 
share 
its 
costs, 
including 
additional 
local 
funds, 
among 
the 
member 
municipalities 
in 
proportion to each municipality's required contribution to the 
total cost of funding education as described in the Essential 
Programs and Services Funding Act. 
It also provides that the 
cost-sharing 
formula 
applicable 
to 
the 
community 
school 
district's additional local funds may be amended pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 1704.