An Act To Restore the Cost-sharing Agreement Established by the Voters of Maine School Administrative District No. 40
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1903
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: MILLER, BABBIDGE, DOW, MERRILL, SAVAGE

Legislative Document 
No. 1903 
H.P.1344 
House of Representatives, January 4,2006 
An Act To Restore the Cost-sharing Agreement Established by the 
Voters of Maine School Administrative District No. 40 
(EMERGENCY) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative MILLER of Somerville. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representative BABBIDGE of Kennebunk, Senator DOW of Lincoln and 
Representative: MERRILL of Appleton, Senator: SAVAGE of Knox. 
Printed on recycled paper 
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 school board and school administration of Maine School 
Administrative District No. 40 to prepare the annual school budget for presentation to the 
voters; 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 follo"Vs: 
Sec. 1. 
Local cost of education; exception for Maine School 
Administrative District No. 40. Beginning in fiscal year 2006-07, the provisions of 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15688, subsection 2 do not apply in 
determining the local cost of education of member municipalities in Maine School 
Administrative District No. 40. 
The cost-sharing formula established between the 
member municipalities in this school administrative district prior to January 1, 2005 
remains in effect until the formula is changed pursuant to Title 20-A, section 1301, 
subsection 3. 
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes 
effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
Locally approved school administrative district cost-sharing agreements were 
preempted by Public Law 2003, chapter 712, which first became effective for the 2005-
school fiscal year. In some districts, that preemption caused significant changes in the 
local financial obligations among the municipalities participating in those school districts. 
This bill reestablishes the cost-sharing agreement established in 1992 at a referendum 
election by the voters of Maine School Administrative District No. 40. That cost-sharing 
formula apportions all the local share contributions to the school district on the basis of 
50% of each town's valuation and 50% of each town's student population. The bill also 
preserves the right of the voters of the school district to amend that formula in the future 
according to the procedures to amend cost-sharing arrangements that are available under 
current law. 
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