An Act Regarding the Wells-Ogunquit Community School District
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1397
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: ANDREWS, MOULTON

Legislative Document 
No. 1397 
S.P.486 
In Senate, March 22, 2005 
An Act Regarding the Wells-Ogunquit Community School District 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator ANDREWS of York. 
Cosponsored by Representative MOULTON of York. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1979, c. 45, §6, 7th~. as repealed and replaced by 
P&SL 1999, c. 83, §l, is repealed and the following enacted in 
its place: 
The total exgeru;es of the Wells-Ogunguit Community School 
District for kindergarten to grade 12, 
including operational, 
program, maintenance, debt retirement and interest costs, must be 
ru2portioned between the participating Town of Ogunquit and Town 
of Wells according to the following formula. 
1. 
For fiscal year 
2005-06, 
50% 
of the total will be 
~.sessed between the towns in the same proportion as the state. 
valuation of each town, for the year preceding the year to which 
the budget applies, bears to the total valuation for both towns 
and 50°'0 of the total will be assessed between the towns in the 
same proportion as the average number of resident pupils of each 
town, as counted under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20 A, 
sections 5l04-A and 6004 who are educated at public expense in 
kindergarten to grade 12 on April 1st and October 1st of the year 
precedin<J the year to which the bud<Jet applies, bears to the 
total number of resident pupils for both towns. 
2. 
For fiscal year 
2006-07, 
25% 
of 
the total will be 
assessed between the towns in the same proportion as the state 
valuation of each town, for the year precedin<J the year to which 
the bud<Jet applies, bears to the total valuation for both towns 
and 75°'0 of the total will be assessed in the same proportion as 
the avera<Je number of resident pupils of each town, as provided 
in subsection I 
for the year preceding the year to which the 
budget applies, bears to the total number of resident pupils for 
both towns. 
3. 
For fiscal year 
2007 08 and subsequent fiscal years, 
100% of the total will be assessed in the same proportion as the 
ayera<Je number of resident pupils of each town, as provided in 
subsection 1 for the year precedin<J the year to which the budget 
applies, bears to the total number of resident pupils for both 
towns. 
SUMMARY 
This bill changes the 
formula for 
computing each town's 
assessment 
for 
the 
expenses 
of 
the 
Wells-Ogunquit 
Community 
School 
District. 
The 
current 
formula 
bases 
67°b 
of 
the 
assessments on state valuation and 33% on the number of resident 
pupils in each town. 
The formula will be changed over a 3-year 
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per iod so that the assessments are based entirely on the number 
of resident pupils in each town. 
This bill removes language that permits the towns to agree 
to change the formula by separate majority vote in each town and 
that requires a withdrawal from the community school district to 
be authorized by special act of the Legislature.