An Act To Adjust the School Funding Fonnula with Regard to Unorganized Territories
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0484
Committee Amendment CA_A_H261 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §3252, 20-A MRSA §3253-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "n "to H.P. 368, L.D. 484, Bill, "An Act To Adjust 
the School Funding Fonnula with Regard to Unorganized Territories" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §3252, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 
490, §3, is amended to read: 
4. Tuition. The commissioner shall pay tuition for each tuition student ffi at 110% 
of the amount approved as the receiving administrative unit's official tuition cost pursuant 
to section 5804 or 7302 iB aB amouBt agreed UpOB betweeB the commissioBer aDd the 
school board of the uBit. The commissioner shall compute the tuition paid for each 
tuition student and shall allocate the tuition costs to the property owners from the 
unorganized unit where the tuition student resides. 
Sec.2. 20-A MRSA §3253-A, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1985, c. 603, §1 and 
PL 2005, c. 397, Pt. D, §3, is further amended to read: 
3. Tuition. +he Notwithstanding sections 5805, 5806 and 5809, the commissioner 
shall pay tuition for each tuition student in an amount equal to the official tuitioB rate 
approved pursuaBt to sectioBs 5805, 5806, 5809 or 7302 for the receiviBg school for 
BOBresideBt studeBts eBrolIed iB secoBdary schools or special educatioB or career aDd 
teehBieal edueatioB programs, provided that 110% of the state average per public 
secondary student cost as adjusted pursuant to section 5805, subsection 1, as long as the 
student maintains a satisfactory standard of deportment and scholarship. 
The 
commissioner shall pay tuition for each tuition student in an amount equal to the official 
tuition rate approved pursuant to section 7302 for the receiving school for nonresident 
students enrolled in special education programs, as long as the student maintains a 
satisfactory standard of deportment and scholarship. The commissioner shall compute 
the tuition paid for each tuition student and shall allocate the tuition costs to the property 
owners from the unorganized unit where the tuition student resides. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " ~ 
" to H.P. 368, L.D. 484 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Revenue Services - Bureau of 0002 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the modification of the assessing and billing 
system software in the unorganized territory section of the Property Tax Division within 
the Bureau of Revenue Services in order to assess and collect the specific tuition costs in 
each of the townships that have one or more tuition students from the unorganized 
territories. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2007-08 
$50,000 
$50,000 
2007-08 
$50,000 
$50,000 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Education in Unorganized Territory 0220 
Initiative: Provides funds for the increase in the maximum allowable tuition rates 
authorized to pay to receiving school administrative units on behalf of tuition students 
from the unorganized territories. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2007-08 
$723,953 
$723,953 
2007-08 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
$760,150 
$760,150 
2008-09 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 368, L.D. 484 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
$723,953 
$760,150 
$723,953 
$760,150 
2007-08 
2008-09 
$773,953 
$760,150 
$773,953 
$760,150 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education 
and Cultural Affairs. The amendment changes the maximum allowable tuition rates that 
the Commissioner of Education is authorized to pay to receiving school administrative 
units on behalf of tuition students from the unorganized territories. The amendment 
accomplishes the following. 
1. It requires the Commissioner of Education to pay up to 110% of the receiving 
school administrative unit's established tuition rate for each elementary school student 
who is a tuition student from the unorganized territories. 
2. It requires the Commissioner of Education to pay up to 110% of the state average 
per public secondary student cost as adjusted pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 20-A, section 5801, subsection 1 for each secondary school student who is a tuition 
student from the unorganized territories. 
3. It requires the Commissioner of Education to compute the tuition paid for each 
tuition student and allocate the tuition costs to the property owners from the unorganized 
unit where the tuition student resides. 
The amendment provides the necessary appropriations and allocations. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05104/07 
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LD484 
LR 1291(02) 
An Act To Adjust the School Funding Formula with Regard to Unorganized Territories 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '11" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
$50,000 
$773,953 
$723,953 
$723,953 
($723,953) 
2008-09 
$0 
$760,150 
$760,150 
$760,150 
($760,150) 
Projections 
2009-10 
$0 
$798,158 
$798,158 
$798,158 
($798,158) 
Projections 
2010-11 
$0 
$838,066 
$838,066 
$838,066 
($838,066) 
This bill has a total General Fund cost of $50,000 in fiscal year 2007-08. The biII includes General Fund 
appropriations totaling $773,953 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $760,150 in fiscal year 2008-09 for the cost associated 
with increasing the maximum allowable tuition rates authorized to be paid to receiving school administrative units on 
behalf of tuition students from the unorganized territories. 
This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $723,953 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $760,150 in fiscal year 
2008-09 for the Education in the Unorganized Territory program within the Department of Education to fund the 
increased tuition costs. The bill also includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $50,000 in fiscal year 2007-
to the Unorganized Territory Section, Property Tax Division within the Bureau of Revenue Services, Department 
of Administrative and Financial Services for the cost associated with modifying the assessing and billing system 
software in order to assess and collect the specific tuition costs in each of the townships that have one or more 
Unorganized Territory tuition students. 
LR1291(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of2 
The additional revenue to the Unorganized Territory Educational and Services Fund within the Department of Audit to 
be collected from the townships in the unorganized territory that have one or more tuition students is expected to be 
$723,953 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $760,150 in fiscal year 2008-09. This additional revenue will be transferred to 
the General Fund to reimburse it for the additional tuition costs. 
LR1291(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 2 of2