An Act To Clarify the Method of Education Cost Sharing among Certain Municipalities
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1590
House Amendment HA_A_H293 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT "f/" to H.P. 1112, L.D. 1590, Bill, "An Act To Clarify the 
Method of Education Cost Sharing among Certain Municipalities" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Validate the Method of Education Cost Sharing in Maine School 
Administrative District 71' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Method of cost sharing; Maine School Administrative District 71. 
Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15688 or any other 
provision of law to the contrary, for the purpose of local cost sharing, the provisions of 
Title 20-A, section 15688, subsection 3-A do not apply to municipalities that are 
members of Maine School Administrative District 71. For each municipality that is a 
member of Maine School Administrative District 71, for fiscal year 2008-09 and 
subsequent fiscal years, 30% of the local contribution for each municipality must be 
based on property fiscal capacity as defined in Title 20-A, section 15672, subsection 23, 
and 70% must be based on pupil counts pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15674, subsection 
1, paragraph C.' 
SUMMARY 
The bill provided that certain provisions of law governing cost sharing do not apply 
to members of the school administrative districts whose cost-sharing formulas were 
validated pursuant to certain private and special laws. This amendment instead provides 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT "If, to H.P.IIl2, L.D.I590 
that those provisions of law governing cost sharing do not apply to members of Maine 
School Administrative District 71 and specifies the cost-sharing formula to be used by 
members of Maine School Administrative District 71. 
SPONSORED BY: ~~ 
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(Representative BABBID 
TOWN: Kennebunk 
FISCAL NOTE R.F' 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/22/07 ?dJ:Ze 
LD 1590 
LR2320(03) 
An Act To Clarify the Method of Education Cost Sharing among Certain Municipalities 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment "/1,, 
Sponsor: Rep. Babbidge of Kennebunk 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No State fiscal impact 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This amendment has no fiscal impact to the State. This amendment strikes the provision in the original bill that would 
have affected those member municipalities whose cost-sharing formula was validated pursuant to private and special 
law prior to January 1, 2004 and instead provides that the provisions in Title 20-A, section 15688, subsection 3-A do 
not apply to municipalities that are members of Maine School Administrative District 71. This amendment provides 
that, beginning in fiscal year 2008-09,30% of the local contribution for each municipality in SAD 71 must be based 
on property fiscal capacity and 70% must be based on pupil counts. 
As amended, this bill will reduce the local contribution for funding K-12 public education for Kennebunk and increase 
the local contribution for funding K-12 public education for Kennebunkport. The amount can not be determined at 
this time. 
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