An Act To Further the Implementation of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1839
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: NORTON, BOWMAN, EDGECOMB, MILLS
Amends: 20-A MRSA §1403, 20-A MRSA §2103, 20-A MRSA §3252, 20-A MRSA §3253-A, 20-A MRSA §5801-A, 20-A MRSA §5802-A, 20-A MRSA §5804, 20-A MRSA §5804-A, 20-A MRSA §5804-B, 20-A MRSA §5805, 20-A MRSA §5805-A, 20-A MRSA §5808, 20-A MRSA §5809, 20-A MRSA §5815, 20-A MRSA §6651, 20-A MRSA §15689, 30-A MRSA §7205

Legislative Document 
No. 1839 
H.P. 1282 
House of Representatives, April 5,2007 
An Act To Further the Implementation of the Essential Programs 
and Services Funding Act 
Submitted by the Department of Education pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative NORTON of Bangor. 
Cosponsored by Senator BOWMAN of York and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representative: EDGECOMB of Caribou, Senator: MILLS of Somerset. 
Prillled nn rt.''{;ydt'u paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1403, sub-§4, ~A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 395, Pt. A, 
§59, is further amended to read: 
A. 
The commissioner, after consultation with the district board of directors, 
municipal officers of the participating municipalities, and representatives of the group 
wffiOO that filed the petition with the municipality, shall direct the municipal officers 
of each municipality to select representatives to a committee as follows: 
One 
member from the municipal officers, the group filing the petition; and one member 
from the general public; and one member from the group filing the petition if the 
group is represented in the municipality, otherwise an additional one member of the 
general public. The commissioner shall also direct the directors representing each 
municipality to select one member of the board of directors who represents that 
municipality to serve on the committee. The municipal officer and the member of the 
board of directors shall serve on the committee only so long as they hold their 
respective offices. Vacancies will be filled by the municipal officers and board of 
directors. The chairman of the board of directors shall call a meeting of the 
committee within 30 days of the filing of the notice of the vote in subsection 3. The 
chairman of the board shall open the meeting by presiding over the election of a 
chairman of the committee. The responsibility for the preparation of the agreement 
shall rest rests with the committee, subject to the approval of the commissioner. The 
committee may draw upon the resources of the department for information not 
readily available at the local level and employ competent advisors within the fiscal 
limit authorized by the voters. 
The agreement 5hall must be submitted to the 
commissioner within 90 days after the committee is formed. Extensions of time may 
be granted by the commissioner upon the request of the committee. 
(1) The agreement 5hall must contain provisions to provide educational services 
for all students in the district. The agreement 5hall must provide that during the 
first year following the dissolution, students may attend the school they would 
have attended if the district had not dissolved. The allowable tuition rate for 
students sent from one municipality to another in the former school 
administrative district 5hall must be determined under section 5805, subsection 1, 
except that it shall not be subject to the state per pupil average limitation in 
section 5805, subsection 2 5805-A. 
(2) The agreement 5hall must establish the dissolution to take effect at the end of 
the district's fiscal year. 
(3) The agreement 5hall must establish that the dissolution will not cause a need 
within 5 years from the effective date of dissolution for school construction 
projects wffiOO that would be eligible for state funds. This limitation does not 
apply where a need for school construction existed prior to the effective date of 
the dissolution or where a need for school construction would have arisen even if 
the district had not dissolved. 
(4) 
The agreement 5hall must establish how transportation servIces will be 
provided. 
(5) 
The agreement shall must provide for administration cf the " 'v 
administrative units, which should not include the creation of new supen .,,~iy 
units if at all possible. 
(6) The agreement shall must make provision for the distribution of financial 
commitments arising from outstanding bonds, notes and any other contractual 
obligations that extend beyond the proposed date of dissolution. 
(7) The agreement shall must make appropriate provision for the distribution of 
any outstanding financial commitments to the superintendent of the school 
administrative district. 
(8) The agreement shall must provide for the continuation and assignment of 
collective bargaining agreements as they apply to the new or reorganized school 
administrative unit for the duration of those agreements and shall must provide 
for the continuation of representational rights. 
(9) The agreement shall must provide for the continuation of continuing contract 
rights under section 13201, subsection 2. 
(10) The agreement shall must provide for the disposition of all real and personal 
property and other monetary assets. 
(11) The agreement shall must provide for the transition of administration and 
governance of the schools to properly elected governing bodies of the newly 
created administrative units and shall must provide that the governing bodies 
shall Rot be are elected simultaneously with the vote on the article to dissolve 
unless the commissioner finds there are extenuating circumstances whish that 
necessitate simultaneous elections. 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §2103, sub-§4, ~A, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 864, §1, is 
amended to read: 
A. 
After consultation with the school committees, municipal officers of the 
participating municipalities and representatives of the group that filed the petition 
with the municipality, the commissioner shall direct the municipal officers of each 
municipality to select representatives to a dissolution committee as follows: 
one 
member from the municipal officers; one member from the general public; and one 
1 
member from the group filing the petition if the group is represented in the 
municipality, otherwise an additional member of the general public. 
The 
commissioner shall also direct the school committee representing each municipality 
to select one school committee member to serve on the committee. The municipal 
officer and the members of the school committees serve on the committee only as 
long as they hold their respective offices. Vacancies must be filled by the municipal 
officers and school committees. The school committee chair from the municipality 
where the petition has passed shall call a meeting of the committee within 30 days of 
the filing of the notice of the vote in subsection 3. The chair of that school committee 
shall open the meeting by presiding over the election of a chair of the committee. 
The responsibility for the preparation of the agreement rests with the committee, 
subject to the approval of the commissioner. 
The committee may draw on the 
resources of the department for information not readily available at the local level and 
employ competent advisors within the fiscal limit authorized by the voters. The 
agreement must be submitted to the commissioner within 90 days after the committee 
is formed. Extensions of time may be granted by the commissioner on the request of 
the committee. The agreement must: 
(1 ) Contain provisions to provide educational services for all students in the 
union school. The agreement must provide that during the first year following 
the dissolution, students may attend the school they would have attended if the 
union school had not dissolved. The allowable tuition rate for students sent from 
one municipality to another in the former union school must be determined under 
section 5805, subseetion 1, eJwept that it is not subjeet to the state per pupil 
Rverage limitation in seetion 5805, subseetion 2 5805-A; 
(2) Provide that the dissolution take effect at the end of the union school's fiscal 
year; 
(3) Establish that the dissolution may not cause a need within 5 years from the 
effective date of dissolution for school construction proj ects that would be 
eligible for state funds. This limitation does not apply when a need for school 
construction existed prior to the effective date of the dissolution or when a need 
for school construction would have arisen even if the union school had not 
dissolved; 
(4) Establish how transportation services will be provided; 
(5) Provide for administration of the new administrative units, which should not 
include the creation of new supervisory units if possible; 
(6) 
Provide for the distribution of financial commitments arising from 
outstanding bonds, notes and any other contractual obligations that extend 
beyond the proposed date of dissolution; 
(7) 
Provide appropriately for the distribution of any outstanding financial 
commitments to the superintendent of the union school; 
(8) 
Provide for the continuation and assignment of collective bargaining 
agreements as they apply to the new or reorganized school administrative unit for 
the duration of those agreements and provide for the continuation of 
representational rights; 
(9) 
Provide for the continuation of continuing contract rights under section 
13201; 
(10) Provide for the disposition of all real and personal property and other 
monetary assets; and 
(11) Provide for the transition of administration and governance of the schools to 
properly elected governing bodies of the newly created administrative units and 
provide that the governing bodies may not be elected simultaneously with the 
vote on the article to dissolve unless the commissioner finds that extenuating 
circumstances necessitate simultaneous elections. 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §3252, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 490, 
§3, is amended to read: 
4. Tuition. +be Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the commissioner shall 
pay tuition for each tuition student in the amount approved as the receiving administrative 
unit's official tuition cost pursuant to section ~ 
5804-A or 7302 in an amount agreed 
upon between the commissioner and the school board of the unit. 
Sec. 4. 20-A MRS A §3252, sub-§4-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 635, §1, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 5. 20-A MRS A §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. The commissioner shall pay tuition for each tuition student in an amount 
equal to the official tuition rate approved pursuant to sections 5805, 5806, 5805-A. 5806-
A, 5809 or 7302 for the receiving school for nonresident students enrolled in secondary 
schools or special education or career and technical education programs, provided that the 
student maintains a satisfactory standard of deportment and scholarship. 
Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §3253-A, sub-§3-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 635, §2, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 7. 20-A MRS A §3304, sub-§l-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 115, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
I-A. Charges. The per pupil tuition charge must be an amount equal to the state 
average expenditure per elementary pupil during the preceding year, as determined 
annually by the commissioner pursuant to section ~ 
5804-A, or the receiving school 
administrative unit's actual expenditure per elementary pupil for the preceding year as 
calculated by the commissioner, whichever is less. 
Sec. 8. 20-A MRSA §5801-A is enacted to read: 
§5801-A. Definitions 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms 
have the following meanings. 
1. Allocation year. "Allocation year" has the same meaning as in section 15672, 
subsection 1. 
2. 
Attending economically disadvantaged students. 
"Attending economically 
disadvantaged students" means the number of economically disadvantaged students for 
each unit as determined by multiplying the number of attending pupils in the most recent 
calendar year by the most recent available elementary free or reduced-price meals 
percentage based on attending students times the weight established for economically 
disadvantaged students in section 15675, subsection 2. The elementary free or reduced-
price meals percentage may be applied to determine the number of economically 
disadvantaged students in the unit's secondary grades. 
3. Attending limited English proficiency students. "Attending limited English 
proficiency students" means the most recent number of attending limited English 
proficiency students in the most recent calendar year times the weights established for 
limited English proficiency students in section 15675, subsection 1. 
4. EPS per-pupil rate. "EPS per-pupil rate" has the same meaning as in section 
15672, subsection 7-A. 
Sec. 9. 20-A MRSA §5802-A, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 916, §1 and amend cd by 
PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is repealed. 
Sec. 10. 20-A MRSA §5804, as amended by PL 1997, c. 787, §4, is repealed. 
Sec. 11. 20-A MRSA §5804-A is enacted to read: 
§5804-A. Elementary school students; public schools 
Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, tuition charges for elementary school 
students in public schools are governed by the following: 
1. Computation of tuition rate. The tuition rate at a public elementary school must 
be determined as follows: 
A. The total elementary tuition amount is the sum of the following: 
(1) The elementary EPS per-pupil rate for each school administrative unit times 
the greater of: 
(a) The average of the 2 elementary attending pupil counts for April 1 st and 
October 1 st of the most recent calendar year prior to the year of funding; and 
(b) The average of the 6 elementary attending pupil counts for April 1 st and 
October 1 st of the 3 most recent calendar years prior to the year of funding; 
(2) The elementary EPS per-pupil rate for each school administrative unit times 
the number of elementary attending economically disadvantaged students; 
(3) The elementary EPS per-pupil rate for each school administrative unit times 
the number of elementary attending limited English proficiency students; 
(4) The elementary per-pupil rate established for implementing a standards-
based system pursuant to section 15681 times the average of the 2 elementary 
attending pupil counts for April 1 st and October 1 st of the most recent calendar 
year prior to the year of funding; 
(5) The elementary per-pupil rate established for technology resources pursuant 
to section 15681 times the average of the 2 elementary attending pupil counts for 
April 1 st and October 1 st of the most recent calendar year prior to the year of 
funding; and 
(6) For kindergarten to grade 2 students as defined in section 15672, subsection 
16, the elementary EPS per-pupil rate for each school administrative unit times 
the number of attending kindergarten to grade 2 students times the weight 
established for kindergarten to grade 2 students in section 15675, subsection 3. 
Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, amounts determined in subparagraphs 
(4), (5) and (6) may only be included if the attending school is eligible to receive 
targeted funds pursuant to section 1568l. 
B. Adjustments to the total elementary tuition amount must be made by multiplying 
the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph A by the sum of the following: 
(1) A 5% adjustment for those costs not recognized by the Essential Programs 
and Services Funding Act; 
(2) A 5% adjustment for those school administrative units that have eligible 
isolated small schools costs pursuant to section 15683, subsection 1, paragraph F; 
and 
(3) A percentage adjustment, not to exceed 5%, equivalent to the percentage that 
a school administrative unit exceeds 5% over the local cost share expectation in 
the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act as described in section 15671-
A. 
C. The adjusted total elementary tuition amount is the sum of the amounts calculated 
pursuant to paragraphs A and B. 
D. The per pupil tuition rate for each school administrative unit is the adjusted total 
elementary tuition amount in paragraph C divided by the average of the 2 elementary 
attending pupil counts for April 1 st and October 1 st of the most recent calendar year 
prior to the year of funding. 
Sec. 12. 20-A MRSA §5804-B is enacted to read: 
§5804-B. Elementary school students; private schools 
Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the tuition payment to a private school for 
an elementary school student may not exceed the statewide average per student rate in all 
public elementary schools as computed in section 5804-A. 
Sec. 13. 20-A MRSA §5805, as amended by PL 1997, c. 787, §5 and PL 2005, c. 
397, Pt. 0, §3, is repealed. 
Sec. 14. 20-A MRSA §5805-A is enacted to read: 
§5805-A. Secondary school students; public schools 
Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, tuition charges for secondary school 
students in public schools are governed by the following. 
1. Computation of tuition rate. The tuition rate at a public secondary school must 
be determined as follows. 
A. The total secondary tuition amount is the sum of the following: , 
0) The secondary EPS per-pupil rate for each school administrative unit times 
the greater of: 
(a) . The average of the 2 secondary attending pupil counts for April 1 st and 
October 1 st of the most recent calendar year prior to the year of funding; and 
(b) The average of the 6 secondary attending pupil counts for April 1 st and 
October 1 st of the 3 most recent calendar years prior to the year of funding; 
(2) The secondary EPS per-pupil rate for each school administrative unit times 
the number of secondary attending economically disadvantaged students; 
(3) The secondary EPS per-pupil rate for each school administrative unit times 
the number of secondary attending limited English proficiency students; 
(4) The secondary per-pupil rate established for implementing a standards-based 
system pursuant to section 15681 times the average of the 2 secondary attending 
pupil counts for April 1st and October 1st of the most recent calendar year prior 
to the year of funding; and 
(5) The secondary per-pupil rate established for technology resources pursuant to 
section 15681 times the average of the 2 secondary attending pupil counts for 
April 1 st and October 1 st of the most recent calendar year prior to the year of 
funding. 
Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, amounts determined in subparagraphs (4) 
and (5) may only be included if the attending school is eligible to receive targeted 
funds pursuant to section 15681. 
B. Adjustments to the total secondary tuition amount must be made by multiplying 
the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph A by the sum of the following: 
(1) A 5% adjustment for those costs not recognized by the Essential Programs 
and Services Funding Act; 
(2) A 5% adjustment for those school administrative units that have eligible 
isolated small schools costs pursuant to section 15683, subsection 1, paragraph F; 
and 
(3) A percentage adjustment, not to exceed 5%, equivalent to the percentage that 
a school administrative unit exceeds 5% over the local cost share expectation in 
the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act as described in section 15671-
A. 
C. The adjusted total secondary tuition amount is the sum of the amounts calculated 
pursuant to paragraphs A and B. 
D. The per pupil tuition rate for each school administrative unit is the adjusted total 
secondary tuition amount in paragraph C divided by the average of the 2 secondary 
attending pupil counts for April 1 st and October 1 st of the most recent calendar year 
prior to the year of funding. 
Sec. 15. 20-A MRS A §5806, as amended by PL 1987, c. 816, Pt. KK, §16, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 16. 20-A MRS A §5806-A is enacted to read: 
§5806-A. Secondary school students; private schools 
Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, tuition charged for secondary school 
students is governed by this section. 
1. Private schools. The tuition payment to a private school may not exceed the sum 
of the following: 
A. 
The statewide average per student rate in all public secondary schools as 
computed in section 5805-A; 
B. A per student amount for teacher retirement. The per student amount for teacher 
retirement must be computed by dividing the annual employer's share for teacher 
retirement by the number of attending students; and 
C. A per student amount for the insured value factor. The insured value factor must 
be computed by dividing 5% of the insured value of school buildings and equipment 
by the average of the 2 secondary attending pupil counts for April 1 st and October 1 st 
of the most recent calendar year prior to the school year for which the tuition charge 
is computed. 
The insured value factor may not exceed 10% of the amount 
determined pursuant to paragraph A. 
Sec. 17. 20-A MRS A §5807, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, IS 
repealed. 
Sec. 18. 20-A MRSA §5808, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, IS 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
§5808. Schools outside State 
Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the tuition payment for students educated 
in whole in another state or country may not exceed the statewide average per student rate 
in all public schools as computed in section 5805-A. 
Sec. 19. 20-A MRSA §5809, as amended by PL 2003, c. 477, §5 and c. 545, §§5 
and 6, is further amended to read: 
§5809. Students enrolled in career and technical educational programs 
Schools Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, 
schools receiving tUItIon 
students who are enrolled in regular school day career and technical educational programs 
at career and technical education centers, satellites or career and technical education 
regions, under chapter 313, may charge a tuition rate up to 2/3 of the maximum tuition 
rate as computed under sections 5805 section 5805-A or ~ 
5806-A. The career and 
technical education center, satellite or region may charge a tuition rate of up to 113 of the 
maximum tuition rate as computed under section ~ 
5805-A or ~ 
5806-A for the 
student. 
Sec. 20. 20-A MRSA §5815 is enacted to read: 
§5815. Report to commissioner 
Any public or private school that receives tuition payments under this chapter for 
students from a public school administrative unit shall report any required information for 
those students in the department's student information system in accordance with time 
schedules established by the commissioner. 
Sec. 21. 20-A MRSA §6651, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2005, c. 683, Pt. A, §26, 
is further amended to read: 
6. Subsidizable cost of operating programs in private secondary schools. The 
cost of salaries and educational materials attributable to the child care services must be 
calculated on a per-child basis. One lRindred pereent of the eost per ehild times the 
number of ehildren whose parents attend sahool in the private sahool must be 
subsidii3able as program eosts Uflder the Essential Programs and Serviees Funding Aat if 
these eosts are paid for by the sahool administrative unit responsible for eduaating the 
student parents. 
Sec. 22. 20-A MRS A §8354, sub-§l, ~, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 
and 8, is amended to read: 
B. 
Adjusting the amounts in paragraph A by the allowable pereentages set forth in 
seetion 5805, subseation 1, paragraph D average change in public secondary 
education costs for the 2 years immediately prior to the school year for which the 
tuition charge is computed. This adjustment is limited to a 6% increase; and 
Sec. 23. 20-A MRS A §9703, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2005, c. 683, Pt. A, §27, 
is further amended to read: 
5. Line-item budget. A line-item budget submitted no later than 90 days prior to the 
fiscal year in which the program will operate. The proposed budget request may not 
exceed, on a per student basis, the state average tuition rate for a total of 12 students as 
provided in sections 5804, 5805 5804-A, 5805-A and 15689. 
Sec. 24. 20-A MRSA §lS002-A, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 774, §7, is 
amended to read: 
1. 
Alternative education, school dropouts and truants. 
Financing the 
department's obligation to provide services to encourage the development of alternative 
educational programs, including high school completion programs through adult 
education programs. and shall address other needs of school dropouts and truants as more 
specifically set forth in sections 5151 to 5153; and 
Sec. 25. 20-A MRSA §lS002-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 774, §7, is 
amended to read: 
2. Allocation to school units. Allocations to school administrative units for the 
purpose of surveying school systems and developing school plans. The allocations shaY 
may not in any case exceed the unit's local share percentage determined under section 
~ 
15688 of the Sebeel Finanee Essential Programs and Services Funding Act times 
the cost of those surveys or p1ans-;-aad~ 
Sec. 26. 20-A MRS A §15672, sub-§2-A, ~C, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, 
§36 and affected by §§72 and 74 and c. 12, Pt. WW, §18, is amended to read: 
C. 
The portion of the tuition costs applicable to the insured value factor for the base 
year computed under section ~ 
5806-A; and 
Sec. 27. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. 
AAAA, § 15, is further amended to read: 
2. Adjustment for debt service. Each school administrative unit may receive an 
adjustment for -a- debt service determined as follows. 
A. 
A school administrative unit is eligible for this adjustment under the following 
conditions. 
(1) The school administrative unit's local share results in a full-value education 
mill rate less than the local cost share expectation as described in section 15671-
A. 
(2) The school administrative unit has debt service costs defined under section 
~ 
15672, subsection g tbat bave been 2-A incurred for the construction of 
major capital school construction projects that were placed on the state board's 
priority list by January 2005. 
B. 
The amount of the adjustment is the difference, but not less than zero, between 
the state share of the total allocation under this chapter and the amount computed as 
follows. 
(1) The school administrative unit's state share of the total allocation if the local 
share was the sum of the following: 
(a) The local share amount for the school administrative unit calculated as 
the lesser of the total allocation excluding debt service costs and the school 
administrative unit's fiscal capacity multiplied by the mill rate expectation 
established in section 15671-A less .50 mills; and 
(b) The local share amount for the school administrative unit calculated as 
the lesser of the debt service costs and the school administrative unit's fiscal 
capacity multiplied by .50 mills.This subparagraph is repealed June 30, 2007. 
(2) Beginning July 1, 2007, the school administrative unit's state share of the 
total allocation if the local share was the sum of the following: 
(a) The local share amount for the school administrative unit calculated as 
the lesser of the total allocation excluding debt service costs and the school 
administrative unit's fiscal capacity multiplied by the mill rate expectation 
established in section 15671-A less the debt service adjustment mill rate 
defined in section 15672, subsection 2-B; and 
(b) The local share amount for the school administrative unit calculated as 
the lesser of the debt service costs and the school administrative unit's fiscal 
capacity multiplied by the debt service adjustment mill rate defined in section 
15672, subsection 2-B. 
Sec. 28. 20-A MRS A §15689, sub-§5, ~, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, 
§60 and affected §§72 and 74 and c. 12, Pt. WW, § 18, is amended to read: 
B. 
The rate of reimbursement per student may not exceed the state average tuition 
rates in effect during the year of placement as computed under sections 5804 and 
~ 
5804-A and 5805-A. The tuition rates must be computed based on the state 
average secondary tuition rate and may be adjusted if the program is approved to 
operate beyond the 180-day school year. 
Sec. 29. 30-A MRSA §7205, sub-§2, ~, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 216, §2, is 
amended to read: 
B. 
The allowable tuition rate for students sent from one municipality to another in 
the former school administrative district shall must be determined under Title 20-A, 
section 5805, suaseetion 1, exeept that it is not subj eet to the state per pl:lJ)il average 
limitation in Title 20 A, seetion 5805, suaseetion 2 5805-A. 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides for the continuing implementation of the Essential Programs and 
Services Funding Act in the areas of the subsidizable cost of operating programs in 
private secondary schools, the Permanent School Fund, adjustments to the state share of 
total allocation for debt service and methods of determining pupil tuition rates. 
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