An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0499
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_N_H439 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT" tI " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 383, 
L.D. 499, Bill, "An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the 
Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain 
Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the 
Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009" 
Amend the amendment in Part XXXX in section 35 by striking out all of subsection 2 
and inserting the following: 
'2. Notice ofintent. By August 31,2007, each school administrative unit shall file 
with the Commissioner of Education: 
A. 
A notice of intent to engage in planning and negotiations with other school 
administrative units for the purpose of developing a reorganization plan to fonn a 
regional school unit under this Part and Title 20-A, chapter 103-A; or 
B. A notice of intent to submit an alternative plan that meets the requirements of 
subsection 6, paragraph F. An alternative plan may be submitted only by a unit that 
is: 
(1) An offshore island; 
(2) A school operated by a tribal school committee pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 30, section 6214; 
(3) A school administrative unit that serves more than 2,500 students, or 1,200 
students where circumstances justify an exception to the requirement of 2,500 
students under subsection 6, paragraph A, where expansion of the unit would be 
inconsistent with the policies set forth in Title 20-A, section 1451; or 
(4) A school administrative unit that is designated as an efficient, high-
performing district. For purposes of this subparagraph, a school administrative 
unit is designated an "efficient, high-performing district" if: 
(a) It contains at least 3 schools identified as "higher performing" in the May 
2007 Maine Education Policy Research Institute report "The Identification of 
Higher and Lower Performing Maine Schools"; and 
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(b) Its reported 2005-2006 per-pupil expenditures for system administration 
represent less than 4% of its total per-pupil expenditures. 
An efficient, high-performing district that files an alternative plan pursuant to this 
paragraph is not required to include projected expenditures for fiscal year 2008-
that are 5% less than the projected expenditures in fiscal year 2007-08 as 
specified in subsection 6, paragraph F, subparagraph (1). 
The Commissioner of Education shall respond to each notice of intent by September 15, 
2007, indicating whether the intended action complies with the requirements of this Part. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment includes efficient, high-performing districts in the list of school 
administrative units authorized to submit a notice of intent to submit an alternative plan 
rather than a notice of intent to engage in negotiations to develop a reorganization plan, 
and specifies that an efficient, high-performing district that files an alternative plan is not 
required to include certain projected expenditures for fiscal year 2008-09 that are 5% less 
than certain projected expenditures in fiscal year 2007-08. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
SPONSOREDBY:~~~~~ __ +4 __ ~~ 
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(Representative DIL 
TOWN: CapeElizab h 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/04/07 
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LD499 
LR24S2(19) 
An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, 
General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper 
Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment" N" to Committee Amendment" A n 
Sponsor: Rep. Dill of Cape Elizabeth 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No net fiscal impact 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This amendment will have no net effect on General Fund appropriations. The effect on fiscal year 2008-09 school 
subsidies to local school administrative units cannot be determined at this time. 
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