An Act To Adjust the School Funding Formula with Regard to Unorganized Territories
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0484
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S375 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §3253-A

SENATE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 368, 
L.D. 484, Bill, "An Act To Adjust the School Funding Formula with Regard to 
Unorganized Territories" 
Amend the amendment in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 4 and inserting 
the following: 
'4. Tuition. 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 or 7302 in an amol:lnt agreed I:lpon between the commissioner and the school 
board of the "mit.' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of sections 2 and 3 and inserting the 
following: 
'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 D, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
3. 
Tuition. 
Notwithstanding section 5805, subsection 2 and section 5809, the 
commissioner shall pay tuition for each tuition student in an amount equal to the official 
tuition rate approved pursuant to section 5805, subsection 1 for the receiving school for 
nonresident students enrolled in secondary schools or special education or career and 
technical education programs 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. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
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SENATE AMENDMENT "A-" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 368, L.D. 484 
Initiative: Provides funds for the increase in the 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 
SUMMARY 
2007-08 
$305,768 
$305,768 
2008-09 
$321,057 
$321,057 
This amendment removes the requirement in the Committee Amendment "A" that 
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 and up to 110% of the state average per 
public secondary student cost for each secondary school student who is a tuition student 
from the unorganized territories. This amendment also removes the requirement from 
Committee Amendment "A" that 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. 
Instead, this amendment requires the Commissioner of Education to pay each 
receiving unit's actual per student cost incurred for educating students in that receiving 
unit for both elementary and secondary students from the unorganized territories. This 
amendment removes the provision in current law that allows the commissioner to pay the 
lesser of the actual cost or the State average per-p,il_~ost. 
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LD 484 
LR 1291(06) 
An Act To Adjust the School Funding Formula with Regard to Unorganized Territories 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment" A " to Committee Amendment" A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Rotundo of Androscoggin 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
2008-09 
($468,185) 
($440,093) 
($468,185) 
($440,093 ) 
Projections 
2009-10 
($461,048) 
($461,048) 
Projections 
2010-11 
($484,101) 
($484,101 ) 
This amendment reduces the General Fund cost of the bill by $468,185 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $440,093 in fiscal 
year 2008-09. 
As amended, this bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $305,768 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $321,057 
in fiscal year 2008-09 for the Education in the Unorganized Territory program within the Department of Education to 
fund the increased tuition costs for secondary school students. 
As amended, this bill will increase General Fund revenue transferred from the Unorganized Territory Educational and 
Services Fund within the Department of Audit to be collected for all property owners in the unorganized territory. 
The estimated revenue is equal to the estimated additional expenditures of $305,768 in fiscal year 2007-08 and 
$321,057 in fiscal year 2008-09. 
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