An Act To Provide State Support for State-approved School Construction Projects in Certain Municipalities
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1473
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: PERCY, EDMONDS
Amends: 20-A MRSA §15689

Legislative Document 
No. 1473 
H.P.1035 
House of Representatives, March 19,2007 
An Act To Provide State Support for State-approved School 
Construction Projects in Certain Municipalities 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative PERCY of Phippsburg. 
Cosponsored by President EDMONDS of Cumberland. 
Printed on recycled paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. 
Adjustments to state contributions for debt service to member 
municipalities in certain school districts. 
Beginning in fiscal year 2008-09, the 
adjustment for debt service provisions of subsection 2 are applicable for each case when 
one or more member municipalities, but not all of the member municipalities, of the 
school administrative district or the community school district have a local contribution 
that is below the mill rate expectation established pursuant to section 15671-A. For each 
school administrative district or community school district eligible under this subsection, 
the adjustment for debt service provisions of subsection 2 are applicable for each member 
municipality that has a local contribution that is below the mill rate expectation 
established pursuant to section 15671-A, except that the adjustment must be calculated 
under subsection 2, paragraph B considering all debt service costs of the member 
municipality that have been placed on the state board's priority list before or after January 
2005 instead of by January 2005 as otherwise required under subsection 2, paragraph A, 
subparagraph (2). 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides an adjustment to the state contribution for debt service for certain 
member municipalities in school administrative districts or community school districts 
when one or more member municipalities, but not all the school district's member 
municipalities, have a local contribution that is below the mill rate expectation 
established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15671-A. The bill 
provides an adjustment to the state contribution for debt service equivalent to the 
adjustments provided to the state share of the total allocation for school administrative 
units that are determined to be eligible for the adjustment to the state contribution for debt 
service pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 2, except that the adjustment for 
debt service for eligible member municipalities of these school districts must be made 
considering all debt service costs of the member municipality that have been placed on 
the State Board of Education's priority list for state funding of a school construction 
project before or after January 2005 instead of by January 2005 as otherwise required 
under Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 2, paragraph A, subparagraph (2).