An Act Regarding the Sharing of Educational Costs in School Administrative Units of Multiple Municipalities
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1721
Committee Amendment CA_A_H327 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·it" to H.P. 1204, L.D. 1721, Bill, "An Act 
Regarding the Sharing of Educational Costs in School Administrative Units of Multiple 
Municipalities" 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 15688 in subsection 2 in the last line (page 1, line 27 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2009" and inserting the following: '2008' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 15688 in subsection 3-A in paragraph B in the first 
line (page 2, line 1 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2009" and inserting the 
following: '2008' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 15688 in subsection 3-A in paragraph B in the last 
line (page 2, line "7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2009" and inserting the 
following: '2008' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 15688 in subsection 3-A in paragraph B-1 in the first 
line (page 2, line 8 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2009" and inserting the 
following: '2008' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 15688 in subsection 3-A in paragraph C in the first 
line (page 2, line 12 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2009" and inserting the 
following: '2008' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 15688 in subsection 3-A in paragraph C in the last 
line (page 2, line 18 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2009" and inserting the 
following: '2008' 
Amend the bilI in section 2 in § 15688 in subsection 3-A in paragraph C-l in the first 
line (page 2, line 19 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2009" and inserting the 
following: '2008' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 15688 in subsection 3-A in paragraph D in the last 
line (page 2, line 31 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2009" and inserting the 
following: '2008' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT·A "to H.P. 1204, L.D. 1721 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 15688 in subsection 3-A in paragraph D-l in the first 
line (page 2, line 32 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2009" and inserting the 
following: '2008' 
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Amend the bill in section 2 in § 15688 by striking out subsection 3-B (page 2, lines 37 
to 40 and page 3, lines 1 to 11 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'3-B. Member municipalities in school administrative districts or community 
school districts; contribution. Beginning July 1, 2008, for each municipality that is a 
member of a school administrative district or community school district, the 
commissioner shall annually determine each municipality's contribution to the total cost 
of education in accordance with this subsection. A municipality's contribution to the total 
cost of education must be determined by a cost-sharing formula established by the 
department by rule. The formula must assign each municipality its share of the unit's 
contribution to the total cost of education determined under subsection 3-A, paragraph C. 
The cost-sharing fonnula must establish the contribution levels in a manner that ensures 
that no less than 50% of the unit's contribution to. the total cost of education is shared 
primarily on the basis of the comparative wealth of each municipality calculated at least 
in part using the property fiscal capacity of each municipality. Rules adopted under this 
subsection are routine technical rules ll;s defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education 
and Cultural Affairs. The amendment strikes the provision of the bill that requires the 
inclusion of the relative pupil counts of each member municipality in the Department of 
Education rules that establish the cost-sharing formula that determines each 
municipality's contribution to the total cost of education of the school district. The 
amendment also strikes the provision that permits the inclusion of other factors in the 
rules that the department determines to be relevant and appropriate to the cost-sharing 
formula. Finally, the amendment changes the implementation date for the initiatives 
proposed in the bill from July 1, 2009 to July 1, 2008. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05116/07 frae. 
123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE ( 
LD 1721 
LR 2396(02) 
An Act Regarding the Sharing of Educational Costs in School Administrative Units of Multiple 
Municipalities 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A " 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No state fiscal impact 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This legislation will not affect the funding of the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program within the 
Department of Education. However, changing the cost-sharing formula for municipalities in school administrative 
districts composed of more than one municipality will result in a fiscal impact to the member municipalities in most of 
the existing multiple town school administrative districts and community school districts beginning in fiscal year 2008-
09. The impact can not be determined at this time. 
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