An Act To Exempt the Town of Hermon from the School Administrative Unit Consolidation Law II
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1782
Committee Amendment CA_A_S465 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §15696

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 686, L.D. 1782, Bill, "An Act To 
Exempt the Town of Hermon from the School Administrative Unit Consolidation Law" 
II 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Exempt from Penalties School Administrative Units That Would Lose 
State Subsidy as a Result of Reorganization' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble (page I, lines I to 18 in 
L.D.) 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15696, sub-§2 is enacted to read: 
2. Exception. 
The adjustments required by subsection I may not be made with 
regard to a school administrative unit that is nonconforming because the school 
administrative unit would lose state subsidy as a result of its reorganization under chapter 
103-A or if its reorganization failed because one of the school administrative units 
paJ1icipating in the reorganization process would lose state subsidy as a result of 
reorganization or because the reorganization plan would not have provided any greater 
educational benefit to students than what is provided to students enrolled in the schools 
currently operated by the school administrative units participating in the reorgan ization 
process.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. The amendment changes 
the title, removes emergency provisions and provides an exemption from the penalties 
established for nonconforming school administrative units under the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15696 because the school administrative unit would lose 
state subsidy as a result of the reorganization plan 01' if the reorganization failed to be 
approved by voters because one of the school administrative units participating in the 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 686, L.D. 1782 
reorganization process would lose state subsidy as a result of reorganization or because 
the reorganization plan would not have provided any greater educational benefit to 
students enrolled in one of the school administrative units participating in the 
reorganization process. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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124tb MAINE LEGISLATURE 
LD 1782 
LR 2428(02) 
An Act To Exempt the Town of Hermon from the School Administrative Unit Consolidation Law 
Fiscal Note for Bi~l as Amended by Committee Amendment /4-" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs . 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Given that school administrative units have already been notified of the amount of state subsidy they will receive for 
the 2010-2011 school year, this fiscal note assumes that the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program within 
the Department of Education will require a General Fund appropriation in fiscal year 2010-11 as a result of exempting 
nonconforming school administrative units under certain conditions. The amount to be appropriated will depend on 
the number of nonconforming school administrative units that are exempted and the corresponding penalty. 
This legislation may impact the total state and local cost ofK-12 public education beginning in fiscal year 2011-12 
and the State's share of that cost. This legislation could also affect the distribution of state subsidy to both conforming 
. and nonconforming school administrative units in future biennia. The impact to individual school administrative units 
can not be determined at this time. 
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