An Act To Authorize the Commissioner Of Education To Issue Separate Subsidy Checks to Each Municipality in an Alternative Organizational Structure
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0816
Committee: Education and Culhlral Affairs
Sponsors: CLARK, McFADDEN, BROWNE, FLETCHER, TRINW ARD, SHERMAN, SMITH
Amends: 20-A MRSA §15689-B

Legislative Document 
No. 816 
H.P.552 
House of Representatives, March 3, 2009 
An Act To Authorize the Commissioner Of Education To Issue 
Separate Subsidy Checks to Each Municipality in an Alternative 
Organizational Structure 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Culhlral Affairs suggested and ordered 
. printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
. Clerk 
Presented by Representative CLARK of Millinocket. 
Cosponsored by Representative McFADDEN of Dennysville and 
Representatives: BROWNE of Vassalboro,. FINCH of Fairfield, FLETCHER of Winslow, 
TRINW ARD of Waterville, Senators: SHERMAN of Aroostook, SMITH of Piscataquis. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15689-B, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 2,Pt. D, §61 
and affected by §§72 and 74 and c.12, Pt. WW, §18, is amended to read: 
1. Schedules of payment of unit allocation. The commissioner shall authorize state 
subsidy payments to the school administrative units- to be made in accordance with time 
schedules set forth in sections 15005, 15689-D and 15901 to 15910. Notwithstanding 
any provision of law to the contrary ,and beginning in fiscal year 2009-10, after 
notification pursuant to subsection 2, the commissioner shall issue to -each member entity 
within an alternative organizational structure a separate subsidy check representing the 
amount caJculated for allocation to that member entity within the alternative 
organiiational structure. 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRS A §15689-B, sub-§2, 9fA, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, 
§61 and affected by §§72 and 74 and c. 12, Pt. WW, §18, is amended to read: 
A. The commissioner shall annually, prior to February 1st, notify each school board 
of the estimated amount to be allocated to the school administrative unit. 
Notwithstanding any other law and beginning -in fiscal year 2009-10, the 
commissioner shall notify in writing the governing body and the superintendent of 
each alternative organizational structure of the computation and the estimated total 
amount to be allocated to the alternative organizational structure and'to each member 
entity within the alternative organizational structure. 
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SUMMARY 
Current law requires the Commissioner of Education to notify school boards of the 
estimated amount of state subsidy to be allocated to school administrative units. This bill 
requires the Commissioner of Education to also provide the governing bodies and the 
superintendent of each alternative organizational structure with the computation and the 
amount of the allocation of state subsidy that the commissioner has calculated for the 
alternative organizational structure and each member entity in the alternative 
organizational structure and requires that the commissioner issue separate subsidy checks 
,to each of the member entities within the alternative organizational structure. 
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