An Act To Limit the Scope of Miscellaneous Costs within the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools Appropriation .
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1126
Committee Amendment CA_A_S209 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §15689-D

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 417, L.D. 1126, Bili, "An Act To Limit 
the Scope of Miscellaneous Costs within the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 
Appropriation" 
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Amend the bill by striking out evelything after the enacting clause and before the 
summaIY and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRS A §15689-C, 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. 
Annual recommendation. Prior to December 15th of each year, the 
commissioner, with the approval of the state board, shall recommend to the Governor and 
the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of the Budget the 
funding levels that the commissioner recommends for the purposes of this chapter. 
Beginning with the recommendations due in 2009, the commissioner's annual 
recommendations must be in the form and manner described in subsection 4. 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRS A §15689-C, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. 
Guidelines for updating adjustments and miscellaneous costs. 
The 
commissioner's recommendations regarding the adjustments and miscellaneous costs 
components as set forth in subsection 2 also must delineate each amount that is 
recommended for each subsection and paragraph under sections 15689 and 15689-A and 
the purposes for each cost in these sections. 
For each amount shown in the 
commissioner's recommendations, the commissioner's recommendation must also show 
the amount for the same component or purpose that is included in the most recently 
approved state budget, the differences between the amounts in the most recently approved 
state budget and the commissioner's recommendations and the reasons for the changes. 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §15689-D, as amended by PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. C, §7, is 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITIEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 417, L.D. 1126 
§15689-D. Governor's recommendation for funding levels 
1. Annual recommendations. The Depaliment of Administrative and Financial 
Services, Bureau of the Budget shall annually celiify to the Legislature the funding levels 
that the Governor recommends under sections 15683, 15683-A, 15689 and 15689-A. The 
Governor's recommendations must be transmitted to the Legislature within the time 
schedules set forth in Title 5, section 1666 and in the form and manner described in 
subsection 2. 
The commissioner may adjust, consistent with the Governor's 
recommendation for funding levels, per-pupil amounts not related to staffing pursuant to 
section 15680 and targeted fundspursuantto section 15681. 
2. 
Funding level computations. 
The Governor's recommendations under 
subsection 1 must specify the amounts that are· recommended for the total operating 
allocation pursuant to section 15683, the total of other subsidizable costs pursuant to 
section 15681-A, the total debt service allocation pursuant to section 15683-A, the total 
adjustments pursuant to section 15689, the total miscellaneous costs pursuant to section 
15689-A, the amount for any other components of the total cost of funding public 
education from kindergarten to grade 12 and the total cost of funding public education 
from 
kindergarten to 
grade 
pursuant to this chapter. 
The Governor's 
recommendations regarding the adjustments and miscellaneous costs components also 
must delineate each amount that is recommended for each subsection and paragraph 
under sections 15689 and 15689-A and the purposes for each cost in these sections. For 
each 
amount 
shown 
in 
the 
Governor's 
recommendations, 
the 
Governor's 
recommendations must also show the arnount for the same component or purpose that is 
included in the most recently approved state budget, the differences between the amounts 
in the most recently approved state budget and the Governor's recommendations and the 
reasons for the changes.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment I:eplaces the bill to incorporate changes in the law concerning the 
Commissioner of Education's funding level recommendations and the Governor's 
recommendations for the annual appropriation to the General Purpose Aid for Local 
Schools program in the state budget. 
The ainendment requires that the amounts 
appropriated for certain components of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act 
that are proposed in any state budget must be shown in a sufficiently detailed and 
transparent form and manner to permit the Legislature and the citizens of the State to 
identiry the changes in proposed funding for the components of the Essential Programs 
and Services Funding Act from the proposed budget without need for reference to other 
documents or explanations. 
FISCAL NOTE REQ>UTRED 
(See Attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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LD 1126 
LR 466(02) 
An Act To Limit (he Scope of Miscellaneous Costs within the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 
Appropriation 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '14" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Deparhnent of Education associated with providing the required detailed infOlmation can be 
absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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