An Act To Update the Career and Technical Education Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1779
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S604 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §2413

SENATE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 616, 
L.D. 1779, Bill, "An Act To Update the Career and Technical Education Laws" 
Amend the amendment by inserting after the title the following: 
'Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the emergency preamble the 
following: 
'Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government 
to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local 
revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to 
the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the members elected to 
each House have determined it necessary to enact this measure.' , 
Amend the amendment by inserting after the first indented paragraph after the title 
the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §2413, sub-§2, ~A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 570, §19, is 
further amended to read: 
A. For each public charter school student, the school administrative unit in which the 
student resides must forward the per-pupil allocation to the public charter school 
attended by the student as follows. 
(1) The per-pupil allocation amount is the EPS per-pupil rate for the school 
administrative unit in which the student resides, as calculated pursuant to section 
15676, based on the student's grade level and adjusted as appropriate for 
economic disadvantage and limited English proficiency pursuant to section 
15675, subsections 1 and 2. Debt service and capital outlays may not be included 
in the calculation of these per-pupil allocations. The department shall adopt rules 
governing how to calculate these per-pupil allocations, including those for 
vocational, technical and career and technical education programs, targeted funds 
for assessment technology and kindergarten to grade 2 programs. 
(2) For students attending public charter schools, the school administrative unit 
of residence shall forward the per-pupil allocations described in subparagraph (1) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT" A"to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 616, L.D. 1779 
directly to the public charter school attended. These per-pupil allocations must 
be forwarded to each public charter school on a quarterly basis, as follows. For 
each fiscal year, allocations must be made in quarterly payments on September 
1st, December 1st, March 1st and June 1st. The September payment must be 
based on the number of students enrolled or anticipated to be enrolled in the 
public charter school at the opening of school for that school year, which may not 
exceed the maximum enrollment approved in the charter contract for that year 
unless a waiver is obtained from the authorizer. In February of the school year, if 
the number of students is higher or lower than the number of students at the 
beginning of the school year, adjustments must be made in the June payment, 
with 50% of the annual per-pupil allocation added for additional students or 
subtracted if the total number of students is lower. 
(3) For transportation expenses, the <Jverage per-pupil expense in each school 
administrative unit of residence must be calculated and an amount equal to a 
proportion, up to but not more than 100%, of that per-pupil allocation amount 
must be forwarded to the public chart~;r school attended on the same basis as the 
per-pupil allocations for operating funds. 
The percentage of that per-pupil 
expense must be determined by the [lu(horizer of the public charter school and 
must be based on the cost of transportation services provided by the public 
charter school to the student. 
(4) 
The department shall pay to the public charter school any additional 
allocation assigned to the public chart"~r school for gifted and talented students 
pursuant to section 15681-A, subsection 5 in the year in which the allocation is 
assigned. 
A school administrative unit is not requift;d to send funds to a public charter school 
for a student enrolled in the public charter school's preschool or prekindergarten 
program if the school administrative unit of the student's residence does not offer that 
program to its own residents.' , 
SUMMARY 
This amendment adds a mandate preambh: This amendment also makes a technical 
change to incorporate language that was enacted in Public Law 2011, chapter 570, section 
to prevent a conflict. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
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SPONSOREDBY2~~ 
(Senator ROSEN, R) 
COUNTY: Hancock 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 05/11/12 ;;tvac.. 
LD 1779 
LR 2566(04) 
An Act To Update the Career and Technical Education Laws 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "A" to Committee Amendment "A" S .. ~o'f 
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen of Hancock 
State Mandates 
Required Activity 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Exempted 
Requires all career and technical education programs to be based on national 
industry standards, or state level standards if national industry standards are not 
available or applicable. 
Unit Affected 
Local Cost 
School 
Moderate 
limited scope 
Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the state from 
the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional costs. 
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