An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the School Revolving Renovation Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0952
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: LANGLEY, COURTNEY, MASON, PLOWMAN, BEAULIEU, CEBRA, DAMON, JOHNSON
Amends: 30-A MRSA §6006-F

Legislative Document 
No. 952 
S.P. 298 
In Senate, March 8, 2011 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the School Revolving 
Renovation Fund 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
JOSEPH G. CARLETON, JR. 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator LANGLEY of Hancock. 
Cosponsored by Senators: COURTNEY of York, MASON of Androscoggin, PLOWMAN of 
Penobscot, Representatives: BEAULIEU of Auburn, CEBRA of Naples, DAMON of Bangor, 
JOHNSON of Eddington, McCLELLAN of Raymond. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  30-A MRSA §6006-F, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. 
OOOO, §2, is further amended to read: 
A.  To make loans to school administrative units for school repair and renovation. 
(1)  The following repair and renovation needs receive first priority status: 
(a)  Repair or replacement of a roof on a school building; 
(b)  Bringing a school building into compliance with the federal Americans 
with Disabilities Act, 42 United States Code, Section 12101 et seq.; 
(c)  Improving air quality in a school building; 
(d)  Removing asbestos from or abating asbestos in a school building; and 
(f)  Undertaking other health, safety and compliance repairs.; and 
(g)  Making repairs and renovations to improve energy efficiency. 
(2)  Repairs Except as provided in subparagraph (1), division (g), repairs and 
improvements not related to health, safety and compliance repairs receive 2nd 
priority status.  Those repairs and improvements are limited to a school building 
structure, windows and doors and to a school building water or septic system. 
(3)  Upgrade of learning spaces in school buildings and small-scale capital 
improvements receive 3rd priority status. 
(4)  The Commissioner of Education may approve other necessary repairs. 
(5)  After the total amount appropriated, allocated and repaid to the fund exceeds 
$75,000,000, loans may be provided for 2nd priority status, 3rd priority status or 
other necessary repairs, improvements and upgrades, with approval of the 
Commissioner of Education, based on rules adopted under this section, as long as 
the Commissioner of Education determines that substantial progress has been 
made in addressing repairs and renovations with first priority status; 
Sec. 2.  Rules.  The Department of Education shall amend its rules governing the 
School Revolving Renovation Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
30-A, section 6006-F, subsection 1 to provide that the maximum total loans for repairs, 
renovations and improvement projects for first priority, 2nd priority, 3rd priority and 
other projects for a school building from the fund is $9,000,000.  The maximum loan 
amount from the fund to address all first priority projects in a school building must be 
$3,000,000.  The maximum loan amount from the fund to address all 2nd priority projects 
in a school building must be $3,000,000.  The maximum loan amount from the fund to 
address all 3rd priority projects in a school building must be $3,000,000, except that, in a 
case in which a school administrative unit documents to the department's satisfaction that 
all first priority and 2nd priority issues have been addressed in that school without fund 
support, the maximum loan amount from the fund to address all 3rd priority projects in 
that school must be $6,000,000.  If first priority and 2nd priority issues have not been 
addressed, then the maximum amount from the fund to address 3rd priority projects must 
be $3,000,000.  A school building may qualify for a combination of loans from the fund 
for first priority, 2nd priority, 3rd priority and other projects, but in no case may the total 
of the loans exceed $9,000,000. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the laws governing the School Revolving Renovation Fund to 
provide that repairs and renovations to improve energy efficiency qualify for first priority 
status in determining which loans to school administrative units are approved.  It also 
increases from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 the maximum loan amount from the fund to 
address first priority, 2nd priority or 3rd priority projects.  It increases from $3,000,000 to 
$9,000,000 the maximum total loans from the fund for which a school building is 
eligible.