An Act Regarding Insured Value Factor Payments for Public Tuition Students Attending a Private School
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1505
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: VALENTINO, ALFOND, CAIN, CHENETTE
Amends: 20-A MRSA §5806

Legislative Document 
No. 1505 
S.P. 563 
In Senate, May 7, 2013 
An Act Regarding Insured Value Factor Payments for Public 
Tuition Students Attending a Private School 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. 
DAREK M. GRANT 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator VALENTINO of York. 
Cosponsored by Senators: President ALFOND of Cumberland, CAIN of Penobscot, 
Representative: CHENETTE of Saco. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §5806, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2009, c. 571, Pt. E, §8, is 
further amended to read: 
2.  Maximum allowable tuition.  The maximum allowable tuition charged to a 
school administrative unit by a private school is the rate established under subsection 1 or 
the state average per public secondary student cost as adjusted, whichever is lower, plus 
an insured value factor.  For school year 2009-2010 only, the maximum allowable tuition 
rate, prior to the addition of the insured value factor, must be reduced by 2%; the insured 
value factor must be based on this reduced rate.  The insured value factor is computed by 
dividing 5% of the insured value of school buildings and equipment by the average 
number of pupils enrolled in the school on October 1st and April 1st of the year 
immediately before the school year for which the tuition charge is computed.  For the 
2008-2009 school year only, a school administrative unit is not required to pay an insured 
value factor greater than 5% of the school's tuition rate per student, unless the legislative 
body of the school administrative unit votes to authorize its school board to pay a higher 
insured value factor that is no greater than 10% of the school's tuition rate per student.  
Beginning in From school year 2009-2010 to school year 2012-2013, a school 
administrative unit is not required to pay an insured value factor greater than 5% of the 
school's tuition rate or $500 per student, whichever is less, unless the legislative body of 
the school administrative unit votes to authorize its school board to pay a higher insured 
value factor that is no greater than 10% of the school's tuition rate per student.  For the 
2013-2014 school year, a school administrative unit is not required to pay an insured 
value factor greater than 6% of the school's tuition rate per student, unless the legislative 
body of the school administrative unit votes to authorize its school board to pay a higher 
insured value factor that is not greater than 11% of the school's tuition rate per student.  
For the 2014-2015 school year, a school administrative unit is not required to pay an 
insured value factor greater than 8% of the school's tuition rate per student, unless the 
legislative body of the school administrative unit votes to authorize its school board to 
pay a higher insured value factor that is not greater than 13% of the school's tuition rate 
per student.  Beginning in school year 2015-2016, a school administrative unit is not 
required to pay an insured value factor greater than 10% of the school's tuition rate per 
student, unless the legislative body of the school administrative unit votes to authorize its 
school board to pay a higher insured value factor that is not greater than 15% of the 
school's tuition rate per student. 
SUMMARY 
This bill increases the insured value factor portion of the tuition rate that a private 
school may charge for public tuition students to 6% of the tuition rate in school year 
2013-2014, to 8% of the tuition rate in school year 2014-2015 and to 10% of the tuition 
rate beginning in school year 2015-2016, which was the rate permitted prior to school 
year 2008-2009.