An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Strengthen the Adequacy and Equity of Certain Cost Components of the School Funding Formula
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1394
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S461 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §15672

SENATE AMENDMENT "/4 "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 944, 
L.D. 1394, Bill, "An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To 
Strengthen the Adequacy and Equity of Certain Cost Components of the School Funding 
Formula" 
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 3 the following: 
'Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §15672, sub-§2-A, 1A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 167, Pt. 
B, § 1, is further amended to read: 
A. Principal and interest costs for approved and unapproved major capital projects in 
the allocation year, excluding payments made with funds from state and local 
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government accounts established under the federal Internal Revenue Code and 
regulations for disposition of excess, unneeded proceeds of bonds issued for a school 
project and excluding any principal and interest costs attributable to a school closed 
for lack of need pursuant to chapter 202;' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment adds to the committee amendment a provision that includes in debt 
service costs, for purposes of the school funding formula, the cost of locally funded major 
capital projects for school construction that are not approved by the State Board of 
Education. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
SPONSORED BY: 
(Senator VOLK) 
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COUNTY: Cumberland 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/01/16 fra~ 
LD 1394 
LR2011(03) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Strengthen the Adequacy and 
Equity of Certain Cost Components of the School Funding Formula 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment'~' to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Volk of Cumberland (:. 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
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Fiscal Note 
Current biennium cost increase - School Administrative Units 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Adding unapproved major capital projects to the definition of debt service costs for school subsidy purposes will 
increase the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 beginning in fiscal year 2016-17 by 
increasing the total debt service allocation, a component of the essential programs and services model. The cost of 
this requirement in fiscal year 2016-17 is not available. Since no additional state funds are being provided in this 
amendment, the total cost of this provision will be shared entirely by local school administrative units. 
Part C of Public Law 2015, c. 389, which was signed into law on March 10, 2016 as an emergency measure, sets the 
mill expectation and establishes the state and local contributions for funding the total cost of funding K-12 public 
education for fiscal year 2016-17. This amendment does not address how the Department of Education will amend PL 
2015, c. 389, Part C to incorporate the changes to the debt service allocation, the local contribution amount and the 
mill expectation if this amendment is incorporated into the bill and enacted into law. 
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