An Act To Repeal Certain Provisions Regarding the System Administration Allocation Affecting Maine School Districts in the 2018-2019 Biennial Budget
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1689
Committee Amendment CA_A_S414 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 625, L.D. 1689, Bill, "An Act To 
Repeal Certain Provisions Regarding the System Administration Allocation Affecting 
Maine School Districts in the 2018-2019 Biennial Budget" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MR.SA §15680-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, 
§35, is amended to read: 
3. Beginning in fiscal year 2019-20. Fer Beginning in fiscal year 2019-20, the 
system administration allocation is $44±- $138 per pupil. Of this amount, $4+ $92 must 
be allocated to the school administrative unit for system administration and ,$94 $46 must 
be allocated as a targeted amount to school administrative units that have established 
regionalized administrative services pursuant to chapter 123 and to school administrative 
units that a statewide education policy research institute has identified as high-
performing, efficient school administrative units due to the percentage of their 
expenditures that are system administration expenditures. 
Sec. 2. 20-A MR.SA §15680-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, 
§35, is repealed.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, strikes and replaces 
the bill. 
The amendment retains the portion of law that establishes the system 
administration allocation at $138 per pupil for fiscal year 2018-19. The amendment 
modifies the law that establishes the system administration allocation for fiscal year 
2019-20 and subsequent fiscal years by continuing the same per pupil allocation as the 
2018-19 allocation and by revising the eligibility for receiving a portion of the system 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 625, L.D. 1689 
administration allocation to also include school administrative units that are identified as 
high-perfonning, efficient school administrative units by a statewide education policy 
research institute due to their percentage of system administration expenditures. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/15/18 frac.. 
LD 1689 
LR2558(02) 
An Act To Repeal Certain Provisions Regarding the System Administration Allocation Affecting 
Maine School Districts in the 2018-2019 Biennial Budget 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'r-t ( S -Y / ~ 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Redistribution of state subsidy - Local school administrative units 
This legislation repeals the sections of current law that set the per-pupil amounts for system administration to be 
allocated to school administrative units (SAU's) in fiscal year 2019-20 and instead holds the per-pupil amounts at the 
2018-19 level for fiscal year 2019-20 and beyond. 
Lowering the per-pupil allocation for system administration for fiscal year 2019-20 by $3 (from 141 to $138) will 
reduce the total system administration allocation versus current law. Assuming student enrollment of 180,000 in 
fiscal year 2019-20, the total system administration allocation would be approximately $540,000 lower than what it 
would be under current law. Changing the per-pupil allocation amounts to be allocated to SAU's for system 
administration (from $47 to $92) and SAU's that have established regionalized adminstrative services pursuant to Title 
20-A, chapter 123 (from $94 to $46 and now including high-performing, efficient SAU's) will result in a redistribution 
of state subsidy, with some SAU's receiving more subsidy than would have been received absent this legislation and 
some SAU's receiving less. The impact to individual SAU's can not be determined. 
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