An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1829
Committee Amendment CA_A_H694 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §8601-A, 20-A MRSA §8613, 20-A MRSA §15672

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT «A" to H.P. 1271, L.D. 1829, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Governing Education" 
Amend the bill by strildng out all of sections 11 and 12 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 11. 20-A MRSA §8601-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2013, c. 167, Pt. C, 
§ 1, is further amended to read: 
1. Adult education. 
"Adult education" means an education program primarily 
operated for individuals beyond the compulsory school age that is administered by school 
administrative units through a career pathways and service system and that, except as 
provided in section 8602-B, includes intake, assessment, advising, instruction and 
individual learning plans; is guided by data management and analysis, annual monitoring 
and annual professional development plans; uses appropriately certified staff; is designed 
to meet identified local needs; makes use of partnerships and alignment with workforce 
development, postsecondary institutions and support services; and offers at least 3 of the 
following: 
A. Basic literacy instruction or instruction in English as a Second Language; 
B. High school completion courses; 
C. College transition courses; 
B. Enriehment eourses; 
F. Adult workforce training and retraining; and 
G. Adult career and technical education. 
"Adult education" also includes enrichment courses offered as part of a school 
administrative unit's adult education program in accordance with section 8613.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 13 the following: 
1Sec. 14. 20-A MRSA §8613 is enacted to read: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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CO:tvrMITIEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1271, L.D. 1829 
§8613. Enrichment courses 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school administrative unit may 
offer enrichment courses as part of its adult education program as long as the school 
administrative unit tracks and reports annually to the department the number of 
enrichment courses offered and the total student enrollment in those courses. A school 
administrative unit is not required to undertake student intake, assessment, advising, 
instruction and individual learning plans for enrichment courses.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 15 the following: 
'Sec. 16. 20-A MRSA §15672, sub-§23, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, 
§§27 and 28, is further amended to read: 
23. Property fiscal capacity. 
11Property fiscal capacity
means: 
A. Prior to fiscal year 2014-15, the certified state valuation for the year prior to the 
most recently certified state valuation; 
B. For fiscal year 2014-15, the average of the certified state valuations for the 2 most 
recent years prior to the most recently certified state valuation; 
C. For fiscal years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18, the average of the ce1iified state 
valuations for the 3 most recent years prior to the most recently certified state 
valuation; and 
D. For fiscal year 2018-19 and each subsequent fisoal----yoot', the average of the 
certified state valuations for the 2 most recent years prior to the most recently 
certified state valuation7: and 
E. 
For fiscal year 2019-20 and each subsequent fiscal year, the average of the 
certified state valuations for the 3 most recent years prior to the most recently 
certified state valuation or the certified state valuation for the most recent prior year, 
whichever is lower. 1 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends the definition of 
11adult education.
Current law includes 
enrichment courses in the list of options that comprise an adult education program. This 
amendment removes enrichment courses from that list, but keeps enrichment courses as a 
part of 11adult education.
The amendment clarifies that enrichment courses are not 
subject to requirements placed on other types of courses included in adult education. The 
amendment retains the definition in current law of 
11enrichment course
in order to keep 
enrichment courses in the adult education laws. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITIEEAMENDMENT "M "to H.P. 1271, L.D. 1829 
The amendment also stabilizes state funding for education in fiscal year 2019-20 and 
each subsequent fiscal year by requiring the property fiscal capacity component of the 
essential programs and services funding formula to be based on the average of the 3 most 
recent years of the property values of the municipalities included in a school 
administrative unit or of the most recent prior year, whichever is lower. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03/27/18 feac 
LD 1829 
LR 2730(02) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Education 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A' LH -l; q 4-) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No state fiscal impact 
Requiring the property fiscal capacity component of the school funding formula to be based on a 3-year average of the 
prope1ty values of a municipality included in a school administrative uriit (SAU) or on the certified state valuation for 
the most recent prior year, whichever is lower, beginning in fiscal year 2019-20 will not change the total state and 
local cost ofK-12 public education or the state's share of that cost. It may, however, result in a higher mill rate 
expectation which may affect the required local contribution for local school administrative units. The impact to 
individual SAU's can not be determined at this time. 
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