An Act To Establish the Total Cost of Education and the State and Local Contributions to Education for Fiscal Year 2018-19 and To Provide That Employees of School Management and Leadership Centers Are Eligible To Participate in the Maine Public Employees Retirement System
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1869
Committee Amendment CA_B_S469 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "t" to S.P. 712, L.D. 1869, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish the Total Cost of Education and the State and Local Contributions to Education 
for Fiscal Year 2018-19 and To Provide That Employees of School Management and 
Leadership Centers Are Eligible To Participate in the Maine Public Employees 
Retirement System" 
Amend the bill in section 3 in the last line (page 3, line 41 in L.D.) by striking out the 
following: 
118.51
and inserting the following: '8.49' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 4 and 5 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 4. Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 
12. The total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal 
year 2018-19 is as follows: 
Total Operating Allocation 
Total operating allocation pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683 
Total adjustments to state subsidy pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 15689 included in 
subsidizable costs and total other subsidizable 
costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15681-A 
Total Operating Allocation and Subsidizable Costs 
2018-19 
TOTAL 
$1,464,839,305 
$509 ,865 ,569 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
CO:MMITTEE AMENDMENT"~" to S.P. 712, L.D. 1869 
Total operating allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, 
$1,974,704,874 
section 15683 and total other subsidizable costs 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15681-A 
Total Debt Service Allocation 
Total debt service allocation pursuant to Title 
$96,696,235 
20-A, section 15683-A 
Total Adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689 
Audit adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, 
$250,000 
section 15689, subsection 4 
Educating students in long-term drug 
$391,378 
treatment center adjustments pursuant to Title 
20-A, section 15689, subsection 5 
Regionalization, consolidation and efficiency 
$4,083,539 
assistance adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689, subsection 9 
Bus refurbishing program adjustments 
$180,123 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, 
subsection 13 
MaineCare seed payments adjustments 
$642,466 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, 
subsection 14 
Special education budgetary hardship 
$1,000,000 
adjustment pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689, subsection 15 
Total adjustments to the state share of total 
$6,547,506 
allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689 
Targeted Education Funds pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" & 
"to S.P. 712, L.D. 1869 
Special education costs for state agency 
$29,737,998 
clients and state wards pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A, subsection 1 
Essential programs and services components 
$300,000 
contract pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689-A, subsection 3 
Education research institute contract pursuant 
$250,000 
to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 6 
Emergency bus loan pursuant to Title 20-A, 
$0 
section 15689-A, subsection 9 
Data management and support services for 
$4,926,754 
essential programs and services pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 10 
Postsecondary course payments pursuant to 
$3,000,000 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 11 
National board certification salary 
$307,551 
supplement pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689-A, subsection 12 
Learning through technology program 
$14,114,965 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 12-A 
Jobs for Maine's Graduates including college 
$3,545,379 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 13 
Maine School of Science and Mathematics 
$3,615,347 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 14 
Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and 
$7,769,215 
Hard of Hearing pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A, subsection 15 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ~" to S.P. 712, L.D. 1869 
Transportation administration pursuant to 
$389,890 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 16 
Special education for juvenile offenders 
$382,418 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 17 
Center of Excellence for At-risk Students 
$152,000 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 20 
Fund for the Efficient Delivery of 
$0 
Educational Services pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A, subsection 21 
Comprehensive early college programs 
$1,000,000 
funding (bridge year program) pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 23 
Community school pilots (3 pilot projects for 
$50,000 
years) pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689-A, subsection 25 
Maine School for Marine Science, 
$320,414 
Technology, Transportation and Engineering 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 26 
Total targeted education funds pursuant to Title 
$69,861,931 
20-A, section 15689-A 
Enhancing student performance and opportunity 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A and section 
15672, subsection 1-D 
Career and technical education costs pursuant 
$51,500,000 
to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 1 
Career and technical education middle school 
$500,000 
costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15672, 
subsection 1-D 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ~"to S.P. 712, L.D.1869 
College transitions programs through adult 
$450,000 
education college readiness programs 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, 
subsection 2 
New or expanded public preschool pursuant 
$0 
to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 4 
School improvement and support pursuant to 
$0 
Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 5 
National industry standards for career and 
$4,000,000 
technical education pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15688-A, subsection 6 
Total enhancing student performance and 
$56,450,000 
opportunity pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15688-A and section 15672, subsection 1-D 
Total Cost of Funding Public Education from 
Kindergarten to Grade 12 
Total cost of funding public education from 
$2,204,260, 546 
kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 
pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 606-B, not 
including normal retirement costs 
Total normal cost of teacher retirement 
$46,519,107 
Total cost of funding public education from 
$2,250, 779 ,653 
kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 
pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 606-B, 
including normal retirement costs 
Total cost of state contribution to unfunded 
$181,527,833 
actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public 
Employees Retirement System that are 
attributable to teachers, retired teacher health 
insurance and retired teacher life insurance 
for fiscal year 2018-19 pursuant to Title 5, 
chapters 421 and 423, excluding the normal 
cost of teacher retirement 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"~" to S.P. 712, L.D. 1869 
Total cost of funding public education from 
kindergarten to grade 12, plus state 
contributions to the unfunded actuarial 
liabilities of the Maine Public Employees 
Retirement System that are attributable to 
teachers, retired teacher health insurance and 
retired teacher life insurance for fiscal year 
2018-19 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 
$2,432,307,486 
Sec. 5. 
Local and state contributions to total cost of funding public 
education from kindergarten to grade 12. The local contribution and the state 
contribution appropriation provided for general purpose aid for local schools for the fiscal 
year beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019 is calculated as follows: 
Local and State Contributions to the 
Total Cost of Funding Public Education 
from Kindergarten to Grade 12 
Local and state contributions to the total 
cost of funding public education from 
kindergarten to grade 12 pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
section 15683, subject to statewide 
distributions required by law 
State contribution to the total cost of 
unfunded actuarial liabilities of the 
Maine Public Employees Retirement 
System that are attributable to teachers, 
teacher retirement health insurance and 
teacher retirement life insurance for 
fiscal year 2018-19 pursuant to Title 5, 
chapters 421 and 423 excluding the 
normal cost of teacher retirement 
2018-19 
LOCAL 
$1,135,401,570 
2018-19 
STATE 
$1,115,378,083 
$181,527,833 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"{," to S.P. 712, L.D. 1869 
State contribution to the total cost of 
funding public education from 
kindergarten to grade 12 plus state 
contribution to the total cost of 
unfunded actuarial liabilities of the 
Maine Public Employees Retirement 
System that are attributable to teachers, 
teacher retirement health insurance and 
teacher retirement life insurance 
pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 
SUMMARY 
$1,296,905 ,916 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education 
and Cultural Affairs. The amendment makes several changes to the total cost of funding 
public education from kindergarten to grade 12, the state contribution and the local 
contribution for fiscal year 2018-19, including: 
1. Reducing the mill expectation rate for municipalities from 8.51 to 8.49 for fiscal 
year 2018-19 since the proposed allocation for career and technical education middle 
school programs for fiscal year 2018-19 is reduced by $2,500,000 overall since: 
A. 
The proposed allocation for career and technical education middle school 
programs is reduced from $5,000,000 to $500,000 for fiscal year 2018-19; and 
B. 
The allocation for the national industry standards for career and technical 
education programs for fiscal year 2018-19 is upgraded from $2,000,000 to 
$4,000,000; 
2. Transferring the provision of the adjustments from the state share of the total 
allocation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15689 to the audit 
adjustment pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 4; and 
3. Amending the provisions regarding: 
A. The state contribution to the total cost of teacher retirement by indicating that the 
total costs include the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees 
Retirement System that are attributable to teachers and the total costs exclude the 
normal cost of teacher retirement; and 
B. 
The state contribution to the total cost of funding public education from 
kindergarten to grade 12 by indicating that the total costs include the state 
contribution to the total cost of unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public 
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Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, teacher retirement 
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he.alth insurance and teacher retirement life insurance. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/12/18 ;:t,,;,ac.. 
LD 1869 
LR2728(03) 
An Act To Establish the Total Cost of Education and the State and Local Contributions to Education 
for Fiscal Year 2018-19 and To Provide That Employees of School Management and Leadership 
Centers Are Eligible To Participate in the Maine Public Employees Retirement System ~ 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'e; l S - Lf(.{)l1) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Establishes 2018-2019 allocations for funding total cost of K-12 public education 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill establishes the allocations for funding the total cost of K-12 public education in 2018-2019 including the 
state contribution of $1, 115,378,083. Because General Fund appropriations and Other Special Revenue Funds 
allocations totaling this amount for the State's share of funding K-12 public education for fiscal year 2018-19 were 
provided in Public Law 2017, c. 284, the 2018-2019 biennial budget, no additional funding is required. 
LR2728(03) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1