An Act To Fully Fund Career and Technical Education for Fiscal Year 2018-19
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0358
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: WOODSOME, SAMPSON, DESCHAMBAULT, GRIGNON, O'CONNOR, O'NEIL, ORDWAY

Legislative Document
No. 358
S.P. 98
In Senate, January 24, 2019
An Act To Fully Fund Career and Technical Education for Fiscal 
Year 2018-19
(EMERGENCY)
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator WOODSOME of York.
Cosponsored by Representative SAMPSON of Alfred and
Senator: DESCHAMBAULT of York, Representatives: GRIGNON of Athens, O'CONNOR of 
Berwick, O'NEIL of Saco, ORDWAY of Standish.
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect before the expiration of the 90-day 
period in order to provide the necessary amount of funding required for career and 
technical education in fiscal year 2018-19 pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, 
subsection 1; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  PL 2017, c. 446, §3 is amended to read:
Sec. 3.  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:
2018-19
TOTAL
Total Operating Allocation
Total operating allocation pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683
$1,463,639,305
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
$509,865,569
Total Operating Allocation and Subsidizable Costs
Total operating allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15683 and total other subsidizable costs 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15681-A
$1,973,504,874
Total Debt Service Allocation
Total debt service allocation pursuant to Title 
20-A, section 15683-A
$96,696,235
Total Adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689
Audit adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689, subsection 4
$250,000
Educating students in long-term drug 
treatment center adjustments pursuant to Title 
20-A, section 15689, subsection 5
$391,378
Regionalization, consolidation and efficiency 
assistance adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689, subsection 9
$4,083,539
Bus refurbishing program adjustments 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, 
subsection 13
$180,123
MaineCare seed payments adjustments 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, 
subsection 14
$642,466
Special education budgetary hardship 
adjustment pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689, subsection 15
$1,000,000
Total adjustments to the state share of total 
allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689
$6,547,506
Targeted Education Funds pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A
Special education costs for state agency 
clients and state wards pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A, subsection 1
$29,737,998
Essential programs and services components 
contract pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689-A, subsection 3
$300,000
Education research institute contract pursuant 
to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 6
$250,000
Emergency bus loan pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A, subsection 9
$0
Data management and support services for 
essential programs and services pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 10
$4,926,754
Postsecondary course payments pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 11
$3,000,000
National board certification salary 
supplement pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689-A, subsection 12
$307,551
Learning through technology program 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 12-A
$14,114,965
Jobs for Maine's Graduates including college 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 13
$3,545,379
Maine School of Science and Mathematics 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 14
$3,615,347
Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and 
Hard of Hearing pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A, subsection 15
$7,769,215
Transportation administration pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 16
$389,890
Special education for juvenile offenders 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 17
$382,418
Center of Excellence for At-risk Students 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 20
$152,000
Fund for the Efficient Delivery of 
Educational Services pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A, subsection 21
$0
Comprehensive early college programs 
funding (bridge year program) pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 23
$1,000,000
Community school pilots (3 pilot projects for 
years) pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689-A, subsection 25
$50,000
Maine School for Marine Science, 
Technology, Transportation and Engineering 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 26
$320,414
Total targeted education funds pursuant to Title 
20-A, section 15689-A
$69,861,931
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 
to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 1
$53,500,000 
 $54,500,000
Career and technical education middle school 
costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15672, 
subsection 1-D
$500,000
College transitions programs through adult 
education college readiness programs 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, 
subsection 2
$450,000
New or expanded public preschool pursuant 
to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 4
$0
School improvement and support pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 5
$0
Sec. 2.  PL 2017, c. 446, §4 is amended to read:
Sec. 4.  Local and state contributions to total cost of funding public 
education from kindergarten to grade 12.  The local contribution and the state 
National industry standards for career and 
technical education pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15688-A, subsection 6
$2,000,000
Total enhancing student performance and 
opportunity pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15688-A and section 15672, subsection 1-D
$56,450,000 
 $57,450,000
Total Cost of Funding Public Education from 
Kindergarten to Grade 12
Total cost of funding public education from 
kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 
pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 606-B, not 
including normal retirement costs
$2,203,060,546 
$2,204,060,546
Total normal cost of teacher retirement
$46,519,107
Total cost of funding public education from 
kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 
pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 606-B, 
including normal retirement costs
$2,249,579,653 
$2,250,579,653
Total cost of state contribution to 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 423, excluding the normal 
cost of teacher retirement
$181,527,833
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 
$2,431,107,486 
$2,432,107,486
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:
Sec. 3.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made.
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to fully fund the cost of career and technical 
education in fiscal year 2018-19 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
section 15688-A, subsection 1.
2018-19
2018-19
LOCAL
STATE
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
$1,134,201,570
$1,115,378,083 
$1,116,378,083
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
$181,527,833
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 
$1,296,905,916 
$1,297,905,916
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved.
SUMMARY
This bill provides $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 to the General Purpose Aid for 
Local Schools program within the Department of Education in order to fully fund the cost 
of career and technical education pursuant to current law.  This bill also amends Public 
Law 2017, chapter 446 to reflect the additional funding.
GENERAL FUND
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
All Other
$1,000,000
$0
$0
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$1,000,000
$0
$0