An Act To Fully Fund Career and Technical Education for Fiscal Year 2018-19
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0358
Committee Amendment CA_A_S190 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §15688-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " fr" to S.P. 98, L.D. 358, Bill, "An Act To Fully 
Fund Career and Technical Education for Fiscal Year 2018-19" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Increase Funding for Career and Technical Education for Fiscal Year 
2019-20' 
Amend the bill in the emergency preamble in the 2nd paragraph in the 3rd line (page 
1, line 5 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2018-19" and inserting the following: 
'2019-20' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15688-A, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 2017, c. 
420, §8, is amended to read: 
1. Career and technical education program components. Beginning in fiscal year 
2018-19, the allocation for career and technical education centers and career and 
technical education regions is based upon a model that recognizes program components 
that have been approved by the department pursuant to chapter 313 for: 
A. Direct instruction. The direct instruction component includes personnel costs for 
teachers, education technicians for programs and clinical supervisors for health care 
programs. The allocation for direct instruction is the sum of the costs as determined 
based on the following components, which the commissioner shall determine 
annually: 
(1) A teacher salary matrix. In determining the teacher salary matrix for each 
program, the commissioner shall give consideration to the most recent available 
data regarding years of education experience and years of professional work 
experience relevant to instructional assignment; 
(2) Student-to-teacher ratios for each program; 
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(3) The number of education technicians required for purposes of instructional 
support, based on student enrollment and program requirements. 
The 
commissioner shall calculate the education technician allocation by multiplying 
the number of education technicians required by the statewide average salary for 
full-time education technicians, based on the most recent available salary data, 
but shall ensure that each career and technical education center or career and 
technical education region is allocated at least one full-time education technician; 
and 
(4) The clinical supervision staffmg level necessary for each program requiring 
such staffmg, based on student enrollment as determined pursuant to paragraph 
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B. Central administration. The central administration component includes personnel 
costs for directors, assistant directors and clerical staff working in career and 
technical education centers and career and technical education regions, as well as 
business managers working in career and technical education regions. The central 
administration allocation is the sum of: 
(1) Costs for personnel for each career and technical education center and career 
and technical education region, as follows: 
(a) A director, the allocation for which must be for one full-time equivalent; 
(b) An assistant director, the allocation for which must be based on student 
enrollment as determined pursuant to paragraph G but may not exceed one 
full-time equivalent; 
( c) Clerical staff, the allocation for which must be for at least one full-time 
equivalent, with additional clerical staff allocations based on student 
enrollment as determined pursuant to paragraph G; 
( d) A career and technical education region business manager, the allocation 
for which must be for one full-time equivalent; and 
( e) Benefit costs for employees in central administration, which must be 
calculated pursuant to section 15678, subsection 5, paragraph B; and 
(2) Nonpersonnel costs, which the commissioner shall calculate annually based 
upon the relationship of the most recent available career and technical education 
expenditures for nonpersonnel costs to personnel costs; 
C. Supplies and other expenditures such as purchased services, dues and fees for 
instructional programs. The allocation for supplies and other expenditures is the sum 
of: 
(1) A per-program allocation for supplies, as determined by the commissioner 
based on the most recent available career and technical education expenditures 
amount, adjusted to the year prior to the allocation year; and 
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(2) A per-pupil allocation for each student in each career and technical education 
center and each career and technical education region, determined by the 
commissioner based on: 
(a) The most recent available career and technical education expenditures 
amount, adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year; and 
(b) Student enrollment, as determined pursuant to paragraph G; 
D. 
Plant operation and maintenance, including all costs for operating and 
maintaining buildings and grounds. The commissioner shall determine the allocation 
for plant operation and maintenance costs for each career and technical education 
center and each career and technical education region by multiplying the square 
footage of the career and technical education center or career and technical education 
region building by an amount per square foot, as determined by the commissioner; 
E. 
Other student and staff support, which includes costs for student services 
coordination, career preparation, instructional technology, professional development, 
student assessment and program safety. 
The other student and staff support 
allocation is the sum of the costs for: 
(1) A counselor, the allocation for which must be for one full-time equivalent, to 
collaborate with sending school guidance counselors in order to maximize 
student participation at the middle school and high school grade levels; 
(2) 
Career and technical education center or career and technical education 
region student services coordinators, the allocation for which must be based on 
student enrollment, as determined pursuant to paragraph G, but no less than one 
full-time equivalent; 
(3) Benefit costs for employees under this paragraph, calculated pursuant to 
section 15678, subsection 5, paragraph B; and 
( 4) Instructional technology, staff professional development, student assessment 
and program safety. The commissioner shall calculate a per-pupil allocation for 
this allocation based upon student enrollment, as determined pursuant to 
paragraph G, and the relationship of the most recent available career and 
technical education expenditures for these costs to total costs, adjusted to the year 
prior to the allocation year; 
F. Equipment provided pursuant to subsection 6; and 
G. Student enrollment, which is determined as follows. 
(1) For each program or plan approved pursuant to chapter 313 that has 3 years 
of attending student counts on October 1st, student enrollment is a 3-year average 
of the attending student counts on October 1st for that program or plan. 
(2) For each program or plan approved pursuant to chapter 313 that is not 
governed by subparagraph (1), including a new program or plan approved 
pursuant to chapter 313, student enrollment must be based on the estimated 
attending student count submitted in accordance with the application for the 
program or plan approval. This estimated attending student count must be used 
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until the program or plan has 3 consecutive years of actual attending student 
counts on October 1st. 
The total allocation for a career and technical education center or career and technical 
education region is the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E, except if the sum of 
the components in paragraphs A to E is less than the most recent expenditure data, as 
adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, the career and technical 
education center or career and technical education region may not receive less than the 
adjusted expenditure, and if the sum of the components in paragraphs A to Eis more than 
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15% greater than the most recent expenditure data, as adjusted for inflation to the 
year prior to the allocation year, then the career and technical education center or career 
and technical education region may not receive more than the adjusted expenditures plus 
~15%. 
The commissioner shall authorize monthly payment of allocations to career and technical 
education centers and career and technical education regions in an amount equal to 1/12 
of the total allocation. Payments for satellite programs as approved pursuant to chapter 
must be made within this schedule to the responsible career and technical education 
center or career and technical education region; it is the responsibility of the career and 
technical education center or career and technical education region to provide the state 
support for the approved satellite program to the school administrative unit that operates 
the approved satellite program. 
If a school administrative unit operating a career and technical education center or career 
and technical education region has any unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year, 
these funds must be carried forward for the purposes of career and technical education. 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase the cap on the total allocation for a career and 
technical education center or a career and technical education region whose sum of the 
program components pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 
15688-A, subsection 1 is greater than the most recent expenditure data, as adjusted for 
inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, from 5% to 15%. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$1,556,944 
$1,556,944 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, strikes and replaces 
the bill and raises the cap on the career and technical education funding formula provision 
regarding the allocation for career and technical education centers or regions for which 
the sum of the program components is greater than the most recent expenditure data, as 
adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, from 5% to 15%. The 
amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 05/24/19 feac 
LD358 
LR 1542(02) 
An Act To Fully Fund Career and Technical Education for Fiscal Year 2018-19 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "P' ', ) H '.) 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2019-20 
FY2020-21 
$1,556,944 
$0 
$1,556,944 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$0 
$0 
This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $1,556,944 in fiscal year 2019-20 to the General Purpose 
Aid for Locals Schools program within the Department of Education to increase the cap on the total allocation for a 
career and technical education center or a career and technical education region whose sum of the program 
components pursuant to 20-A MRSA section 15688-A, subsection 1 is greater than the most recent expenditure data, 
as adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, from 5% to 15%. 
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