An Act To Amend the Requirements of the Reorganization Plan for the Formation of Regional School Units
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1805
Committee Amendment CA_A_H805 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §1461

COMMITTEE AMENDrvIBNT "/J "to H.P. 1343, L.D. 1802, "An Act To Amend 
the Requirements of the Reorganization Plan for the Formation of Regional School Units" 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subparagraph (2) by striking out all of division (b) (page 
1, lines 12 to 15 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'(b) For all students from kindergarten to grade 8 within the regional school 
unit, with programming for students from grade 9 to grade 12 provided by 
either operating a school or contracting for school privileges pursuant to 
chapter 115; or' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subparagraph (2) in division (c) in the last line (page 1, 
line 17 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "unit" the following: 1, with programming 
for all other students provided by either operating a school or contracting for school 
privileges pursuant to chapter 115' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §1461, sub-§3, 1C, as amended by PL 2011, c. 251, §1 and 
affected by § 12, is repealed.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides that the Commissioner of Education may approve a school 
administrative unit's proposed reorganization plan for consolidation into a regional school 
unit if the plan provides comprehensive programming for all students from kindergarten to 
grade 8 within the regional school unit, with programming for students in grade 9 to grade 
provided by either operating a school or contracting for school privileges, or provides 
comprehensive programming for all students in a grade configuration that meets the needs 
of the students from the municipalities that make up the regional school unit, with 
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programming for all other students provided by either operating a school or contracting for 
school privileges. 
This amendment also repeals a provision that provided an additional exception to the 
size requirements for a proposed reorganization plan for consolidation into a regional 
school unit for students in an isolated rural community that is no longer necessary. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/08/22 feae!. 
LD 1802 
LR2211(02) 
An Act To Amend the Requirements of the Reorganization Plan for the Formation of Regional School 
Units 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,fr'(f/-'{6'5/ 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No state fiscal impact 
This legislation will not affect the total cost of K-12 public education or the State's share of that cost. It may impact 
the distribution of subsidy to local school administrative units beginning in fiscal year 2024-25. The impact to 
individual school administrative units cannot be determined at this time. 
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