An Act to Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2008
Sponsors: GROHOSKI, MURPHY
Amends: 20-A MRSA §5805

Legislative Document
No. 2008
S.P. 827
In Senate, December 5, 2025
An Act to Provide Funding to the Maine School of Science and 
Mathematics and Clarify Sending School Administrative Unit 
Obligations
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203.
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 3, 2025.  Referred to the Committee 
on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock.
Cosponsored by Representative MURPHY of Scarborough and
Senators: BERNARD of Aroostook, LIBBY of Cumberland, RAFFERTY of York, 
STEWART of Aroostook, Representatives: BABIN of Fort Fairfield, FROST of Belgrade, 
GERE of Kennebunkport.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §5805, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:
3-A.  Maine School of Science and Mathematics.  A sending unit that does not 
operate or contract with a secondary school shall pay the cost of attendance, including room 
and board, for a student in that sending unit to attend the Maine School of Science and 
Mathematics.  The maximum allowable cost of attendance at the Maine School of Science 
and Mathematics is the actual room and board rate determined by the Board of Trustees of 
the Maine School of Science and Mathematics or the state average per public secondary 
student cost as adjusted, whichever is lower, multiplied by the local contribution percentage 
of the essential programs and services amounts, as determined by the most recent report of 
the Department of Education, for that sending unit.  The school board of the sending unit 
may vote to pay a higher cost of attendance rate.
Sec. 2.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made.
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics to 
support administrative operations.
GENERAL FUND
2025-26
2026-27
All Other
$0
$400,000
__________
__________
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$400,000
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics to 
allow the administration to give financial support to in-state students who demonstrate a 
financial need related to paying room and board expenses.
GENERAL FUND
2025-26
2026-27
All Other
$0
$250,000
__________
__________
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$250,000
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics for 
infrastructure upgrades to the school's dormitory.
GENERAL FUND
2025-26
2026-27
All Other
$0
$405,000
__________
__________
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$405,000
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS
2025-26
2026-27
GENERAL FUND
$0
$1,055,000
__________
__________
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS
$0
$1,055,000
SUMMARY
This bill requires a sending school administrative unit that does not operate or contract 
with a secondary school to pay the cost of attending the Maine School of Science and 
Mathematics for students from the unit and specifies that the cost of attending the Maine 
School of Science and Mathematics includes room and board. The bill also provides 
funding to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics to support administrative 
operations, to support in-state students' room and board expenses and for infrastructure 
upgrades to the school's dormitory.