Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §15605, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. G, §§2 and 4, is amended to read:

C. The requested funding levels for program costs under section 15604, subsection 1, paragraph B; section 15604, subsection 1, paragraph C, subparagraph (1); section 15604, subsection 1, paragraphs D, E and J, shall must be the actual local program costs for the base year adjusted to the equivalent of the year prior to the year of allocation; and under section 15604, subsection 1, paragraph F, for the year prior to the year of allocation.

Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §15605, sub-§2, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. G, §§2 and 4, is repealed.

Sec. 7. 20-A MRSA §15607, sub-§12, as amended by PL 1989, c. 502, Pt. C, §§7 and 8, is repealed.

Sec. 8. 20-A MRSA §15607, sub-§13 is enacted to read:

13.__Appropriation for special education costs.__Appropriate the necessary funds for reimbursement of special education costs under section 15612-A.

Sec. 9. 20-A MRSA §15608, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. G, §§2 and 4, is repealed.

Sec. 10. 20-A MRSA §15612, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1989, c. 554, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 11. 20-A MRSA §15612, sub-§11, as amended by PL 1997, c. 736, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 12. 20-A MRSA §15612, sub-§13, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 875, Pt. E, §32, is amended to read:

13. Adjustment limitations. The amounts of the adjustments paid to school administrative units or municipalities in subsections 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 are limited to the amounts appropriated by the Legislature for these adjustments.

Sec. 13. 20-A MRSA §15612-A is enacted to read:

§15612-A.__Reimbursement for special education costs

1.__Payment formula.__The commissioner shall pay to each school administrative unit, in the year of allocation, an amount