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LR 1172
Item 1

 
Sec. 15. 20-A MRSA §15652, sub-§§6 and 7, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 368,
Pt. Z, §1 and affected by §2, are repealed.

 
Sec. 16. 20-A MRSA §15653, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 368, Pt.
Z, §1 and affected by §2, is repealed.

 
Sec. 17. 20-A MRSA §15657, as amended by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. D, §5,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 18. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2000.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill restores provisions of the School Finance Act of
1985 by repealing and amending several changes that have affected
the equity of the school funding formula and that have been made
in that Act in recent years. Specifically, this bill eliminates
the 1990 reduction in state aid, the 1993 percentage reduction of
the foundation allocation, the 1995 introduction of income level
into the formula and a cost-of-living adjustment and the
replacement of operating costs with a per pupil guarantee.


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