| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, in order for the adjustment proposed in this | | legislation to be implemented in fiscal year 2003-04, this | | legislation must be enacted as an emergency measure; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts | | create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of | | Maine and require the following legislation as immediately | | necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and | | safety; now, therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§28-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 401, | | Pt. JJ, §1, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §15612, sub-§12-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 401, | | Pt. JJ, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its | | place: |
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| | | 12-A.__Adjustment for students of limited proficiency in | | English who are placed in transitional instruction programs | | that use English as a 2nd language or bilingual techniques; | | adjustment limitation.__In fiscal year 2003-04 and in each | | succeeding fiscal year, a school administrative unit that | | places a student in a transitional instruction program using | | English as a 2nd language or bilingual techniques approved by | | the commissioner and established in accordance with section | | 4701, subsection 2 must receive an adjustment on a per capita | | basis for each such student in the unit.__State payments to | | school administrative units pursuant to this subsection must | | be calculated as follows. |
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| | | A.__For the purposes of this subsection, "student placed | | in an approved transitional instruction program" means an | | elementary or secondary student who is a student of | | limited proficiency in English and who is placed in a | | transitional instruction program using English as a 2nd | | language or bilingual techniques established in the school | | administrative unit as part of plans approved by the | | commissioner and implemented in accordance with section | | 4701, subsection 2. |
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| | | B.__The amount of each school administrative unit's | | adjustment is as calculated pursuant to paragraph C and | | prorated as necessary pursuant to paragraph E. |
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| | | C.__The weighted student count used for the calculation of |
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