Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§8, ¶E, as amended by PL 1997, c. 787, §8, is further amended to read:

E. Purchase or cost of construction of portable, temporary classroom space as approved by the commissioner beginning January 1, 1988. For the purposes of this section, "portable, temporary classroom space" means a project consisting of one or more mobile or modular buildings that are at least partially constructed off site and are designed to be moved to other sites with a minimum of disassembly and reassembly. "Portable, temporary classroom space" includes, but is not limited to, space for regular classrooms, small group instruction, libraries, clinics and guidance and administrative office space, including principal and superintendent offices. The department shall adopt rules for approving the purchase, construction or lease-purchase of portable temporary classroom space, and for determining the amount includable for subsidy purposes. Lease-purchase agreements may not exceed a term of 10 years. Approved costs are those for the year prior to the year of allocation. The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement this paragraph. Rules adopted by the department to implement this paragraph are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A 2-A; and

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§8, ¶F, as amended by PL 1999, c. 81, §4, is further amended to read:

F. Beginning in school year 2002-03, 1/5 of the aggregate amount of the approved leases defined in paragraph B and an additional 1/5 for each year thereafter may not be used to determine the debt service millage limit calculated under section 15611, subsection 1, paragraph A. The local share for the 1/5 of the aggregate amount of the approved leases defined in paragraph B and an additional 1/5 for each year thereafter must be calculated as the same percentage determined under section 15609, subsection 1, paragraph A. The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement this paragraph. Rules adopted by the department to implement this paragraph are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. 2-A; and

Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§8, ¶G is enacted to read:

G.__Beginning in school year 2003-04 and notwithstanding chapters 606, 606-A and 609, the principal and interest costs for each major capital project in accordance with this paragraph: