| | | B. In issuing final certification under section 3704, | | subsection 3, final approval under section 3705, subsection | | 3 and certification under section 3706, the state board or | | commissioner, as appropriate, shall notify the regional | | school district, regional cooperative or efficient school | | unit whether, based on the department's calculations and | | determination pursuant to paragraph A, the Fund for the | | Efficient Delivery of Education Services has adequate funds | | to provide the aggregate 5-year amount of financial | | assistance for which the regional school district, regional | | cooperative or efficient school unit would otherwise be | | eligible under this section; |
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| | | C.__Except as otherwise proved by paragraph D, a regional | | school district, regional cooperative or efficient school | | unit is eligible to receive only that amount of assistance | | that is available after provision of funds to previously | | certified regional school districts; and |
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| | | D. In no event may the amount disbursed from__the Fund for | | the Efficient Delivery of Education Services to efficient | | school units in a fiscal year exceed 1/3 of the total amount | | disbursed from the fund in that fiscal year. |
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| | | §3708.__Technical assistance |
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| | | School administrative units that have entered into an | | agreement to form a regional school district or regional | | cooperative pursuant to section 3703 and that have received | | preliminary certification under section 3704, subsection 2 or | | preliminary approval under section 3705, subsection 2 may jointly | | apply to the department for assistance from the Fund for the | | Efficient Delivery of Education Services to support their | | development of efficiency and cost-saving programs, governance or | | administrative structures or other changes needed to meet the | | criteria for final certification under section 3704, subsection 3 | | or final approval under section 3705, subsection 3. |
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| | | The commissioner shall develop rules concerning application | | for and provision of technical assistance pursuant to section | | 3708 and certification of efficient school units pursuant to | | section 3706 and may develop any additional rules that the | | commissioner considers necessary to implement this chapter in | | accordance with the legislative policy stated in section 3701.__ | | Rules developed pursuant to this section are routine technical | | rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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