| | | fiscal year, the per-pupil transportation costs for each school | | administrative unit are its established costs for the most recent | | year adjusted by the Consumer Price Index or other comparable | | index. For fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07, in no case may the | | per-pupil transportation costs for a school administrative unit | | be less than 75% of the established costs for the most recent | | fiscal year.__Every 3 years, the commissioner, using information | | provided by a statewide education policy research institute, | | shall examine and may adjust reported transportation expenditures | | and predicted transportation costs. The commissioner shall | | develop an appeals procedure for established per-pupil | | transportation costs for school administrative units. |
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| | | 4.__Vocational education costs.__Vocational education costs in | | the base year adjusted to the year prior to the allocation year. |
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| | | 5.__Gifted and talented education costs.__Gifted and talented | | costs in the base year adjusted to the year prior to the | | allocation year. |
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| | | Sec. D-44. 20-A MRSA §15682, as enacted by IB 2003, c. 2, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. D-45. 20-A MRSA §15683, as amended by PL 2003, c. 712, §14, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | §15683. Total operating allocation |
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| | | For each school administrative unit, that unit's total | | operating allocation is the base total set forth in subsection 1 | | as adjusted in accordance with subsection 2 and including the | total amount for subsection 3 | | described in section 15681-A. |
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| | | 1. Base total. The base total of a school administrative | | unit's total operating allocation is the sum of: |
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| | | A. The product of the school administrative unit's | kindergarten to grade 8 per-pupil guarantee | | rate multiplied by the total of the kindergarten to grade 8 | | portions of the following pupil counts: |
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| | | (1) The pupil count set forth in section 15674, | | subsection 1, paragraph C; |
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| | | (2) The additional weight for limited English | | proficiency students calculated pursuant to section | | 15675, subsection 1; and |
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