A.__For a municipal school unit, an article in substantially the following form must be used when a single municipal school administrative unit is considering the appropriation of the local share of the school administrative unit's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in section 15688.

(1)__"Article____ : To see what sum the municipality will appropriate for the school administrative unit's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act (Recommend $______) and to see what sum the municipality will raise as the municipality's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15688. (Recommend $____ .)"

(2)__The following statement must accompany the article in subparagraph (1).__"Explanation: The school administrative unit's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act is the amount of money determined by state law to be the minimum amount that a municipality must raise in order to receive the full amount of state dollars."

B.__For a school administrative district or a community school district, an article in substantially the following form must be used when the school administrative district or community school district is considering the appropriation of the local share of the school administrative unit's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in section 15688.

(1)__"Article____ : To see what sum each municipality will appropriate for the school administrative unit's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act and to see what sum each municipality will raise as each municipality's contribution to the total cost of