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4.__Budget format; town or city charter. In a municipality
where the responsibility for final adoption of the school budget
is vested by municipal charter in a council, the school budget
format may be changed through amendment of the charter under the
home rule procedures of Title 30-A, chapter 111, except that the
amendment must be approved by a majority of voters in an election
in which the total vote is at least 20% of the number of votes
cast in the municipality in the last gubernatorial election.

 
5.__Budget format; town meeting. When the final budget
authority is vested in a town meeting operating under the general
enabling procedures of Title 30-A, the format of the school
budget may be determined by the town meeting or under the
procedures of Title 30-A, section 2522 or 2528.

 
6.__Budget format; community school district. The following
provisions apply to the budget format of a community school
district.

 
A. An article containing the district's proposed budget
format must be placed on the next warrant issued or ballot
printed if:

 
(1) A majority of the district school committee votes
to place it on the warrant or ballot; or

 
(2) A written petition signed by at least 10% of the
number of voters voting in the last gubernatorial
election in each municipality within the community
school district requests it to be on the warrant or
ballot.

 
B. The article containing the budget format may be voted on
by secret ballot at an election conducted in accordance with
Title 30-A, sections 2528 to 2532.

 
C. The district school committee shall:

 
(1) Issue a warrant specifying that the municipal
officers of the municipalities within the community
school district shall place the budget format article
on the secret ballot; and

 
(2) Prepare and furnish the required number of ballots
for carrying out the election, including absentee
ballots.

 
7.__Budget format; articles. The articles prescribed in this
chapter must be included in the budget format and be voted on in


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