| | | 32-C.__Transportation operating costs.__"Transportation | | operating costs" means all costs incurred in the transportation | | of pupils in kindergarten to grade 12, including lease costs for | | bus garage and maintenance facilities and lease-purchase costs | | that the school administrative unit may apply to the purchase of | | bus garage and maintenance facilities, when the leases and lease- | | purchase agreements have been approved by the commissioner, but | | excluding the costs of bus purchases and excluding all costs not | | associated with transporting students from home to school and | | back home each day.__The amount includable for determining the | | subsidy for a school administrative unit for lease-purchase of | | bus garage and maintenance facilities may not exceed the amount | | for the lease of a comparable facility. |
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| | | 32-D.__Vocational education costs. "Vocational education | | costs" for subsidy purposes means all costs incurred by the | | vocational regions, centers or satellites in providing approved | | secondary school vocational education programs, excluding | | transportation, capital costs and debt service. |
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| | | 32-E.__Year. "Year" means a fiscal year starting July 1st and | | ending June 30th of the succeeding year. |
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| | | 33. Year of funding. "Year of funding" means the fiscal year | | during which state subsidies are disbursed to school | | administrative units, except as specified in section 15005, | | subsection 1. |
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| | | Sec. A-37. 20-A MRSA §15673, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. | | 712, §13, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. A-38. 20-A MRSA §15675, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 504, | | Pt. A, §6, is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Limited English proficiency students. The additional | | weights for school administrative units with limited English | | proficiency students are as follows: |
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| | | A. For a school administrative unit with 15 or fewer | | limited English proficiency students, the unit receives an | | additional weight of .50 per student; |
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| | | B. For a school administrative unit with more than 15 and | | fewer than 251 limited English proficiency students, the | | unit receives an additional weight of .30 per student; and |
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| | | C. For a school administrative unit with 251 or more limited | | English proficiency students, the unit receives an | | additional weight of .60 per student. |
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