| | | A.__The school administrative unit's state share of the | | total allocation, including the debt service adjustment | | pursuant to section__15689, subsection 2, and the minimum | | state share of its total allocation pursuant to section | | 15689, subsection 1 is less than the fiscal year 2004-05 | | state share of its total allocation, including the minimum | | state share of its total allocation pursuant to former | | section 15689, subsection 1 and the adjustment for | | geographic isolation pursuant to section 15612, subsection | | 2.__The state share adjustment is an amount equal to that | | difference less the losses due to reduced expenditures for | | buses, debt service, special education, gifted and talented | | education and vocational education. |
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| | | A school administrative unit that meets the criteria in paragraph | | A is eligible to receive no less than a 5% transition adjustment | | in fiscal year 2005-06 if the school administrative unit operates | | an elementary or secondary school and also has a student count of | | less than 1,000. |
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| | | A school administrative unit that meets the criteria in paragraph | | A is eligible to receive no less than a 2.5% transition | | adjustment in fiscal year 2005-06 if the school administrative | | unit operates an elementary or secondary school and also has a | | student count of more than 1,000. |
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| | | Sec. A-53. 20-A MRSA §15688, sub-§1, ¶¶A to C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. | | 712, §17, are amended to read: |
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| | A. The school administrative unit's base total cost of | funding essential programs and services subject to the | transition percentages | | subsection 1, adjusted pursuant to the transition targets | | described in section 15671, subsection 7, paragraph A; |
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| | B. The program cost allocation as used in chapter 606 | | subsidizable costs described in section 15681-A; and |
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| | C. The total debt service allocation as used in chapter 606 | | described in section 15683-A. |
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| | | Sec. A-54. 20-A MRSA §15688, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 712, | | §17, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Member municipalities in school administrative districts | | or community school districts; total costs. For each | | municipality that is a member of a school administrative district | | or community school district, the commissioner shall annually | | determine each municipality's total cost of education. A | | municipality's total cost of education is the school |
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