Sec. A-55. 20-A MRSA §15688, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 712, §17, is repealed.

Sec. A-56. 20-A MRSA §15688, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:

3-A.__School administrative unit; contribution.__For each school administrative unit, the commissioner shall annually determine the school administrative unit's required contribution, the required contribution of each municipality that is a member of the unit, if the unit has more than one member, and the State's contribution to the unit's total cost of education in accordance with the following.

A.__For a school administrative unit composed of only one municipality, the contribution of the unit and the municipality is the same and is the lesser of:

(1)__The total cost described in subsection 1; and

(2)__The total of the full-value education mill rate calculated in section 15671-A, subsection 2 multiplied by the property fiscal capacity of the municipality.

B.__For a school administrative district or community school district composed of more than one municipality, each municipality's contribution to the total cost of education is the lesser of:

(1)__The municipality's total cost as described in subsection 2; and

(2)__The total of the full-value education mill rate calculated in section 15671-A, subsection 2 multiplied by the property fiscal capacity of the municipality.

C.__For a school administrative district or community school district composed of more than one municipality, the unit's contribution to the total cost of education is the lesser of:

(1)__The total cost as described in subsection 1; and

(2)__The sum of the totals calculated for each member municipality pursuant to paragraph B, subparagraph (2).