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municipality's or district's annual payments for non-state-funded
debt service.

 
A.__An article in substantially the following form must be
used when a school administrative unit is considering the
appropriation for debt service allocation for non-state-
funded school construction projects or non-state-funded
portions of school construction projects.

 
(1)__"Article ....: To see what sum the (municipality
or district) will raise for the annual debt service
payments on a non-state-funded school construction
project or non-state-funded portion of a school
construction project in addition to the funds
appropriated as the local share of the school
administrative unit's contribution to the total cost of
funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12.__
(Recommend $......)"

 
(2)__The following statement must accompany the article
in subparagraph (1).__"Explanation: Non-state-funded
debt service is the amount of money needed for the
annual payments on the (municipality's or district's)
long-term debt for major capital school construction
that is not approved for state subsidy. The bonding of
this long-term debt was approved by the voters on (date
of original referendum)."

 
3.__Additional local appropriation.__A school administrative
unit may raise and expend funds for educational purposes in
addition to the funds under subsections 1 and 2.

 
A.__If the amount of the additional funds does not result in
the unit's exceeding its maximum state and local spending
target established pursuant to section 15671-A, subsection
4, an article in substantially the following form must be
used when a school administrative unit is considering the
appropriation of additional local funds:

 
(1)__"Article ....: To see what sum the (municipality
or district) will raise and to appropriate the sum of
(Recommend $.....) in additional local funds for school
purposes under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A,
section 15690. (Recommend $......)"

 
(2)__The following statement must accompany the article
in subparagraph (1).__"Explanation: The additional
local funds are those locally raised funds over and
above the school administrative unit's local
contribution to the total cost of funding public


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