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| Sec. A-69. Method of cost sharing; exception. Beginning in fiscal year 2005- | | 06, the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, | | section 15688, subsection 2 do not apply in determining the local | | cost of education of member municipalities in Maine School | | Administrative Districts No. 6 and No. 44. The cost-sharing | | formulas established between the member municipalities in these 2 | | school administrative districts prior to January 1, 2005 remain in | | effect until the formulas are changed pursuant to Title 20-A, | | section 1301, subsection 3. Pursuant to section 68, all other | | school administrative districts and community school districts | | whose cost-sharing formulas were established in accordance with | | Title 20-A, sections 1301 and 1704, respectively, remain subject to | | a phase-in approach to achieve the requirements of Title 20-A, | | section 15688, subsection 2 and must reach full implementation of | | this provision no later than fiscal year 2008-09. |
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| | | Sec. A-70. Criteria for isolated small school adjustment; rulemaking. For fiscal | | year 2005-06 and pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title | | 20-A, section 15683, subsection 1, paragraph F, the Commissioner | | of Education shall use the proposed model that was approved by | | the State Board of Education during its December 2004 meeting to | | determine the school administrative units that qualify for the | | adjustment for isolated small schools, except that the | | commissioner shall use the following criterion change for | | isolated small elementary schools: for elementary schools, the | | distance from the nearest school is reduced from 10 to 8 miles. | | The commissioner shall develop provisionally adopted rules that | | establish the qualifications for the adjustment for isolated | | small schools in accordance with Title 20-A, section 15687 no | | later than December 2, 2005 so that the Legislature may consider | | these criteria during the Second Regular Session of the 122nd | | Legislature. |
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| | | Sec. A-71. Transition adjustment for fiscal year 2006-07. To minimize the | | adverse fiscal impact that may be experienced by some school | | administrative units as a result of the phase-in of the Essential | | Programs and Services Funding Act, the Commissioner of Education | | shall facilitate a review and analysis of the need for a | | transition adjustment in fiscal year 2006-07. The Commissioner | | of Education, no later than January 13, 2006, shall make a | | recommendation to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and | | Cultural Affairs regarding the eligibility requirements and | | funding levels necessary for a transition adjustment in fiscal | | year 2006-07. The recommendations of the Commissioner of | | Education must be consistent with the provisions of the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15686. |
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