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LD 1649 Title Page An Act To Amend the Maximum Allowable Tuition for Students LD 1649 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §5804, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1983, c. 485, §24,
is further amended to read:

 
1. Public schools. The maximum tuition payments shall not
exceed payment is the receiving school administrative unit's per
student cost for the preceding year as calculated by the
commissioner or the average per student cost in all public
elementary schools in the State for the previous year as computed
by the commissioner, whichever is higher. The school board of the
sending unit may vote to pay a higher tuition rate.

 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §5805, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 266, §10,
is further amended to read:

 
2. Maximum allowable tuition. The maximum allowable tuition
charge by a public secondary school is the rate computed under
subsection 1 or the state average per public secondary student
cost as adjusted, whichever is lower higher. The school board of
the sending unit may vote to pay a higher tuition rate.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to pay for
each tuition student to a public elementary or secondary school
the actual per student cost or the average statewide per student
cost, whichever is higher.


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