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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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| | | (1)__A school administrative unit that meets the | | criteria under this paragraph 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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| | | (2)__A school administrative unit that meets the | | criteria under this paragraph 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 1,000 or more. |
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| | | B.__A small school administrative unit is eligible to | | receive a transition adjustment in fiscal year 2005-06 if | | the school administrative unit operates an elementary or | | secondary school, raises the maximum local cost share | | expectation pursuant to section 15671-A and also has a | | student count of less than 500.__A school administrative | | unit that meets these criteria is eligible to receive 86% | | instead of 84% of the base total calculated pursuant to | | section 15683, subsection 2 in fiscal year 2005-06. |
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| | | Sec. UU-5. Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Educational Services; grant program for | | cost-effective small schools. In developing the implementation plan for | | the Fund for Efficient Delivery of Educational Services as | | required pursuant to Public Law 2005, chapter 2, Part D, section | | 66, the Commissioner of Education shall review the delivery of | | educational programs and services in small school administrative | | units and shall design a grant program to promote the | | preservation of cost-effective community schools in small school | | administrative units in the State. |
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| | | Sec. UU-6. Study of high-performing and cost-effective small schools. The Maine | | Education Policy Research Institute within the University of | | Southern Maine shall conduct a review of high-performing and | | cost-effective small schools in the State. |
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