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adjusted pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, | | section 15689, subsection 2. The commissioner shall conduct a | | comprehensive analysis of the 6 so-called "outlier" school | | administrative units that may be adversely affected by the minimum | | state allocation adjustments enacted pursuant to Public Law 2005, | | chapter 2. The commissioner shall propose potential solutions, | | including a phase-in approach to resolving the adverse fiscal | | impact for these school administrative units. The commissioner | | shall report the findings of this review, including any recommended | | legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and | | Cultural Affairs by November 30, 2005. The Joint Standing | | Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs may introduce a bill | | related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 122nd | | Legislature. |
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| | | Sec. UU-11. Review of transportation costs for certain rural schools. The | | Commissioner of Education shall review the costs defined in the | | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15681-A, subsection 3 | | as the costs pertain to school administrative districts or | | community school districts that have more than 1,250 resident | | pupils, in conjunction with other adjustments and funding | | increases provided by law to determine an appropriate level of | | funding for fiscal year 2006-07 in order for those districts to | | maintain their current level of transportation services. The | | commissioner shall report these findings by November 30, 2005 | | including any recommended legislation to the Joint Standing | | Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the Joint | | Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. |
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| | | Sec. UU-12. Application. This Part applies to school budgets passed | | for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and thereafter. |
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| | | Sec. UU-13. Effective date. This Part takes effect July 1, 2005. |
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| | | Sec. VV-1. 36 MRSA §2551, sub-§1-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 1-A.__Community support services.__"Community support | | services" means rehabilitative services provided to adults at | | least 18 years of age or to emancipated children that are | | provided in the context of a supportive relationship pursuant to | | an individual support plan that promotes a person's recovery and | | integration of the person into the community and that sustain the | | person in that person's current living situation or another | | living situation of that person's choice.__"Community support |
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