| | | F.__An isolated small unit adjustment.__A school | | administrative unit is eligible for an isolated small school | | adjustment when the unit meets the size and distance | | criteria as established by the commissioner and approved by | | the state board.__The amount of the adjustment is the result | | of adjusting the necessary student-to-staff ratios | | determined in section 15679, subsection 2, the per-pupil | | amount for operation and maintenance of plant in section | | 15680, subsection 1, paragraph B or other essential programs | | and services components in chapter 606-B, as recommended by | | the commissioner. |
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| | | 2. Adjustments. The base total calculated pursuant to | subsection 1 must be adjusted as follows | | appropriate transition percentage in accordance with section | | 15671, subsection 7, paragraph A. |
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| | A. The base total calculated pursuant to subsection 1 must | be reduced by the amount of all funds received by the school | administrative unit under Title I of the federal Elementary | and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 United States Code, | Section 6301 et seq. during the most recent fiscal year. |
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| | B. The amount calculated pursuant to paragraph A must be | adjusted by the regional adjustment pursuant to section | 15682. |
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| | C. The amount calculated pursuant to paragraph B must be | multiplied by the essential programs and services transition | percentage for the appropriate year in accordance with | section 15671, subsection 7, paragraph A. |
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| | | Sec. D-48. 20-A MRSA §15683, as enacted by IB 2003, c. 2, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. D-49. 20-A MRSA §15683-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §15683-A.__Total debt service allocation |
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| | | For each school administrative unit, that unit's total debt | | service allocation is that unit's debt service costs as defined | | in section 15672, subsection 2-A. |
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| | | Sec. D-50. 20-A MRSA §15684, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 712, §15 and | | IB 2003, c. 2, §1, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. D-51. 20-A MRSA §15685, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 504, Pt. A, | | §6 and IB 2003, c. 2, §1, is repealed. |
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