A. The school administrative unit's base total cost of funding essential programs and services subject to the transition percentages calculated pursuant to section 15683, subsection 1, adjusted pursuant to the transition targets described in section 15671, subsection 7, paragraph A;

B. The program cost allocation as used in chapter 606 other subsidizable costs described in section 15681-A; and

C. The total debt service allocation as used in chapter 606 described in section 15683-A.

Sec. D-54. 20-A MRSA §15688, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 712, §17, is amended to read:

2. Member municipalities in school administrative districts or community school districts; total costs. For each municipality that is a member of a school administrative district or community school district, the commissioner shall annually determine each municipality's total cost of education. A municipality's total cost of education is the school administrative district's or community school district's total cost of funding education multiplied by the percentage that the municipality's most recent calendar year average pupil count is to the school administrative district's or community school district's most recent calendar year average pupil count.

Sec. D-55. 20-A MRSA §15688, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 712, §17, is repealed.

Sec. D-56. 20-A MRSA §15688, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:

3-A.__School administrative unit; contribution.__For each school administrative unit, the commissioner shall annually determine the school administrative unit's required contribution, the required contribution of each municipality that is a member of the unit, if the unit has more than one member, and the State's contribution to the unit's total cost of education in accordance with the following.

A.__For a school administrative unit composed of only one municipality, the contribution of the unit and the municipality is the same and is the lesser of:

(1)__The total cost described in subsection 1; and