|
| 1.__Minimum state allocation.__Each school administrative unit | must be guaranteed a minimum state share of its total allocation | that is an amount equal to the greater of the following: |
|
| A.__The sum of the following calculations: |
|
| (1)__Multiplying 5% of each school administrative | unit's essential programs and services per-pupil | elementary rate by the average number of resident | kindergarten to grade 8 pupils as determined under | section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C, subparagraph | (1); and |
|
| (2)__Multiplying 5% of each school administrative | unit's essential programs and services per-pupil | secondary rate by the average number of resident grade | 9 to grade 12 pupils as determined under section 15674, | subsection 1, paragraph C, subparagraph (1); and |
|
| B.__The school administrative unit's special education costs | as calculated pursuant to section 15681-A, subsection 2 | multiplied by the following transition percentages: |
|
| (1)__In fiscal year 2005-06, 84%; |
|
| (2)__In fiscal year 2006-07, 90%; |
|
| (3)__In fiscal year 2007-08, 95%; and |
|
| (4)__In fiscal year 2008-09 and succeeding years, 100%. |
|
| These funds must be an adjustment to the school administrative | unit's state and local allocation after the state and local | allocation has been adjusted for debt service pursuant to | subsection 2. |
|
| | Sec. D-59. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 712, | §17, is amended to read: |
|
| | 3. Adjustment limitations. The amounts of the adjustments | paid to school administrative units or municipalities in | subsections 1 and 2 pursuant to this section are limited to the | amounts appropriated by the Legislature for these adjustments. |
|
| | Sec. D-60. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§§4 to 6 are enacted to read: |
|
|