Funds for appropriations under this section must be placed in a single account.

§15689-F. Actions by department

Within the annual appropriations, the department shall follow the procedures described in this section.

1.__State's obligation.__If the State's continued obligation for any program provided by one of the appropriated amounts under section 15689-E exceeds the appropriated amount, any unexpended balance from another of those appropriated amounts may be applied by the commissioner toward the obligation for that program.

2.__Cash flow.__For the purpose of cash flow, the commissioner may pay the full state and local share of the payment amounts due on bond issues for school construction from that school administrative unit's state subsidy, excluding payments on non- state-funded projects.__This subsection does not apply if a school administrative unit has less subsidy than the total principal and interest payment on bonds.

Sec. D-62. 20-A MRSA §§15690 to 15695 are enacted to read:

§15690. Local appropriations

Beginning with the budget for the 2005-2006 school year, the following provisions apply to local appropriations for school purposes.

1.__School administrative unit contribution to total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12. The legislative body of each school administrative unit may vote to raise and appropriate an amount up to its required contribution to the total cost of education as described in section 15688.

A.__For a municipal school unit, an article in substantially the following form must be used when a single municipal school administrative unit is considering the appropriation of an amount up to its required contribution to the total cost of education as described in section 15688.

(1)__"Article.....: To see what sum the municipality will appropriate for the school administrative unit's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in