3.__Collection. After assessment and reduction under subsection 2, the remaining sum must be paid from ad valorem taxes, which may be levied without limit as to rate or amount upon all the taxable property within the school administrative unit.

Sec. D-63. 20-A MRSA c. 608 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 608

SCHOOL FINANCE ACT OF 2003

§15751.__Short title

This chapter may be known and cited as "the School Finance Act of 2003."

§15752.__Mandated legislative appropriations for kindergarten to

grade 12 education

In accordance with the phase-in schedule provided in chapter 606-B, beginning in fiscal year 2008-09, the Legislature each year shall provide at least 55% of the cost of the total allocation for kindergarten to grade 12 education from General Fund revenue sources.

For the purposes of this chapter, and until such time as the Legislature may implement an alternative school funding system, "total allocation" means the foundation allocation for a year, the debt service allocation for that year, the sum of all adjustments for that year and the total of the additional local appropriations for the prior year.__In the event the Legislature

implements an alternative school funding model that alters the meaning of the terms used in this Title or otherwise makes obsolete the system of allocations and local appropriations established by this Title, the term "total allocation" as it applies to the mandatory appropriation required by this section means the amount reasonably calculated as the equivalent of this definition.

§15753.__Mandated legislative appropriations for special education

Except as provided in section 15689, subsection 1, but notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 606-B, the Legislature shall provide 100% of a school administrative unit's special education costs as calculated pursuant to section 15681- A, subsection 2.