Sec. I-4. 20-A MRSA §8607-A, sub-§8 is enacted to read:

8.__College transition courses.__College transition courses are reimbursed at a rate of 75% of the cost of required instructional salaries and fringe benefits for those courses and 50% of the cost of consumable supplies and textbooks used in those courses.

PART J

Sec. J-1. 20-A MRSA §15672, sub-§1-C, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §36 and affected by §§72 and 74 and c. 12, Pt. WW, §18, is amended to read:

1-C. Bus purchase costs. "Bus purchase costs" includes expenditures for bus purchases purchase payments approved by the commissioner and made during the year prior to the allocation year. For bus purchases approved in fiscal year 2004-05 only, 50% of first year approved payments must be allocated in fiscal year 2006-07 and 50% of first year approved payments must be allocated in fiscal year 2007-08.

Sec. J-2. 20-A MRSA §15689-A, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. D, §3, is amended to read:

10. Data management and support services for essential programs and services. The commissioner may pay costs attributed to system maintenance and staff support necessary to implement the requirements of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act. A transfer of All Other funds from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools account to Personal Services in the Management Information Systems account for 5 positions that provide professional and administrative support to general purpose aid for local schools in the department's management information systems program may occur annually by financial order upon recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor.

Sec. J-3. 20-A MRSA §15905, sub-§1, ķA, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. N, §2, is further amended to read:

A. The state board may approve projects as long as no project approval will cause debt service costs, as defined in section 15603 15672, subsection 8 2-A, paragraph A, to exceed the maximum limits specified in Table 1 in subsequent fiscal years.