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Amend the amendment by inserting after section 4 the following:
‘Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §1485, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §13, is amended to read:
 
A. Expenditures:
 
(1) Regular instruction;
 
(2) Special education;
 
(3) Career and technical education;
 
(3-A) Charter schools;
 
(4) Other instruction, including summer school and extracurricular instruction;
 
(5) Student and staff support;
 
(6) System administration;
 
(7) School administration;
 
(8) Transportation and buses;
 
(9) Facilities maintenance;
 
(10) Debt service and other commitments; and
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(11) All other expenditures, including school lunch;
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment provides for the inclusion of a cost center relating to charter schools in warrant articles presented to the legislative body of a regional school unit for approval of the regional school unit budget.