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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA c. 606-B is enacted to read:

 
CHAPTER 606-B

 
ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

 
§15671.__Essential programs and services

 
Essential programs and services are those educational
resources that must be provided for all students to meet the
standards in the 8 content standard subject areas of the system
of learning results established in chapter 222.__In order to
achieve this system of learning results, essential programs and
services must be available in all schools on an equitable basis.__
Essential programs and services utilize resources including
federal funds that are currently provided or could be adapted to
implement a system of learning results, as well as additional
resources that are also needed to ensure that these programs and
services are available to all students.__These essential programs
and services must be available in all schools no later than 2007-
08.__School funding must be adequate to fully provide for all of
the staffing and other material resource needs of the essential
programs and services identified by the Legislature.

 
1.__State and local partnership. The State and each local
school administrative unit are jointly responsible for
contributing to the cost of the components of essential programs
and services described in this chapter.

 
2.__Per-pupil guarantee amounts. A per-pupil guarantee
represents the amount of funds that is to be made available for
each subsidizable pupil.__Three per-pupil guarantee amounts must
be calculated, reflecting grade level cost differences:__one for
kindergarten to grade 5, one for grades 6 to 8 and one for grades
9 to 12.__These per-pupil guarantees must be modified as
appropriate for special student populations.__The per-pupil
guarantee represents the annual cost of staffing and material
resources that are appropriately allocated on a per-pupil basis.__
Categories of staffing and resources are as follows:

 
A.__School personnel, including regular and special subject
teachers, educational technicians, guidance, library, health
services, school administration, support or clerical staff
and substitute teachers;

 
B.__Supplies and equipment;


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