Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15614, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. G, §§2 and 4, is amended to read:

A. An article in substantially the following form shall must be used when a school administrative unit is considering the appropriation of the foundation allocation.

(1) "Article : To see what sum the municipality/district will appropriate from the foundation allocation for school purposes (Recommend $ ) and to see what sum the municipality/district will raise as the local share of the foundation allocation (Recommend $ ). Explanation:__The foundation allocation is the amount of money determined by state law to be the minimum amount that a school district must raise in order to receive the full amount of state dollars."

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §15614, sub-§2, ķA, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. G, §§2 and 4, is amended to read:

A. An article in substantially the following form shall must be used when a school administrative unit is considering the appropriation for debt service allocation.

(1) "Article : To see what sum the municipality/district will raise as the local share of debt service (Recommend $ ). Explanation:__ Debt service is the amount of money needed to repay the school district's long-term debt for construction.__In this district, the total debt owed is ($______).__The local share of that debt is ($______) and the state-reimbursed share of that debt is ($______ )."

Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §15614, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 710, §12, is further amended to read:

3. Additional local appropriation. A school administrative unit may raise and expend funds for educational purposes in addition to the funds under subsections 1 and 2. An article in substantially the following form must be used when a school administrative unit is considering the appropriation of additional local funds:

"Article : To see what sum the municipality/district will raise and to appropriate the sum of (Recommend $ ) in additional local funds for school purposes under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15614.