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appropriate and ensure the accurate distribution of the total | | amount identified by the commissioner, adjusted by the actual | | state and federal reimbursements for the costs of special | | education services mandated by federal or state law, rule or | | regulation and previously provided to the individual school | | administrative units for that same school year. |
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| | | §15684.__Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Educational | | Services |
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| | | The Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Educational Services, | | referred to in this section as "the fund," is established. |
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| | | Two percent of the funds annually appropriated pursuant to | | this chapter must be dedicated to the fund and distributed | | from the fund to those school administrative units and | | municipalities that can demonstrate significant and | | sustainable savings in the cost of delivering educational | | services through changes in governance, administrative | | structure or adopted policy that result in the creation of | | consolidated school administrative units, broad-based | | purchasing alliances, enhanced regional delivery of | | educational services or collaborative school-municipal service | | delivery or service support systems. |
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| | | The State's school administrative units and municipalities | | are entitled to the appropriations required by this chapter. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. | | U, §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Revenue-sharing funds. To strengthen the state- | | municipal fiscal relationship pursuant to the findings and | | objectives of subsection 1, there is established the Local | | Government Fund. To provide additional support for | | municipalities experiencing a higher-than-average property tax | | burden, there is established the Disproportionate Tax Burden | | Fund. To assist those municipalities that collaborate with | | other municipalities, counties or state agencies to obtain | | savings in the cost of delivering local and regional | | governmental services there is established the Fund for the | | Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§5-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | 5-B.__Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional | | Services.__For the months beginning on or after July 1, 2004 | | and before the distributions required by subsections 4-A and | | 4-B, 2% of all receipts transferred each month pursuant to | | subsection 5 must be deposited in the Fund for the Efficient | | Delivery of Local |
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