LD 1484
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Page 2 of 3 An Act To Amend the School Construction Program LD 1484 Title Page
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LR 55
Item 1

 
purpose aid for local schools program. The bill amends
provisions of the school construction program and the so-called
debt service "circuit breaker" program in the following ways:

 
1. It increases the millage limit established for the debt
service circuit breaker from 45% to 100%;

 
2. It provides that, beginning in school year 2003-04, a
school administrative unit engaged simultaneously in 2 or more
approved major capital projects is eligible to include the
principal and interest costs for each major capital project in
the determination of the debt service millage limit;

 
3. It provides that, beginning in school year 2003-04, a
school administrative unit engaged simultaneously in an
approved major capital project and a nonstate funded project
is eligible for state support for 100% of the principal and
interest costs for the approved major capital project and for
50% of the principal and interest costs for the nonstate
funded project if the project was approved by the commissioner
after the school administrative unit applied to the state
board for major capital project approval and the project
application involved received a rating in the top 50% on the
major capital project priority list; and

 
4. It directs the Department of Education and the State
Board of Education to amend or adopt rules necessary to
implement the changes to the debt service "circuit breaker"
program.


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