| | Sec. 11. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§8, ¶B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 787, | §6, is further amended to read: |
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| B. Lease costs for school buildings when the leases, | including leases under which the school administrative unit | may apply the lease payments to the purchase of portable, | temporary classroom space beginning January 1, 1988, have | been approved by the commissioner for the year prior to the | year of allocation. Beginning July 1, 1998 lease cost | includes: |
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| (1) Administrative space. A school administrative | unit may lease administrative space with state support | until July 1, 2003. A school administrative unit | engaged in a lease-purchase agreement for | administrative space is eligible for state support | until July 1, 2008; |
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| (2) Temporary interim nonadministrative space. |
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| (a) A school administrative unit with state- | approved need for nonadministrative space may | lease temporary interim space, with state support, | for a maximum of 5 years. A school administrative | unit may appeal to the state board if this | division limitation presents an undue burden. The | board's decision is final. When making a | determination on a school administrative unit's | request for relief based on undue burden, the | state board may consider, but not be limited to, | the following: |
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| (ii)__Enrollment demographics; and |
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| (iii)__Unforeseen circumstances not within | the control of the appealing school | administrative unit. |
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| The state board's decision is final. |
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| (b) A school administrative unit engaged in a | lease-purchase agreement for temporary interim | nonadministrative space is eligible for state | support for a maximum of 10 years; and |
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| (3) Permanent small nonadministrative space that replaces or is | converted from existing approved leased portable space. The | existing leased portable space |
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