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(2)__A statewide adjustment factor to be established
annually by the commissioner.

 
B__ Notwithstanding paragraph A, the local share percentage
for a school administrative district or a community school
district is calculated as a weighted average of the local
share percentages of each member municipality as if each
member municipality were a separate school administrative
unit.__The weight for each municipality is the proportion of
the district's subsidizable pupils who reside in the
municipality.

 
C.__The local share percentage for a school administrative
unit in a school administrative district or a community
school district may not exceed 100%.__If the local share
percentage calculation is performed for a municipality in
accordance with paragraph B, then the local share percentage
for the municipality may not exceed 100%.

 
2.__School administrative unit; contribution.__For each school
administrative unit, the commissioner shall annually determine
the school administrative unit's contribution in accordance with
the following.

 
A.__The school administrative unit's local contribution to
the total operating allocation is the product of the amount
calculated pursuant to section 15683 multiplied by the
school administrative unit's local share percentage of the
total operating allocation calculated pursuant to subsection
1.

 
B.__The school administrative unit's state contribution to
the total operating allocation is the amount calculated
pursuant to section 15683 less the school administrative
unit's local contribution to the total operating allocation
calculated pursuant to paragraph A.

 
§15685.__Weighted relative property fiscal capacity

 
For each school administrative unit, the commissioner shall
annually determine the unit's weighted relative property fiscal
capacity.__This determination is the result of the following
steps.

 
1.__Fiscal capacity.__The local per-pupil property fiscal
capacity divided by the statewide per-pupil property fiscal
capacity as computed by the commissioner is multiplied by a
property weight of 0.85.

 
2.__Local median household income.__The local median household
income is divided by the statewide average median


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