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fund the cost of the essential programs and services | | described in Title 20-A, section 15671 is a local | | property tax commitment that is less than the local | | property tax commitment made in fiscal year 2008-09. |
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| | | 4.__Annual report.__The committee shall provide an annual | | report to the Governor and to the joint standing committee of the | | Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial | | affairs, the joint standing committee of the Legislature having | | jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs and the joint | | standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over | | taxation matters no later than September 1st in each of the | | fiscal years in which it meets pursuant to subsection 2.__The | | committee's annual report must include the following: |
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| | | A.__The information developed by the Department of Education | | in accordance with subsection 2; |
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| | | B.__A progress report of the actions of state and local | | officials in accomplishing the benchmarks and projected | | performance indicators specified in subsection 3; |
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| | | C.__Analyses of and findings with respect to the relevant | | factors, including any extenuating or exceptional | | circumstances, that contributed to the accomplishment or | | failure to accomplish the benchmarks and projected | | performance indicators specified in subsection 3 by state | | and local officials; and |
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| | | D.__Recommendations, including any recommended changes in | | law, related to the considerations described in subsection | | 2, paragraphs A to D and the benchmarks and projected | | performance indicators described in subsection 3. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §6202-A, sub-§§3 and 4, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 454, | | §30, are amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Public high school graduation decisions. By the 2006-2007 | | 2007-2008 school year, public high school graduation must be | | determined by student achievement of the standards of the system | | of learning results in English language arts, health and physical | | education, mathematics, science and technology and social | | studies, based on the school administrative unit's local | | assessment system established pursuant to this section in | | addition to other requirements as established by school board | | policy. By the 2009-2010 school year, public high school | | graduation must be determined by student achievement of the | | standards of the system of learning results in all content areas | | of the system of learning results, based on the school | | administrative unit's assessment system established pursuant to |
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