| contribution as calculated in section 15688, subsection 3, | paragraph B plus the additional local contribution raised | pursuant to section 15690, subsection 3 may not exceed the | targeted state and local spending for fiscal year 2005-06 and | succeeding fiscal years. The targeted state and local spending | for fiscal years 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 is as | follows: |
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| A.__The targeted state and local spending for fiscal year | 2005-06 is equal to the state and local spending, excluding | local only debt, from fiscal year 2004-05 increased by the | 3-year average percent of increase in the Consumer Price | Index plus 25% of the difference between that result and | 100% of the essential programs and services costs for fiscal | year 2005-06 or 100% of the essential programs and services | costs, whichever is less; |
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| B.__The targeted state and local spending for fiscal year | 2006-07 is equal to the state and local spending, excluding | local only debt, from fiscal year 2005-06 increased by the | 3-year average percent of increase in the Consumer Price | Index plus 25% of the difference between that result and | 100% of the essential programs and services costs for fiscal | year 2006-07 or 100% of the essential programs and services | costs, whichever is less; |
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| C.__The targeted state and local spending for fiscal year | 2007-08 is equal to the state and local spending, excluding | local only debt, from fiscal year 2006-07 increased by the | 3-year average percent of increase in the Consumer Price | Index plus 25% of the difference between that result and | 100% of the essential programs and services costs for fiscal | year 2007-08 or 100% of the essential programs and services | costs, whichever is less; and |
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| D.__The targeted state and local spending for fiscal year | 2008-09 and succeeding years is equal to 100% of the | essential programs and services costs. |
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| If a school administrative unit elects to exceed the limit | established in paragraph A, B, C or D, the legislative body of | that school administrative unit must approve or otherwise ratify | that action, which may be done only by referendum in a separate | article. The referendum procedures governing the school budget | adoption or ratification voting must be accomplished in | accordance with sections 1305, subsection 1, 1305-B and 1701-B | or, for municipal school systems opting to use a secret ballot, | Title 30-A, section 2528, and the article must conform to section | 15690, subsection 3, paragraph B. |
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