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(2)__Special education tuition and other tuition for
institutional residents of state-operated institutions
attending programs in school administrative units or
private schools in accordance with rules adopted or
amended by the commissioner.

 
32. Subsidizable pupils. "Subsidizable pupils" means all
school level pupils who reside in a school administrative unit
and who are educated at public expense.

 
32-A.__Total allocation. "Total allocation" means the total of
the operating allocation as described in section 15683 and the
debt service allocation as described in section 15683-A.

 
Nonsubsidizable costs are not considered in the calculation of
the total allocation.__"Nonsubsidizable costs" includes the
following:

 
A.__Community service costs;

 
B.__Major capital costs;

 
C.__Expenditures from all federal revenue sources, except
for amounts received under United States Public Law 81-874;

 
D.__Transportation costs not associated with transporting
students from home to school and back home each day; and

 
E.__Costs payable to the Maine State Retirement System under
Title 5, section 17154, subsections 10 and 11.

 
32-B.__Transportation operating costs.__"Transportation
operating costs" means all costs incurred in the transportation
of pupils in kindergarten to grade 12, including lease costs for
bus garage and maintenance facilities and lease-purchase costs
that the school administrative unit may apply to the purchase of
bus garage and maintenance facilities, when the leases and lease-
purchase agreements have been approved by the commissioner, but
excluding the costs of bus purchases and excluding all costs not
associated with transporting students from home to school and
back home each day.__The amount includable for determining the
subsidy for a school administrative unit for lease-purchase of
bus garage and maintenance facilities may not exceed the amount
for the lease of a comparable facility.

 
32-C.__Vocational education costs. "Vocational education
costs" for subsidy purposes means all costs incurred by the
vocational regions, centers or satellites in providing approved


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