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computed under this chapter and not as an adjustment to the
school administrative unit's total allocation after the state and
local allocation has been adjusted for debt service pursuant to
subsection 2.

 
3. Adjustment limitations. The amounts of the adjustments
paid to school administrative units or municipalities in
subsections 1 and 2 pursuant to this section are limited to the
amounts appropriated by the Legislature for these adjustments.

 
Sec. D-53. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§§4 to 6 are enacted to read:

 
4.__Audit adjustments.__The following provisions apply to
audit adjustments.

 
A.__If errors are revealed by audit and by the commissioner,
the school administrative unit's state subsidy must be
adjusted to include corrections.

 
B.__If audit adjustments are discovered after the funding
level is certified by the commissioner and the state board
on December 15th pursuant to section 15689-C, the department
may request the necessary additional funds, if any, to pay
for these adjustments.__These amounts, if any, are in
addition to the audit adjustment amount certified by the
commissioner and state board on the prior December 15th.

 
5.__Adjustment for cost of educating eligible students in
long-term drug treatment centers.__A school administrative unit
that operates an educational program approved pursuant to chapter
327 to serve eligible students in licensed drug treatment centers
must be reimbursed in the year in which costs are incurred as
follows.

 
A.__Reimbursements must be limited to a maximum of 12 state
average tuition rates a year for each approved plan.

 
B.__The rate of reimbursement per student may not exceed the
state average tuition rates in effect during the year of
placement as computed under sections 5804 and 5805.__The
tuition rates must be computed based on the state average
secondary tuition rate and may be adjusted if the program is
approved to operate beyond the 180-day school year.

 
6.__Adjustment for uncertified personnel.__The commissioner
shall reduce the state share of the total allocation to a school
administrative unit in the current year or following year by an
amount that represents the state share of expenditures for
salaries and benefits paid to uncertified personnel.


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