1-A. Essential Programs and Services Review Panel.__ To ensure the sustained integrity of the essential programs and services school funding model, the Governor shall appoint the following members to serve as the Essential Programs and Services Review Panel, which is charged with evaluating on an annual basis the degree to which the model accurately identifies the true and reasonable costs of providing educational services:

A.__The commissioner or the commissioner's designee;

B.__One representative of the state board;

C.__Two active school teachers recommended by the Maine Education Association;

D.__Two active school superintendents recommended by a statewide school superintendents' association;

E.__Two active school board members recommended by the Maine School Boards Association;

F.__Two municipal officials recommended by the Maine Municipal Association; and

G.__One active school principal recommended by a statewide school principals' association.

The Governor's appointments must be characterized by broad representation both geographically and with respect to the variously configured and sized school administrative units.__No later than December 1, 2005 and by December 1st every year thereafter, the review panel must prepare a formal evaluation of the essential programs and services school funding model, along with any recommendations to change the model in order to approve its accuracy and integrity, and provide that evaluation to the state board, the Governor and the Legislature.

Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §15671, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2003, c. 712, §10, is repealed.

Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §15671-A, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 712, §11, is amended to read:

B. For property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2005, the commissioner shall calculate the full-value education mill rate that is required to raise the total of