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LR 2383
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as defined in Title 20-A, section 15672, subsection 23, and 50%
must be based on pupil counts pursuant to Title 20-A, section
15674, subsection 1, paragraph C.

 
2. For fiscal year 2006-07, 40% of the local contribution for
each municipality must be based on property fiscal capacity as
defined in Title 20-A, section 15672, subsection 23, and 60% must
be based on pupil counts pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15674,
subsection 1, paragraph C.

 
3. For fiscal year 2007-08, 30% of the local contribution for
each municipality must be based on property fiscal capacity as
defined in Title 20-A, section 15672, subsection 23, and 70% must
be based on pupil counts pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15674,
subsection 1, paragraph C.

 
4. For fiscal year 2008-09 and subsequent fiscal years, the
local contribution for each municipality must be determined
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688.

 
Sec. 3. Method of sharing total costs in Manchester, Mount Vernon, Readfield and
Wayne Community School District; transition provision. Notwithstanding the
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15688, subsections 2
and 3, and to ensure that none of the member municipalities in
the Manchester, Mount Vernon, Readfield and Wayne Community
School District, referred to in this section as "the school
district," experiences significant adverse effects as a result of
the cost-sharing mechanism established pursuant to Title 20-A,
section 15688, subsections 2 and 3, the school district's
contribution to the total cost of funding public education from
grade 6 to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and
Services Funding Act must be contributed to by the school
district's member municipalities in accordance with the
transition provisions set forth in this section for fiscal year
2005-06 to fiscal year 2008-09. For each of these 4 fiscal
years, the school district shall determine each member
municipality's percentage share of the school district's
contribution to the total cost of funding public education from
grade 6 to grade 12 in accordance with Title 20-A, section 15688
and in accordance with the school district's prior cost-sharing
formula.

 
1. For fiscal year 2005-06, 60% of the school district's
contribution to the total cost of funding public education from
grade 6 to grade 12 must be allocated among the member
municipalities based on the percentages determined in accordance
with Title 20-A, section 15688, and 40% of the school district's
contribution to the total cost of funding public education from
grade 6 to grade 12 must be allocated among the member
municipalities in accordance with the percentages determined in
accordance with the school district's prior cost-sharing formula.


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