This section is repealed June 30, 2006.

Sec. 2. Method of sharing total costs in School Administrative District No. 71; transition provision. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15688, subsection 3-A, the local contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for each member municipality in School Administrative District No. 71 is subject to the following transition provisions for fiscal year 2005-06 to fiscal year 2008-09 and future years. For each of these fiscal years, School Administrative District No. 71 shall calculate the local contribution for each member municipality in the school district as follows.

1. For fiscal year 2005-06, 50% 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 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