CHAPTER 115

H.P. 353 - L.D. 478

An Act To Cap Tuition Rates by Schools in the Unorganized

Territory

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §3304, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 535, §2, is amended to read:

1-A. Charges. The per pupil tuition charge must be an amount equal to 125% of the state average expenditure per elementary pupil during the preceding year, as determined annually by the commissioner pursuant to section 5804, or the receiving school administrative unit's actual expenditure per elementary pupil for the preceding year as calculated by the commissioner, whichever is less.