123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1590		LR 2320(08)
	An Act To Clarify the Method of Education Cost Sharing among Certain Municipalities
	Fiscal Note for House Amendment "     " to House Amendment "C"
	Sponsor: Rep. Babbidge of Kennebunk
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
No State fiscal impact
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This amendment has no fiscal impact to the state.  It strikes the provision in the original bill that would have affected those member municipalities whose cost-sharing formula was validated pursuant to private and special law prior to January 1, 2004 and instead provides that the provisions in Title 20-A, section 15688, subsection 3-A do not apply to municipalities that are members of Maine School Administrative District 71.  This amendment provides that, beginning in fiscal year 2008-09, 50% of the local contribution for each municipality in SAD 71 must be based on property fiscal capacity and 50% must be based on pupil counts.
	As amended, this bill will reduce the local contribution for funding K-12 public education for Kennebunk and increase the local contribution for funding K-12 public education for Kennebunkport.  The amount can not be determined at this time.
	This amendment also provides that, beginning in fiscal year 2008-09, no municipality may pay as part of its local allocation more than twice the mill rate of any other municipality within that same school administrative unit.  This amendment also provides for a transition adjustment for those municipalities that may be adversely impacted by this provision.
	As amended, this bill will reduce the local contribution for funding K-12 public education for certain municipalities within a school administrative unit and increase the local contribution for certain municipalities within the same school administrative unit.  The amount can not be determined at this time.