An Act To Provide Assistance to Economically Disadvantaged Students
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§11 is enacted to read:
11. Minimum economically disadvantaged student adjustment. Beginning in fiscal year 2012-13, and for each subsequent fiscal year, each school administrative unit may receive an adjustment for economically disadvantaged students determined as follows.
A. A school administrative unit is eligible for the adjustment for economically disadvantaged students under the following conditions:
(1) The school administrative unit receives an adjustment for the minimum state allocation pursuant to subsection 1;
(2) The school administrative unit's percentage of economically disadvantaged students as determined pursuant to section 15675, subsection 2 is greater than the state average percentage of economically disadvantaged students; and
(3) The school administrative unit operates a school.
B. The amount of the adjustment for economically disadvantaged students is the difference, but not less than zero, between the state share of the total allocation under this chapter and the amount computed as the school administrative unit's total allocation for economically disadvantaged students, multiplied by the relevant percentage in subsection 1, paragraph B.
summary
This bill provides an adjustment for a school administrative unit that is a minimum subsidy receiver if its percentage of economically disadvantaged students is greater than the state average.