Maine § 20-A §15671-A Property tax contribution to public education

Maine Statutes

§ 20-A §15671-A — Property tax contribution to public education

Maine § 20-A §15671-A

Title 20-AEDUCATION

Part 7SCHOOL FINANCE

Ch. 606-BESSENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 20-A §15671-A (2026).

Text

1.Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

2.Local cost share expectation. This subsection establishes full-value education mill rates that limit a municipality's required local contribution pursuant to section 15688, subsection 3‑A. The full-value mill rates represent rates that, if applied to the statewide valuation, would produce the statewide total local share. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to the assessment of any property taxes for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2005, a municipality's required local contribution determined pursuant to section 15688, subsection 3‑A establishes the local cost share expectation for that municipality.

3.Exceeding maximum

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1.
Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
2.
Local cost share expectation.
This subsection establishes full-value education mill rates that limit a municipality's required local contribution pursuant to section 15688, subsection 3‑A. The full-value mill rates represent rates that, if applied to the statewide valuation, would produce the statewide total local share. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to the assessment of any property taxes for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2005, a municipality's required local contribution determined pursuant to section 15688, subsection 3‑A establishes the local cost share expectation for that municipality.
3.
Exceeding maximum local cost share expectations; separate article.
Beginning with the 2005-2006 school budget, the legislative body of a school administrative unit may adopt an additional local appropriation that exceeds the local cost share expectation established by section 15688, subsection 3‑A, paragraph A only if that action is approved in a separate article by a vote of the school administrative unit's legislative body through the same process that the school budget is approved in that school administrative unit and in accordance with section 15690. If that additional appropriation causes the school administrative unit to exceed the maximum state and local spending target described in subsection 4, the requirements of subsection 5 apply.
4.
Maximum state and local spending target.
The maximum state and local spending target for a school administrative unit is the sum of the following costs calculated by the commissioner for the unit:
5.
Exceeding maximum state and local spending target.
If the sum of a school administrative unit's required local contribution determined pursuant to section 15688, subsection 3‑A plus the state contribution as calculated pursuant to section 15688, subsection 3‑A, paragraph D plus any additional local amount proposed to be raised pursuant to section 15690, subsection 3 exceeds the school administrative unit's maximum state and local spending target established pursuant to subsection 4, the following provisions govern approval of that additional amount.

Legislative History

PL 2003, c. 712, §11 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 2, §D35 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 2, §D72,74 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 12, §WW3 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 12, §WW18 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 519, §AAAA2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §24 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. C, §5 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 668, §34 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. C, §5 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 571, Pt. E, §19 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 1, Pt. C, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. C, §4 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 477, Pt. C, §3 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 655, Pt. C, §5 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 1, Pt. C, §3 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. C, §9 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 595, Pt. C, §3 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. C, §8 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 389, Pt. C, §5 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 481, Pt. D, §3 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, §§21-24 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 446, §1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. C, §3 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 616, Pt. C, §3 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 1, Pt. C, §2 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 29, Pt. C, §§2, 3 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. C, §§2, 3 (AMD).