§ 20-A §15683-B — Public charter schools; calculation of total allocation and state contribution

Maine § 20-A §15683-B

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 20-A: EDUCATION
• Part 7: SCHOOL FINANCE
• Ch. 606-B: ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

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Beginning with fiscal year 2015-16, this section applies to public charter schools authorized by the Maine Charter School Commission, established under Title 5, section 12004‑G, subsection 10‑D, in accordance with the funding provisions established in section 2413‑A.
1.
Calculation of EPS per-pupil rates.
If there is only one school administrative unit sending students to a public charter school in a school year, the commissioner shall use that resident school administrative unit's EPS per-pupil rate. If there is more than one school administrative unit sending students to the public charter school, the commissioner shall calculate a public charter school's EPS per-pupil rate for each year as follows.
2.
Pupil counts.
Notwithstanding section 15674, the commissioner shall determine a public charter school's student counts for each year as follows.
3.
Operating allocation.
The commissioner shall determine a public charter school's operating allocation for each year as the sum of:
4.
Other subsidizable costs allocation.
The commissioner shall determine a public charter school's other subsidizable costs allocation for each year as the sum of:
5.
Total allocation and state contribution.
The commissioner shall determine a public charter school's total allocation as the sum of the school's operating allocation under subsection 3 and other subsidizable costs allocation under subsection 4. That total allocation is the state contribution, except that up to 3% of this amount must be withheld in accordance with section 2405, subsection 5, paragraph B and transferred to the Maine Charter School Commission.
6.
Payment of state contribution.
The commissioner shall authorize state subsidy payments to be made to public charter schools in accordance with the same schedule of payments for school administrative units pursuant to section 15689‑B.
7.
MaineCare seed.
The commissioner may deduct from a public charter school's state subsidy and pay on behalf of the public charter school allowable school-based costs that represent the public charter school's portion of MaineCare payments. A transfer of payment by the department to the Department of Health and Human Services must be made pursuant to a schedule agreed upon by the Department of Health and Human Services and the department and based on documentation of payments made from MaineCare funds.
8.
Curtailment adjustment.
In any funding year, if general purpose aid for local schools funding is curtailed, then the public charter school state contribution under this chapter must be curtailed by the proportional percentage that school administrative units have been curtailed.
9.
Phase-in procedures for new or newly expanded public charter schools.
For new or newly expanded public charter schools, the commissioner shall make a preliminary calculation of total allocation based on the following:

Legislative History

PL 2015, c. 54, §6 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 398, §§34, 35 (AMD).