Maine § 20-A §15688 School administrative unit contribution to total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12

Maine Statutes

§ 20-A §15688 — School administrative unit contribution to total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12

Maine § 20-A §15688

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 §15688 (2026).

Text

1.School administrative unit; total cost. For each school administrative unit, the commissioner shall annually determine the school administrative unit's total cost of education. A school administrative unit's total cost of education must include:

2.Member municipalities in school administrative districts, community school districts, regional school units; total costs. For each municipality that is a member of a school administrative district, community school district or regional school unit, the commissioner shall annually determine each municipality's total cost of education. A municipality's total cost of education is the school administrative district's, community school district's or regional school unit's total cost of education multiplied by the percentage that the municipality's

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1.
School administrative unit; total cost.
For each school administrative unit, the commissioner shall annually determine the school administrative unit's total cost of education. A school administrative unit's total cost of education must include:
2.
Member municipalities in school administrative districts, community school districts, regional school units; total costs.
For each municipality that is a member of a school administrative district, community school district or regional school unit, the commissioner shall annually determine each municipality's total cost of education. A municipality's total cost of education is the school administrative district's, community school district's or regional school unit's total cost of education multiplied by the percentage that the municipality's most recent calendar year average pupil count is to the school administrative district's, community school district's or regional school unit's most recent calendar year average pupil count.
3.
School administrative unit; contribution.
3-A.
School administrative unit; contribution.
For each school administrative unit, the commissioner shall annually determine the school administrative unit's required contribution, the required contribution of each municipality that is a member of the unit, if the unit has more than one member, and the State's contribution to the unit's total cost of education in accordance with the following.
4.
Method of cost sharing; exception.
For the purpose of local cost sharing, the provisions of subsection 3‑A do not apply to municipalities that are members of a school administrative district or a community school district whose cost sharing formula was established pursuant to private and special law prior to January 1, 2004. For each municipality that is a member of a school administrative district or a community school district whose cost sharing formula was established pursuant to private and special law prior to January 1, 2004, the cost sharing formula established pursuant to private and special law determines each municipality's local cost of education.
5.
Effective date.
This section takes effect July 1, 2005.

Legislative History

PL 2003, c. 712, §17 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 2, §§D53-57 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 2, §§D72,74 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 12, §WW18 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §§29, 30 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 668, §§36, 37 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. C, §11 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 494, Pt. A, §13 (AMD).