Title 20-A, Title 20-A

The Treasurer of State shall keep a separate account of all money received from sales of lands appropriated for the support of schools or from notes taken therefor and of any other money appropriated for the same purpose. Those sums constitute the Permanent School Fund, which mus…

Notwithstanding any statute or charter provision to the contrary, a school administrative unit shall annually adopt a school budget for a period beginning on July 1st and ending on June 30th.

The unexpended balance of all money raised by a school administrative unit, received from the State for general-purpose aid or for other educational programs; from the Federal Government directly or from the Federal Government through the State; from tuition payments made by othe…

1. Apportionments. Unless otherwise required by law, the State shall pay apportionments to school administrative units, career and technical education regions and private schools annually commencing in July. The State shall pay an amount not to exceed 1/12 of the subsidy each mon…

1. Municipal schools. Money appropriated for public schools for educational purposes may be paid from the treasury of a municipality by the treasurer of the municipality in the following circumstances: A. Upon written order of the municipal officers following receipt of a bill of…

All income derived from ministerial and school lands within a municipality and from rents and profits of real and personal estate held under Title 13, section 3166, shall be annually applied to the support of public schools in the municipality or the schooling of resident student…

A school administrative unit may establish and expend a fuel cost stabilization fund as provided in this section. [PL 2009, c. 104, §1 (NEW).] 1. Establishment and funding. The voters or other legislative body of a school administrative unit may establish a fuel cost stabilizatio…

1. Authorization to administer funds. The department may administer all allotments of federal funds pertaining to schools, educational programs and institutions of higher education. The commissioner shall act for the department except where otherwise specified in the law. 2. Awar…

This chapter may be known and cited as "the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act."

Essential programs and services are those educational resources that are identified in this chapter necessary to ensure the opportunity for all students to meet the standards in the 8 content standard subject areas and goals of the system of learning results established in chapte…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12" means providing the cost of funding the essential programs and services described in this …

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2003, c. 504, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 1. Allocation year. "Allocation year" means the year that subsidy is distributed to school administrative units. 1-A. Adjusted tot…

1. Pupil counts used for determination of operating costs. In addition to the additional weighted counts authorized under section 15675 and except as provided in subsection 2, the pupil count used for operating costs in this Act is the sum of: A. The average number of secondary s…

For the purpose of calculating the total operating allocation under this chapter pursuant to section 15683, the following additional weights must be added to the per-pupil count calculated under section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C or D, whichever is applicable. [PL 2021, c. …

For each school administrative unit, the commissioner shall calculate the unit's EPS per-pupil rate for each year as the sum of: [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §39 (AMD); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).] 1. Teaching staff costs. Beginning July 1, …

1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Receiving unit" means the school administrative unit to which students are sent by the sending unit. [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §40 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005,…

1. Salary matrix defined. For purposes of this section, "salary matrix" means the relationships on a statewide basis between average staff salaries and: A. Years of staff experience; and [PL 2003, c. 504, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] B. Levels of staff education. [PL 2003, c. 504, Pt. A, §6…

1. Salary and benefit costs; teaching positions. The commissioner shall annually determine, for each school administrative unit, the salary and benefit costs of all school level teaching positions that are necessary to carry out this Act. 2. Ratios. In calculating the salary and …

1. Salary and benefit costs; other school level positions. The commissioner shall annually determine, for each school administrative unit, the salary and benefit costs of all school level positions other than teaching positions, referred to in this section as "staff," that are ne…

1. Additional cost components. The commissioner shall calculate one set of per-pupil amounts for each of the following cost categories to be applied to the elementary school level and middle school level and shall calculate another set of per-pupil amounts for each of the followi…

The system administration allocation is $135 per pupil based on the number of subsidizable students determined pursuant to section 15674. [PL 2021, c. 571, §30 (AMD).] 1. Fiscal year 2017-18. 2. Fiscal year 2018-19. 3. Fiscal year 2019-20. 4. Beginning in fiscal year 2020-21.

1. Eligibility. In order for a school administrative unit to receive targeted funds under this section, the school administrative unit must meet the following eligibility criteria. A. To receive targeted student assessment funds calculated pursuant to subsection 2, a school admin…

The following are other subsidizable costs: [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §44 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).] 1. Bus purchases. Bus purchase costs; 2. Special education costs. A school administrative unit receives an additional weight of …

The commissioner shall make a regional adjustment in the total operating allocation for each school administrative unit determined pursuant to section 15683. The regional adjustment must be based on the regional differences in teacher salary costs, for labor market areas in which…

For each school administrative unit, that unit's total operating allocation is the base total set forth in subsection 1 including the total amount of other subsidizable costs as described in section 15681‑A. [PL 2021, c. 571, §32 (AMD).] 1. Base total. The base total of a school …

For each school administrative unit, that unit's total debt service allocation is that unit's debt service costs as defined in section 15672, subsection 2‑A. Each school administrative unit's total debt service allocation must include the portion of the tuition cost applicable to…

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. [PL 2015, c.…

This section applies to school administrative units that are members of education service centers pursuant to chapter 123. [PL 2019, c. 219, §7 (AMD).] 1. Education service center per-pupil rate. Beginning in fiscal year 2020-21, the commissioner shall set a per-pupil rate for ed…

1. Components to be reviewed beginning in fiscal year 2017-18. Beginning in fiscal year 2017-18, and at least every 3 years thereafter, the commissioner, using information provided by a statewide education policy research institute, shall review the essential programs and service…

The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this Act. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.

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: A. The school administrative un…

Beginning in fiscal year 2013-14, the commissioner may expend and disburse funds to meet the purposes of this section to the appropriate school administrative unit or institution or to meet contractual obligations. [PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. C, §12 (NEW).] 1. Career and technical educ…

Beginning July 1, 2005, adjustments to the state share of the total allocation must be made as set out in this section. [PL 2003, c. 712, §17 (NEW).] 1. Minimum state allocation. Each school administrative unit must be guaranteed a minimum state share of its total allocation that…

1. Payment of state agency client costs. State agency client costs are payable pursuant to this subsection. As used in this subsection, "state agency client" has the same meaning as defined in section 1, subsection 34‑B. A. The commissioner shall approve special education costs a…

1. Schedules of payment of unit allocation. The commissioner shall authorize state subsidy payments to the school administrative units to be made in accordance with time schedules set forth in sections 15005, 15689‑D and 15901 to 15910. 2. Notification of allocation; commissioner…

1. Annual recommendations. Prior to January 20th of each fiscal year, the commissioner, with the approval of the state board, shall recommend to the Governor and the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of the Budget the funding levels that the commissioner…

1. Annual recommendations. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of the Budget shall annually certify to the Legislature the funding levels that the Governor recommends under sections 15671, 15671‑A, 15683, 15683‑A, 15683‑B, 15688‑A, 15689 and 15689‑A an…

The Legislature shall annually, prior to March 15th, enact legislation to: [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §61 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).] 1. Appropriation for state share of adjustments, debt service and operating; single account. Appr…

Within the annual appropriations, the department shall follow the procedures described in this section. [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §61 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).] 1. State's obligation. If the State's continued obligation for any p…

Beginning with the budget for the 2005-2006 school year, the following provisions apply to local appropriations for school purposes. [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §62 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).] 1. School administrative unit contribut…

Notwithstanding section 1485, subsection 5, this section applies to school budgets adopted for fiscal years 2017-18 and 2018-19. [PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. JJJJJJJ, §4 (NEW).] 1. Required reduction in local contribution. If the budget of a school administrative unit is based on assump…

1. Presentation of assessment schedule. The assessment schedule based on the budget approved at a community school district or school administrative district budget meeting must be presented to the treasurer of each municipality that is a member of the district. The assessment sc…

Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, this section applies to municipal assessments paid to a regional school unit. [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §32 (NEW).] 1. Presentation of assessment schedule. The assessment schedule based on the budget approved at a regional school unit b…

1. School administrative unit. For the purposes of section 15695, a special school district is deemed to be a school administrative unit. 2. Debt service. Debt service on bonds or notes issued by a special school district must be included in the school budget of the school admini…

1. Content. A school administrative unit shall include in its school budget document: A. The school administrative unit's total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12, its non-state-funded debt service, if any, and any additional expenditures authorized by…

The following provisions apply to approving a school budget under this chapter. [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §62 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).] 1. Checklist required. Prior to a vote on articles dealing with school appropriations, the c…