Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1.
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §1466, sub-§9-A, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 678, Pt. J, §2, is amended to read:
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 6 and inserting in its place the following:
‘Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §1466, sub-§13, as amended by PL 2013, c. 167, Pt. A, §2, is further amended to read:
Amend the bill by adding after section 7 the following:
‘Sec. 8. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
Initiative: Provides funds for the State's share of the increased cost of K-12 public education as a result of municipalities withdrawing from regional school units.
| GENERAL FUND |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
All Other
|
$0 |
$643,500 |
|
 |
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL |
$0 |
$643,500 |
School Finance and Operations Z078
Initiative: Provides funds for one Education Specialist II position and one Education Specialist III position and related all other costs through June 30, 2016 to support the anticipated increase in workload associated with the withdrawal process of individual municipalities from regional school units.
| GENERAL FUND |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
2.000 |
2.000 |
|
Personal Services
|
$174,087 |
$178,910 |
|
All Other
|
$4,316 |
$4,016 |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL |
$178,403 |
$182,926 |
| EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF |
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
|
|
|
GENERAL FUND
|
$178,403 |
$826,426 |
|
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS |
$178,403 |
$826,426 |
’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, strikes the provision in the bill that requires that a facilitator to oversee negotiations must be appointed if, after 90 days of its formation, the withdrawal committee that is selected by the municipality seeking to withdraw from the regional school unit fails to reach an agreement with the regional school unit. The amendment also updates a section of law that was amended in Public Law 2013, chapter 167, Part A, section 2 to avoid a conflict. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)