3. For fiscal year 2007-08, 90% of the school district's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from grade 6 to grade 12 must be allocated among the member municipalities based on the percentages determined in accordance with Title 20-A, section 15688, and 10% of the school district's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from grade 6 to grade 12 must be allocated among the member municipalities in accordance with the percentages determined in accordance with the school district's prior cost-sharing formula.

4. For fiscal year 2008-09, 100% of the school district's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from grade 6 to grade 12 must be allocated among the member municipalities based on the percentages determined in accordance with Title 20-A, section 15688.

This section does not take effect unless the following article is approved at a district meeting of the Manchester, Mount Vernon, Readfield and Wayne Community School District prior to June 30, 2005:

Article ___: Shall the Manchester, Mount Vernon, Readfield and Wayne Community School District approve a cost-sharing transition provision for fiscal years 2005-06 through 2008-09 under which the district's contribution to the total cost of funding public education from grade 6 to grade 12 under the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act is shared by the member municipalities of the district partially on the basis of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15688 and partially on the basis of the district's prior cost-sharing formula in accordance with the following percentages:

FISCAL YEAR PERCENTAGE SHARED PERCENTAGE SHARED

UNDER 20-A MRSA UNDER DISTRICT'S

§15688 COST-SHARING

FORMULA

2005-06 60% 40%

2006-07 75% 25%