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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15680-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, §35, is amended to read:
 
3. Beginning in fiscal year 2019-20.   ForBeginning in fiscal year 2019-20, the system administration allocation is $141$138 per pupil. Of this amount, $47$92 must be allocated to the school administrative unit for system administration and $94$46 must be allocated as a targeted amount to school administrative units that have established regionalized administrative services pursuant to chapter 123 and to school administrative units that a statewide education policy research institute has identified as high-performing, efficient school administrative units due to the percentage of their expenditures that are system administration expenditures.
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §15680-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, §35, is repealed.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, strikes and replaces the bill. The amendment retains the portion of law that establishes the system administration allocation at $138 per pupil for fiscal year 2018-19. The amendment modifies the law that establishes the system administration allocation for fiscal year 2019-20 and subsequent fiscal years by continuing the same per pupil allocation as the 2018-19 allocation and by revising the eligibility for receiving a portion of the system administration allocation to also include school administrative units that are identified as high-performing, efficient school administrative units by a statewide education policy research institute due to their percentage of system administration expenditures.
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