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Amend the bill in section 3 in the last line (page 3, line 41 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "8.51" and inserting the following: '8.49'
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 4 and 5 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 4. Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12. The total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 2018-19 is as follows:

					2018-19	
					TOTAL	
Total Operating Allocation	
						
	Total operating allocation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683			$1,464,839,305	
						
	Total adjustments to state subsidy pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689 included in subsidizable costs and total other subsidizable costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15681-A			$509,865,569	
						
Total Operating Allocation and Subsidizable Costs	
						
	Total operating allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15683 and total other subsidizable costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15681-A			$1,974,704,874	
						
Total Debt Service Allocation				
						
	Total debt service allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15683-A			$96,696,235	
						
Total Adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689				
						
		Audit adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 4			$250,000	
						
		Educating students in long-term drug treatment center adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 5			$391,378	
						
		Regionalization, consolidation and efficiency assistance adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 9			$4,083,539	
						
		Bus refurbishing program adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 13			$180,123	
						
		MaineCare seed payments adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 14			$642,466	
						
		Special education budgetary hardship adjustment pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 15			$1,000,000	
						
	Total adjustments to the state share of total allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689			$6,547,506	
						
Targeted Education Funds pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A				
						
		Special education costs for state agency clients and state wards pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 1			$29,737,998	
						
		Essential programs and services components contract pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 3			$300,000	
						
		Education research institute contract pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 6			$250,000	
						
		Emergency bus loan pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 9			$0	
						
		Data management and support services for essential programs and services pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 10			$4,926,754	
						
		Postsecondary course payments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 11			$3,000,000	
						
		National board certification salary supplement pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 12			$307,551	
						
		Learning through technology program pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 12-A			$14,114,965	
						
		Jobs for Maine's Graduates including college pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 13			$3,545,379	
						
		Maine School of Science and Mathematics pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 14			$3,615,347	
						
		Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 15			$7,769,215	
						
		Transportation administration pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 16			$389,890	
						
		Special education for juvenile offenders pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 17			$382,418	
						
		Center of Excellence for At-risk Students pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 20			$152,000	
						
		Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Educational Services pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 21			$0	
						
		Comprehensive early college programs funding (bridge year program) pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 23			$1,000,000	
						
		Community school pilots (3 pilot projects for 5 years) pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 25			$50,000	
						
		Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 26			$320,414	
						
	Total targeted education funds pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A			$69,861,931	
						
Enhancing student performance and opportunity pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A and section 15672, subsection 1-D				
						
		Career and technical education costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 1			$51,500,000	
						
		Career and technical education middle school costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15672, subsection 1-D			$500,000	
						
		College transitions programs through adult education college readiness programs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 2			$450,000	
						
		New or expanded public preschool pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 4			$0	
						
		School improvement and support pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 5			$0	
						
		National industry standards for career and technical education pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 6			$4,000,000	
						
	Total enhancing student performance and opportunity pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A and section 15672, subsection 1-D			$56,450,000	
						
Total Cost of Funding Public Education from Kindergarten to Grade 12				
						
		Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 606-B, not including normal retirement costs			$2,204,260,546	
						
		Total normal cost of teacher retirement			$46,519,107	
						
		Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 606-B, including normal retirement costs			$2,250,779,653	
						
		Total cost of state contribution to unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, retired teacher health insurance and retired teacher life insurance for fiscal year 2018-19 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 423, excluding the normal cost of teacher retirement			$181,527,833	
						
		Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12, plus state contributions to the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, retired teacher health insurance and retired teacher life insurance for fiscal year 2018-19 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 423			$2,432,307,486	
 
Sec. 5. Local and state contributions to total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12. The local contribution and the state contribution appropriation provided for general purpose aid for local schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019 is calculated as follows:

		2018-19	2018-19	
		LOCAL	STATE	
Local and State Contributions to the Total Cost of Funding Public Education from Kindergarten to Grade 12			
				
	Local and state contributions to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683, subject to statewide distributions required by law	$1,135,401,570	$1,115,378,083	
				
	State contribution to the total cost of unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, teacher retirement health insurance and teacher retirement life insurance for fiscal year 2018-19 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 423 excluding the normal cost of teacher retirement		$181,527,833	
				
	State contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 plus state contribution to the total cost of unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, teacher retirement health insurance and teacher retirement life insurance pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 423		$1,296,905,916	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. The amendment makes several changes to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12, the state contribution and the local contribution for fiscal year 2018-19, including:
1. Reducing the mill expectation rate for municipalities from 8.51 to 8.49 for fiscal year 2018-19 since the proposed allocation for career and technical education middle school programs for fiscal year 2018-19 is reduced by $2,500,000 overall since:
A. The proposed allocation for career and technical education middle school programs is reduced from $5,000,000 to $500,000 for fiscal year 2018-19; and
B. The allocation for the national industry standards for career and technical education programs for fiscal year 2018-19 is upgraded from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000;
2. Transferring the provision of the adjustments from the state share of the total allocation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15689 to the audit adjustment pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 4; and
3. Amending the provisions regarding:
A. The state contribution to the total cost of teacher retirement by indicating that the total costs include the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers and the total costs exclude the normal cost of teacher retirement; and
B. The state contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 by indicating that the total costs include the state contribution to the total cost of unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, teacher retirement health insurance and teacher retirement life insurance.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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