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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 933H.P. 598House of Representatives, March 11, 2025
An Act to Increase to 100 Percent the State Share of Funding for
Special Education Costs of All School Administrative Units
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 5, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative DILL of Old Town.
Cosponsored by Representatives: BRIDGEO of Augusta, DODGE of Belfast, HEPLER of
Woolwich. Page 1 - 132LR1009(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C,
3 §50, is further amended by amending subparagraph (15) to read:
4 (15) In fiscal year 2019-20, 45%; and
5 as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C,
6 §50, is further amended by amending subparagraph (16) to read:
7 (16) In fiscal year 2020-21 and succeeding years in each succeeding fiscal year
8 prior to fiscal year 2026-27, 50% .; and
9, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C,
10 §50, is further amended by enacting a new subparagraph (17) to read:
11 (17) In fiscal year 2026-27 and in succeeding fiscal years, 100%.
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13 This bill provides that, beginning in fiscal year 2026-27, the minimum state share of a
14 school administrative unit's special education costs under the essential programs and
15 services school funding formula must be 100%.
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