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1	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LD1932	Cmte A	CmteB	CmteC	Comments
3	Administrative Units	2772	Finch	This bill would amend the law governing the consolidation of school administrative units, which was enacted in the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature.	TBD					Concept draft?
4	Administrative Units	2787	Clark	This bill would amend the law governing the consolidation of school administrative units by specifying that it is the municipality, rather than the school administrative un that is responsible for forming a reorganization planning committee. This bill wou	TBD t,	?				LD1 932 provides exception for isolated, rural units with at least 1,000 students
5	Administrative Units	2851	Schatz	This bill would allow regional school units to be organized as school unions.	IN	X				LD1932 "minority report"
6	Administrative Units	3011	Mi rain ant	This bill would allow districts to override the 2% requirement in the interests of broac local representation within regional school units.	er IN	X				LD 1932 repeals 2 mill minimum
7	Administrative Units	3031	Percy	This bill would enact a mechanism to equalize the tax burden for education across municipalities authorized to regionalize in the lower Kennebec River area pursuant to Private and Special law 2007, chapter 25. The bill would also authorize limiting choi f	OUT e of					Printed as LD2028
8	Administrative Units	3059	Hastings	This bill would specify that, for the purposes of the law governing school administrat unit consolidation, a population density of less than 100 persons per square mile constitutes a justification for a proposed school unit's serving fewer than 2.000.	veTBD	7				LD 1932 provides exception for isolated, rural units with at least 1,000 students
9	Administrative Units	3062	Mills, P.	This bill would encourage the formation of a regional school unit in northwest Maine Administrative District No. 13. This bill would provide that the reorganization plan prepared by the Reorganization Planning Committee may include a cost-sharing formula	TBD	7				Potential P&SL? LD 1932 permits "above EPS" cost-sharing. Cloesly-relatedtoLR3153 and LR3366
10	Administrative Units	3121	Benoit	This bill would require the lower Kennebec River area regional school unit to raise ar amount of revenue equal to 50% of an anticipated reduction in local tax burden for schools to offset local tax increases for education.	OUT					Duplicate of LD202J
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1	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LD1932	Cmte A	CmteB	CmteC	Comments
	Administrative Units	3153	^inkham	This bill would encourage the formation of a regional school unit in northwest Maine	TBD	7				Potential P&SL?
				comprised of Maine School Administrative District No. 1 2, Maine School						LD 1932 permits
				Administrative District No, 13, the Town of Greenville, the Town of Shirley, Pleasant						"above EPS" cost-
				R.idge Plantation, Dennistown Plantation, Kingsbury Plantation, the Town of Beaver						sharing; and also
				Cove, the Town of Caratunk, the Forks Plantation, West Forks Plantation and portion:						provides exception
				of the unorganized territory, including Rockwood. The bill would provide that the						for isolated, rural
				reorganization plan prepared by the Reorganization Planning Committee may include	a					units with at least
				cost-sharing formula applicable both to required local contributions and additional loc	al					1,000 students.
				funds based on valuation, number of pupils or other factors, and may include other co	3t-					Closely-related to
				sharing transition provisions as determined by the Reorganization Planning Committe						LR3062andLR3366
				The bill would authorize the Commissioner of Education to approve a reorganization
				Dlan for the proposed Northwest Regional School Unit with less than 1,200 resident
				3upils ...
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	Administrative Units	3161	vIcLeod	This bill would remove fiscal impediments to the consolidation of school administrati	veTBD	7				Potential P&SL?
				units for the communities of Bancroft, Burlington, Carroll Plantation, Chester, Drew						LD1932 removes
				Plantation, East Millinocket, Edinburg, Enfield, Glenwood, Howland, Lakeville, Lee,						some fiscal barriers
				Lincoln, Lowell, Macwahoc Planatation, Mattawamkeag, Maxfield, Medford, Medwa	y,
				Millinocket, Passadumkeag, Reed Plantation, Seboeis Plantation. Springfield, Webste
				Plantation, Winn and Woodville.
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	Administrative Units	3247	Smith, N.	This bill would change a number of provisions in the laws governing the consolidatio	i   TBD
				of school administrative units in Public Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX to allow for
				more realistic cost savings to be achieved for productive merger discussions to contin	Lie
				and for educational excellence to remain the top priority for school children in this St:	te.
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	Administrative Units	3359	Eaton	This bill would encourage the formation of Regional School Unit No. 7. This bill would	TBD	9			r.	Potential P&SL? LD
				provide that reorganization plan prepared by the reorganization planning committee f!	>r					1932 permits "above
				Regional School Unit No. 7 may include a cost-sharing formula applicable to all or a						EPS" cost-sharing.
				portion of the regional school unit's locally raised funds based on evaluation, number	of				-	Related to LR3144
				pupils or other factors, and may include other cost-sharing transition provisions as						(cost-sharing for
				determined by the reorganization planning committee.						MDI H.S.)
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	Administrative Units	3366	Smith, D.	This bill would encourage the formation of a regional school unit in northwest Maine	TBD	9				Potential P&SL?
				comprised of School Administrative District No. 12, School Administrative District N	o.					Closely-related to
				13, the Town of Greenville, the Town of Shirley, Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Dennistown						LR3062andLR3153
				Plantation, Kingsbury Plantation, the Town of Beaver Cove, the Town of Caratunk. tf	e
				Forks Plantation, West Forks Plantation and portions of the unorganized territory.
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1	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LD1932	Cmte A	CmteB	CmteC	Comments
16	Administrative Units	DOE02		Consider clarifying the consequences for CSDs and K-8 SADs of voting not to join a RSU (current law reconstitutes all K-l 2 SADs as RSUs by 7-1-09, but is silent on the ability of CSDs and K-8 SADs to remain operational after that date)	IN		X			Districts must comply with intent of law and with rules (c. 125 and c. 127); review language late
17	Administrative Units	FAC07		Give the Commissioner flexibility on timelines for complying with this law; authority waive penalty if approved RFC plan cannot be implemented for 7/1/09 or authority to approve a RFC alternative plan that does not meet the 1,200 minimum student numbe but	toTBD					Need DOE comments on need to have flexibility to grant waivers and circumstances that warrant a waiver
25	Administrative Units	FAC15		RSU board representation will leave some communities without a representative on th board that resides within their town	e TBD
26	Administrative Units	RPC06		Need assistance from DOE to clarify what happens if an individual unit turns down a plan at referendum.	IN		X
27	Administrative Units	RPC36		Need assistance from AG office to determine if Option D method of voting will perm board representation that does not comply with the 2% rule	t    IN	X
28	Administrative Units	STK28		Laws that govern school unions and school districts will be repealed as of 7-1-08; if municipal voters do not approve a RSU plan, then how will school unions and school districts operate? (MSMA)	TBD					Related to DOE02
29	Appeals Process	3258	Silsby	This bill would create an appeals process under the laws governing the consolidation school administrative units for school districts that were denied approval of their proposed consolidation or alternative plan by the Commissioner of Education.	>fTBD					Need DOE comments on circumstances warranting appeals and appellate body
30	Budget Validation Referendum	3103	Farrington	This bill would clarify the provisions of the school district consolidation law that require municipal school budgets to be adopted using the budget validation referendum proce by making it clear that the initial budget meeting in that process is a meetin	IN ;s :s >al	X			-
31	Budget Validation Referendum	3216	Farrington	This bill would exempt those school administrative units that are spending less than tl level of funding outlined in the essential programs and services funding model from t newly passed budget validation process until they exceed that funding level.	e TBD te
32	Budget Validation Referendum	DOE04		Provide consistency of language within all sections of the law defining the budget referendum ballot question (i.e., allocated and unallocated law)	IN		X			Include amended ballot question in "allocated" law
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1	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LDJ932	Cmte A	Cmte B	CmteC	Comments
	Budget Validation	DOE10		Recommend clarify and amending the budget approval and validation process to	TBD					(1) 14 calendar days
	Referendum			address: (1) defining legislative body to resolve conflicts with local charters (IN); (2)						between budget
				define the number of days from legislative body meeting to referendum validation (1^						meeting and
				days); (3) define distribution procedure for absentee ballots; (4) define process by which						validation
				local municipalities are authorized to levy taxes for education if SAU (municipal schc	ol					referendum; (2)
				unit and RSU) budget is not approved by July 1 of any year; (5) remove requirement	or					distribute absentee
				a separate budget referendum question; and (6) build cost of one annual budget						ballots the day
				referendum into EPS.						followijng the district
										budget meeting; (3)
										authorizing levy of
										taxes based on prior
										year's appropriation
										adjusted by CPI; (4)
										eliminate need for
										two separate ballot
										question and
										combine information
										on two votes; and (5)
										include annual funds
										for one referendum
										vote under EPS
										allocation to each
										RSU
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	Budget Validation	EDU01		Exempt municipal school units from the budget validation referendum process in cast	s TBD
	Referendum			where the municipal charter defines roles and process for developing and approving t	le
34			Harlow	school budget
	Career & Technical	3107	By rant, B.	This bill would clarify the procedures for repayment of school construction debt	IN		X			Review draft of
	Education			incurred for an approved addition and renovation project at the Region 9 School of						P&SLbill; and
				Applied Technology in Mexico, Maine. The bill would provide that in the event that t	ic					review DOE map of
				current members of Region 9 are merged into regional school units pursuant to Public						current CTE centers
				Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX the regional school units will have authority to						and regions
				assess and collect the annual debt service for the project.
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	Career & Technical	STK34		Legislature never looked at how the RSU law interacts with the CTE law; no way to	IN		X			DOE to study
	Education			appoint the cooperative board for the region or deal with boundaries and finances						implications of
				(MSMA)						reorganization on
										CTE centers and
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1	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LD1932	Cmte A	Cmte B	CmteC	Comments
37	Cost-Sharing	2962	Bdgecomb	This bill would allow the schools of Caribou, School Administrative District 20, Limestone, Caswell, Woodland, New Sweden and Westmanland to negotiate their ow cost-sharing formulas.	IN n	X
38	Cost-Sharing	2983	Walker	This bill would allow regional school units to use a cost-sharing formula other than th essential programs and services rate, as long as the alternate formula was approved in the final reorganization plan for that regional school unit.	e    IN	X
39	Cost-Sharing	2996	Bryant, B.	This bill would authorize regional planning committees, in the course of implementin the law regarding the consolidation of school administrative units, to submit negotiate cost-sharing agreements as part of their reorganization plans.	I    IN d	X
40	Cost-Sharing	3005	Hogan	This bill would allow individual school districts to develop local cost-sharing formula that remediate or eliminate cost-sharing problems that are encountered in the effort to consolidate into an approved regional school unit.	s    IN	X
41	Cost-Sharing	3015	Vliramant	This bill would grant school administrative units the flexibility to develop cost-sharin formulas if the essential programs and services model does not equitably distribute costs.	g    IN	X
42	Cost-Sharing	3032	Turner	This bill would provide the Commissioner of Education the authority to approve changes to the formulas that outline the financial commitment each community must make as a member of a regional school unit. The commissioner would be able to blen student cou	IN i	X
43	Cost-Sharing	3104	Hayes	This bill would amend the school administrative regionalization requirements to inclu financial options for certain school units, such as Maine School Administrative Distrii No. 39, to make those units more appealing partners for consolidation by not pena	3e IN :t >g	X
44	Cost-Sharing	3110	Mitchell	This bill would allow members of newly consolidated units to negotiate valuation issi with each other and would require a referendum in a budget only if it exceeds guidelines for essential programs and services.	es IN	X				Budget referendum proposal closely-related to LR3216
45	Cost-Sharing	3142	Nass, R.	This bill would allow the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affair: to look at the obstacles to consolidation, which include, but are not limited to, the cost of implementing consolidation to individual school administrative units. The co	IN s P	X
46	Cost-Sharing	3144	Pingree	This bill would enact a cost-sharing arrangement for Mount Desert Island High Schoc	1. TBD	7				Potential amendment to P&SL cost-sharing provision in place?
47	Cost-Sharing	3145	Pingree	This bill would encourage cost-sharing in Maine schools.	IN	X
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1	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LD1932	Cmte A	CmteB	CmteC	Comments
48	Cost-Sharing	3175	Saviello	This bill would allow regional school unit directors to negotiate a cost-sharing formul that includes ratios of student numbers and valuation that will distribute costs in an equitable way. The bill also allows cost-sharing formulas to be reviewed annuall	i    IN	£
49	Cost-Sharing	3219	Connor	This bill would provide that certain municipalities that form rnultimunicipal regional school units will share any additional costs using the pro rata state valuation allocatio method.	IN i	X
50	Cost- Sharing	3223	Hobbins	This bill would allow individual school districts to develop local cost-sharing formula that remediate or eliminate cost-sharing problems that are encountered in the effort to consolidate into an approved regional school unit.	s    IN	X
51	Department Reductions	3006	Saviello	This bill would require the Department of Education to cut its budget by 20% by 200* and by a total of 50% by 2010.	TBD
52	Efficient, High-3erforming	2899	Sherman	The bill would expand the definition of efficient, high-performing school districts. Th bill would change the current requirement that such a district contain "at least 3 schools" identified as higher-performing so as not to unfairly eliminate a district	5 TBD n					DOE reported on 11-30-07 they do not have data to develop new criteria to identify efficient, high-performing units
53	Efficient, High-Performing	2929	Lundeen	This bill would amend the criteria for exceptions concerning school administrative un consolidations for higher performing and highly efficient schools by making the chok of having 3 higher performing schools in a district or having improved spending perc	it TBD e					DOE reported on 1 1 • 30-07 they do not have data to develop new criteria to identify efficient, high-performing units
54	Extend Deadlines	2797	Schatz	This bill would extend the deadlines imposed in the school administrative unit consolidation requirements by 3 years.	TBD
55	Extend Deadlines	2803	Cebra	This bill would extend all deadlines and the application of penalties for not meeting tl deadlines of the consolidation plan of school administrative units.	e TBD
56	Extend Deadlines	3221	Clark	This bill would extend the deadlines and the application of penalties for not complyin with the deadlines of the consolidation plan of school administrative units.	I TBD
57	Extend Deadlines	3246	Pratt	This bill would move back the deadline for the finalization of the consolidation of school administrative units one year. The Commissioner of Education would be required to create a new timeline based on this new deadline, The current cost savings related	TBD D
58	Extend Deadlines	3355	Smith, D.	This bill would postpone the effects and implementation of the school district consolidation law, suspend any funding of the law, halt meetings and suspend deadlin	TBD es.
59	Increased Costs	2881	McFadden	This bill would prevent schools and towns joining a regional school unit from taking < more debt service than required by the State.	»n TBD
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1	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LD1932	Cmte A	CmteB	CmteC	Comments
60	ncreased Costs	2958	VlacDonald	This bill would require the State to reimburse a municipality that incurs increased education costs solely due to school administrative consolidation.	TBD
61	ncreased Costs	3014	VI i ram ant	This bill would compensate a town for any financial loss that the town may have incurred due to school administrative consolidation.	TBD
62	ncreased Costs	3041	Rosen, R.	This bill would ensure that municipalities without secondary school choice are not financially obligated by a regional school unit for expenditures that are used to suppo student attendance at a high school other than the regional school units.	TBD t
63	ncreased Costs	3046	Webster	This bill would require the Department of Education to develop a mechanism that wil ensure a mitigation of the tax shifting effect.	TBD
64	ncreased Costs	3159	Lew in	This bill would require the State to bear the costs associated with the implementation the law governing the consolidation of school administrative units.	3fTBD
65	ncreased Costs	3376	Babbidge	This bill would require that no municipality be required to pay as part of its local allocation more than twice the mill rate of any municipality within that same regional school unit and would allow a transition adjustment for a municipality adversely af	TBD
66	Labor issues	2SSO	McFadden	This bill would require all schools or towns in a regional school unit to have the same labor market assessment as averaged in the State.	OUT					DOE to review implications of reorganization on LMA adjustment and report back by 3- 1 5-08
67	_abor Issues	2967	Rosen, R.	This bill would remove the provisions of Public Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX that relate to employment contracts in school administrative units that join regional school units.	TBD
68	L,abor Issues	3127	Bryant, B.	This bill would amend the law governing the consolidation of school administrative units to specifically allow a reorganization plan to include proposals to reduce teachir staffs and to close schools.	TBD g
69	Labor Issues	3319	Lansley	This bill would establish the Department of Education as the payroll, human resource; and bargaining agent for all school units. Salaries for teachers would be determined t the labor market distribution currently in place and funded by the department.	TBD y
70	Labor Issues	3326	Faircloth	This bill would clarify the rights and obligations of regional school units concerning t reassignment of teachers and other employees of the regional school unit in the transitional period from the operational date of the regional school unit until the co	heTBD
71	Labor Issues	DOE09		Review contract/bargaining unit requirements in PL 2007, chapter 240 with the Maim Labor Relations Board for possible clarification of process	TBD
72	Labor Issues	STK16		Ask that you keep current employees under their existing bargaining agreement if the are transferred from one school in a new RSU into another RSU within the new RSU (MEA)	i  TBD
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1	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LD1932	Cmte A	Cmte B	CmteC	Comments
73	_abor Issues	STK19		"As soon as practicable" needs to be seen in context of other existing statutes, so RS1 Doard could reject collective bargaining agreement, fact finding, voluntary mediation	J  TBD
74	^abor Issues	STK20		'No displacement" language - in no case will the plan displace teachers or students; tf language is being understood as a guarantee of continued employment, which is incorrect as the legally-constituted RPC board can decide to RIF teachers (MMA)	isTBD
75	Municipal Withdrawal	2943	Pratt	This bill would allow a municipality to withdraw from a school administrative unit (i. SAD or CSD) in order to join a regional school unit.	s.,OUT					DOE to review old SAD withdrawal process and report recommendations for withdrawal process for RSUs by 3-15-08
76	Municipal Withdrawal	3010	Miramant	This bill would allow a municipality to withdraw from a school administrative unit (i. SAD or CSD).	2., OUT					DOE to review old SAD withdrawal process and report recommendations for withdrawal process for RSUs by 3- 15-08
77	Penalties	2798	Schatz	This bill would eliminate the penalties imposed on school districts if the districts haven1! yet met all the school administrative unit consolidation requirements.	TBD
78	Penalties	2801	Edgecomb	This bill would eliminate the penalties that exist in the school administrative unit consolidation plan for school systems that haven't met the deadlines.	TBD
79	Penalties	2804	Cebra	This bill would waive all penalties in the school administrative unit consolidation plai	. TBD
80	Penalties	3012	Miramant	This bill would lessen the penalties assessed on a school district that does not join a school administrative unit.	TBD
81	Penalties	3130	Treat	This bill would address various financial issues associated with implementing school district consolidation where the districts involve both school administrative districts a municipal districts. The bill would remove financial roadblocks to fully impleme	TBD id
82	Penalties	STK22		53.86% penalty seems arbitrary and unclear and prefer a clear and rational penalty (MMA)	TBD
83	Repeal	2796	Schatz	This bill would repeal the school administrative unit consolidation requirements enao into law in the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature.	edOUT
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1	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LD1932	Cmte A	CmteB	CmteC	Comments
84	Repeal	2937	Weston	This bill would repeal the school district reorganization provisions enacted in Part XXXX of Public Law 2007, chapter 240. This bill would repeal all of the statutory an unallocated provisions of that part of the law that were enacted to transform existin	OUT i et	\
85	Repeal	3116	Smith, D.	This bill would repeal the school district consolidation laws.	OUT
86	Repeal	3162	Eaton	This bill would repeal the law requiring school districts to consolidate.	OUT
87	Secondary School	2864	Plowman	This bill would provide that a regional school unit that requires a member school unit send secondary students to the secondary school of that regional school unit must ace all the secondary students of that member school unit.	toTBD 2pt
88	Secondary School	2979	Schatz	This bill would allow a regional school unit with more than one secondary school to charge municipalities that send students to those schools different tuition rates for iho secondary schools.	TBD sC
89	Secondary School	3024	Greeley	This bill would provide regional school units with school choice communities to maki the amount over the regional school units high school tuition a regional school unit assessment. This bill would also allow a parent to pay the tuition if the tuition fun	TBD
92	School Choice	DOE08		School choice is an obstacle; communities that have the right to continue school chou see it as fair, but other communities that don not have school choice don't see it as fai: and do not think it is fair to provide financial support for school choice of	e   iN		X			See DOE technical proposal to clarify law
93	Local School Committees	DOE05		Address the method by which a municipality within a regional school unit may raise money and direct spending of funds to a school serving children from kindergarten to no higher than grade 8 should be clarified	IN	X
95	Local School Committees	DOE07		Received requests from school districts to allow municipalities to raise additional furu for high schools in the same manner as is allowed for K-8 schools	Is   IN	X
96	Local School Committees	DOE 11		Add language to clearly articulate the powers and duties of any local school committe created; define who determines those powers and duties; and how their existence and/ powers and duties can be changes and by whom	e    IN or	X
104	School Facilities	FAC17		SAD property issue is different, if a municipality owns all or part of a building, they c not necessarily want to turn over ownership of that facility to the new RSU	o TBD					Supplemental budgei proposal
113	School Facilities	RPC40		Need legal opinion regarding rights of school units to retain property that is solely or jointly owned	TBD
115	School Facilities	RPC42		Need legal assistance regarding reversionary clauses in deeds requiring RSUs to give towns /other public entities first refusal on properties	TBD
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\	Subject	ID#	Sponsor	Proposal Summary	Status	LD1932	Cmte A	Cmte B	CmteC	Comments
116	School Facilities	RPC43		Need legal assistance on how to handle transferor building owned by SAU, but land \ owned by the town	s  TBD
117	School Facilities	STK30		Debt that was preexisting debt as of 7/1/08 may be taken on by new RSU, but if debt issued after 7/1/08, then there are no provisions on how to treat it	s    IN	X
118	School Facilities	STK38		No harm in letting municipalities continue to own and operate municipally funded ant owned property and leasing facility for school operations and don't see that this impai the goals of this legislation (MMA)	TBD rs
119	Transition Issues	FAC04		Start up costs for RSUs is an issue for continued review	TBD	9				Supplemental budgei proposal
120	Transition Issues	RPC09		Local funds need to be raised to fund election of new board members and hiring of a superintendent
122	Transition Issues	RPC31		Need assistance from DOE with money for non-legal issues	TBD
135	Transition Issues	RPC24		Where will money come from to support initiation process for new RSU once it is approved, new board, superintendent, and business manager are hired?	IN	X
165	Transition Issues	STK33		Law is silent on providing authority for electing RSU Board members, from nominati papers to validating nominating papers (MSMA)	ig  IN	X
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