H-679    House amendment "A"

Sponsored By: Representative MCFADDEN of Dennysville

 

SUMMARY

 

This amendment enacts into law provisions regarding reorganization of regional school units. The new provisions are similar to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, former sections 1403, 1405 and 1406 and allow the dissolution of regional school units, the withdrawal from a regional school unit by a municipality and the transfer by a municipality out of one regional school unit into another. The amendment also includes provisions that formerly applied in this area of law authorizing the State Board of Education to review decisions of the Commissioner of Education and to make rules concerning the reorganization of the regional school units.

 

Fiscal Note

                                                                       

Potential future biennium cost increase - General Fund

                                                                       

Fiscal Detail and Notes                                                           

            Allowing for the dissolution of a regional school unit (RSU) or the withdrawal of a regional school unit member from an RSU may increase the total cost of K-12 public education in future biennia due to less savings being achieved versus what was anticipated in Public Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX.  The amount can not be determined at this time.