United States — Maine Act or statute

United States — Maine legislation

Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, § 15683: Total operating allocation, 2003

A school administrative unit’s total operating allocation is its base total, including other subsidizable costs, and the base total must be adjusted by the applicable transition percentage.

per-pupil ratespublic funding allocationstudent weightstransition adjustments

Professional statute overview

Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance

Official source

01

Purpose and legislative effect

“A school administrative unit’s total operating allocation is its base total, including other subsidizable costs, and the base total must be adjusted by the applicable transition percentage.”

Use this record to locate individual provisions, understand the instrument’s recorded structure, and move from a research summary to the exact source text.

02

How the instrument operates

  1. 01

    Start with the recorded version

    Enacted 2003 · Source version 1 Oct 2025. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.

  2. 02

    Locate the controlling provision

    Use the provision map, part headings and full-text filter to move from the broad subject to the exact legal language.

  3. 03

    Read conditions and exceptions together

    Keep subsections, definitions, provisos and cross-references in context before drawing a legal conclusion.

  4. 04

    Verify currency and official wording

    Confirm later legislation, commencement notices and corrections with the official publisher before advice, filing or reliance.

03

Research entry points

Selected provisions across the instrument. Open any row to continue with the exact stored text.

Total operating allocation

A school administrative unit’s total operating allocation is its base total, including other subsidizable costs, and the base total must be adjusted by the applicable transition percentage.

Section 15683

04

Source and current-law status

Source record view

Source record from legislature.maine.gov · Enacted 2003 · Source version 1 Oct 2025

Verify current force

The source record does not state a definitive current-law status. Check the official publisher and later amendments before relying on this text.

Source-indexed provision map

Sections and provisions

Search by section, heading, part or exact legal wording. Every result remains linked to the stored source record.

Showing 1 of 1 provisions

Provision
§ 15683Total operating allocationProvision

A school administrative unit’s total operating allocation is its base total, including other subsidizable costs, and the base total must be adjusted by the applicable transition percentage.

For each school administrative unit, that unit's total operating allocation is the base total set forth in subsection 1 including the total amount of other subsidizable costs as described in section 15681‑A. [PL 2021, c. 571, §32 (AMD).] 1. Base total. The base total of a school administrative unit's total operating allocation is the sum of: A. The product of the school administrative unit's kindergarten to grade 8 EPS per-pupil rate multiplied by the total of the kindergarten to grade 8 portions of the following pupil counts: (1) The pupil count set forth in section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C or D, whichever is applicable; (2) The additional weight for English learners calculated pursuant to section 15675, subsection 1; and (3) The additional weight for economically disadvantaged students calculated pursuant to section 15675, subsection 2; [PL 2021, c. 428, §9 (AMD).] B. The product of the school administrative unit's grade 9 to 12 EPS per-pupil rate multiplied by the total of the grade 9 to 12 portion of the following pupil counts: (1) The pupil count set forth in section 15674, subsection 1, paragraphs A, B and C; (2) The additional weight for English learners calculated pursuant to section 15675, subsection 1; and (3) The additional weight for economically disadvantaged students calculated pursuant to section 15675, subsection 2; [PL 2019, c. 398, §33 (AMD).] C. If the school administrative unit is eligible for targeted funds for the implementation of a standards-based system pursuant to section 15681, subsection 1, the sum of: (1) The product of the elementary school level and middle school level per-pupil amount for targeted funds for the implementation of a standards-based system calculated pursuant to section 15681, subsection 2 multiplied by the kindergarten to grade 8 portion of the pupil count calculated pursuant to section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C, subparagraph (1); and (2) The product of the high school level per-pupil amount for targeted funds for the implementation of a standards-based system calculated pursuant to section 15681, subsection 2 multiplied by the grade 9 to 12 portion of the pupil count calculated pursuant to section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C, subparagraph (1); [PL 2005, c. 635, §8 (AMD).] D. If the school administrative unit is eligible for targeted technology resource funds pursuant to section 15681, subsection 1, the sum of: (1) The product of the elementary school level and middle school level per-pupil amount for targeted technology resource funds calculated pursuant to section 15681, subsection 3 multiplied by the kindergarten to grade 8 portion of the pupil count calculated pursuant to section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C, subparagraph (1); and (2) The product of the high school level per-pupil amount for targeted technology resource funds calculated pursuant to section 15681, subsection 3 multiplied by the grade 9 to 12 portion of the pupil count calculated pursuant to section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph C, subparagraph (1); [RR 2017, c. 1, §11 (COR).] E. If the school administrative unit is eligible for targeted kindergarten to grade 2 funds pursuant to section 15681, subsection 1, the product of the EPS per-pupil rate multiplied by the additional weight for kindergarten to grade 2 calculated pursuant to section 15675, subsection 3; [PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, §41 (AMD).] E-1. If the school administrative unit is eligible for the targeted extended learning weight pursuant to section 15675, the product of the EPS per-pupil rate multiplied by the additional weight for extended learning calculated pursuant to section 15675, subsection 2; and [PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, §42 (NEW).] F. An isolated small unit adjustment. A school administrative unit is eligible for an isolated small school adjustment when the unit meets the size and distance criteria as established by the commissioner. The amount of the adjustment is the result of adjusting the necessary student-to-staff ratios determined in section 15679, subsection 2, the per-pupil amount for operation and maintenance of plant in section 15680, subsection 1, paragraph B or other essential programs and services components in chapter 606‑B, as recommended by the commissioner. The isolated small school adjustment must be applied to discrete school buildings that meet the criteria for the adjustment. The adjustment is not applicable to sections, wings or other parts of a building that are dedicated to certain grade spans. [PL 2009, c. 571, Pt. E, §20 (AMD).] [PL 2021, c. 428, §9 (AMD).] 2. Adjustments. The base total calculated pursuant to subsection 1 must be adjusted by multiplying it by the appropriate transition percentage in accordance with section 15671, subsection 7, paragraph A. A. [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §47 (RP); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).] B. [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §47 (RP); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).] C. [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §47 (RP); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).] [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §47 (AMD); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §§72, 74 (AFF); PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §18 (AFF).]
Section 15683Verify source

Legislative relationships

0 referenced instruments

Names are derived from the stored provision headings and citation-enrichment layer. Treat this as a research index and verify each relationship against the source text.

No structured legislative relationships were detected

The statute remains fully searchable by provision. Consult the source text for amendments and cross-references that have not yet been indexed.

Recorded versions and source checkpoint

1 version available in this collection

Current-law checkpoint
  • 1 Oct 2025 · currentEnglish

Source-linked research

Ask AI about this statute

The overview, provisions, and source records above are public. Continue in a separate conversation with this statute’s jurisdiction and source version attached.

No legal research model is currently available.

Sign in

About this LexChat collection

Statute information is organised from identified legislative sources for professional research. Corrections can be reported to hello@esheria.ai.